As hedge funds and asset managers seek to boost returns and explain their strategies to clients, they are increasingly turning to alternative data sources. Investors are spending nearly $183... Read More

by Joao Alves, Ahead Of The Crowd In the spirit of recent quarterly investor letters, this post is PART 1 of a series that will address the arcane challenge of... Read More

When Ray McKenzie was an executive director at Morgan Stanley, the buzz regarding a unique charity event in New York City that was growing too strong for him to... Read More

BSI - Dealing With Swiss Money Laundering Miscreants by Matthew Allen - SwissInfo.ch On Wednesday, the Swiss financial regulator effectively ordered the liquidation of Lugano-based BSI private bank following “serious... Read More

Daniel Loeb's firm, Third Point, unveiled the website www.Value-Dow.com, that will serve as a central repository for investors who share the hedge fund’s concerns about The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW)’s... Read More

Hedge funds hurt Friday, as the stock sell-off hit them harder on a relative basis yet again, a Morgan Stanley research piece concludes. Separate research shows the biggest hedge... Read More

Over the last few months, you may have heard reference to “CRM2,” a set of regulations meant to enhance transparency in the investment industry by mandating investment management firms,... Read More

Whitney Tilson talks about China's richest investor Zhang Lei, provides an update on Lumber Liquidators, sheds a light on why the market is healthy for short sellers. Whitney Tilson on... Read More

The election results in Argentina “surpassed even the most optimistic of market expectations,” a Deutsche Bank report noted, as Credit Suisse observed the resulting market rally based on the... Read More

Mark Mobius: It’s Time To Buy Brazil Despite Brazil’s political and economic troubles, the country remains an attractive market for long-term investors according to veteran emerging markets investor Dr.... Read More