BERLIN (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest private equity investors raised concerns this week that the $3.4 trillion leveraged buyout industry is overheating, as more fund managers pay top dollar for acquisitions that could prove costly down the line. Priv... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – Widely followed activist investors Daniel Loeb, Barry Rosenstein and William Ackman suffered heavy losses in December, when fears about trade battles and slower growth sent stocks spiraling lower. Many fund managers are still compiling annua... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – A handful of hedge funds ended 2017 with double digit returns, their investors said, at a time the $3 trillion industry took in fresh money and posted its best returns in years, industry data show. Activist hedge fund Marcato Capital Managem... More »
Shares of Snap Inc (SNAP.N), the owner of the messaging app Snapchat, closed at $24.48 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday versus the initial public offering price of $17. More »
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque A congressional tax oversight committee will not seek U.S. President Don... More »
As yields on risk-free Treasuries fell, private pension plans lowered their investment return assumptions but public plans did not. Instead, public pensions invested in risky assets. REUTERS/Graphics U.S. public pension funds are cutting their expectations for... More »
DIKILI, Turkey/LESBOS, Greece Migrants sent back from the Greek island of Lesbos began arriving in Turkey on Monday under a disputed European Union scheme aimed at closing the main route by which a million people poured across the Aegean Sea to Greece in the l... More »
BOSTON/NEW YORK Global hedge funds lost so much money in January that the month marked the industry’s worst start to the year since the 2008 financial crisis, Hedge Fund Research (HFR) data released on Friday showed. But the declines were smaller than the bigg... More »
BOSTON Billionaire investor John Paulson, whose bets have long been closely followed on Wall Street, told investors on Thursday that the value of his biggest hedge fund portfolios fell last month as global markets sold off. The firm’s flagship Paulson Partners... More »
