Only one hedge fund is slated to start this year with more than $1 billion in capital.
Many hedge fund managers are failing to outperform, even amid market volatilty.
Hedge funds using computer-driven models to follow big market trends have been whiplashed.
Amundi SA will cease allocating assets to hedge funds, favoring cheaper alternatives and mutual funds.
Political risk is acting as a headwind in the mergers and acquisitions market.
A growing number of hedge fund managers see darker days ahead, and they're placing bets.
Warning of a looming financial crisis and an existential threat to the EU, he is shorting stocks from Stockholm to London.
The billionaire hedge fund manager thinks the continent's economic engine is poised to slow down.
hedge fund manager Ray Dalio predicted that the Federal Reserve will tighten monetary policy faster than they have signaled.
A handful of computer-driven funds had a bumper 2017 by betting on the future price of such “exotic” assets.