Hedge funds

The solution is low-cost index funds, he says, adding that index pioneer Jack Bogle "is a hero."

Acting Chairman Michael Piwowar calls accredited investor threshold an "artificial distinction" that perversely can hurt the smaller investors it's designed to protect.

Third Point founder Dan Loeb remains optimistic about future growth despite his offshore fund trailing the S&P 500 every year from 2013 to 2016.

The Brevan Howard and similar macro products have felt pressure to boost returns amid low-rates, central bank interventions and high fees.

At $81 billion, the iPhone maker's market cap this month alone exceeds the value of 85% of the S&P 500.

The post-election outperformance of the firm’s "cyclicals versus defensive" basket of stocks has ceased; it now trails the S&P 500’s advance since Nov. 8.

Concern stems from a surge in money chasing strategies that slice and dice the market based on various stock traits, factors like cheapness or volatility.

Nomura Holdings and Credit Suisse are among the most-active firms earning high fees by providing loans to help hedge funds buy capital-relief bonds.

Activists could gain more clout as stock ownership is concentrated among fewer owners, with funds shifting to indexed strategies, the firm suggests.

Big investors are motivated by signs the world has finally escaped from the decade of limp economic growth.

Matrix Wealth Partners, partly owned by Fuld, will complement Matrix Advisors, a consulting firm that Fuld set up after Lehman's 2008 bankruptcy.

Competition is forcing fund companies to deliver "outperformance to their clients in new and innovative ways," says ACSI Funds CEO Phil Bak.

Goldman Sachs has a full suite of services to offer quants after upgrading its technology, according to the partners leading the effort.

Large mutual, pension and hedge funds are chasing better returns in rallying U.S. stock markets thanks to President-elect Donald Trump's pro-growth policies.

Lately the results haven’t been keeping up with the enthusiasm.

While quants represent just a fraction of BlackRock's assets under management, the losses are a setback for CEO Laurence D. Fink.

In December, $2.27 billion was pulled out of SPDR Gold Shares, the world’s largest ETF backed by the metal.

While clients have only pulled a net 2% of assets so far,some have predicted the industry would shrink by roughly a quarter over the next year.

The $1.8 billion Senfina, which allocated money among a group of 11 portfolio managers, lost 6% last month alone.

With the President-elect Donald Trump's policies expected to increase interest rates, hedge funds may soon be put back to work.