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Hedge funds, Robinhood face grilling by US Cong over GameStop Reddit rally

The Reddit rally drove massive volatility in GameStop and other shares, prompting the post-trade "clearing" houses that guarantee trades to call for billions of dollars in extra collateral from Robinh

Hedge funds commitments dip 2.7% in first-ever drop in the category

Pandemic year has seen a slowdown for other kinds of alternative investment funds too

No heroes or villains on Wall Street

The problem with treating the GameStop saga as an Occupy Wall Street movement 2.0 is that it ignores some fundamental differences

Analysis: GameStop saga expected to revive scrutiny of hedge fund industry

Scrutiny of the non-bank financial sector was already expected to be high on newly appointed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's agenda

Hedge fund at centre of GameStop fiasco ends month with $8 bn in assets

Melvin Capital, the hedge fund at the center of the GameStop drama, lost 53 per cent in January but received commitments for fresh cash from investors in the last days of the month, a source said

After GameStop, Wall Street gears up for second bout against Reddit traders

Some of Wall Street's largest hedge funds are still licking their wounds after retail traders sought to drive up the prices of stocks that were heavily bet against

Global Markets: Stocks fall on long-short battle, European vaccine row

Wall Street has been gripped by a coordinated assault by small traders organising over online forums

World's super-rich families bet on hedge funds in economic upheaval: Survey

More than a third of 185 investment firms for wealthy clans plan to boost allocations amid the pandemic

Indian hedge funds beat their peers in other emerging markets in 2020

The Eurekahedge India Hedge Fund Index was up 6.41 per cent for November. The Eurekahedge Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Index was up 4.93 per cent in comparison

Hedge fund revises bid for Indian shadow lender to skirt RBI delay

Revamp follows delays in regulatory approval for deal; reworked deal focuses on purchase of assets from lender

QQQ Capital Management soars 275% with bets on China schools: Report

The gains have come with concentration risks that many fund managers would balk at: QQQ has more than a third of its assets invested in Chinese education companies

Trump's Covid-19 infection may provide opportunity for hedge funds in yen

Leveraged funds are likely to buy the Japanese currency as the diagnosis triggers a surge in haven bids, reversing the small bearish position they held last week

This top-performing Indian hedge fund says stocks have risen too fast

True Beacon, which invests only in large-cap stocks and is up about 21% this year, is adding shares of software exporters and pharmaceutical companies

Indian hedge funds lag market surge amid Covid spike and lockdown

Hedge funds in India typically come under AIF structures, many are managed to ensure clients' assets are protected and aren't focused on delivering massive returns

Wary hedge fund managers aren't buying into rally in Indian stocks

Avendus isn't alone in bracing for another selloff

Investors are spending fresh billions hedging market mania: Experts

Gold and longer-maturity bonds are getting outsized inflows. Protective equity options are outdrawing speculative contracts, while volatility markets are positioning for fresh disruptions.

CBDT sets a minimum fee for managers of India-based offshore funds

The Finance Act, 2015, had introduced Section 9A to encourage fund management activity from India and provide a safe harbour to onshore managements of offshore funds

Did hedge funds score on masks, sanitiser amid Covid-19 crisis? Not so much

A few hedge funds increased their holdings over the first quarter in companies associated with so-called personal protective equipment

Indian hedge funds beat EM peers as markets shed 25% value amid Covid

While the Eurekahedge Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Index was down 9.59% in March, the Eurekahedge India Hedge Fund Index was down only 8.69%

Before change in FDI rules, Chinese invested millions in Indian tech firms

Between January and April 2020, Chinese companies and US hedge funds raised their stakes in Byju's, Paytm and many other billion-dollar Indian technology companies