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In 2013, US stock prices ascended faster than underlying earnings. With corporate earnings growth ranging in the low to mid-single digits and most broad-based stock indices up over 30%, the bulk of the year's gains came from an expansion in the price...

The hunt for active return is still on and with more realistic pricing, hedge funds could be the answer, argues Neuberger Berman's Fred Ingham.

36 South, the hedge fund whose ‘Black Swan' vehicle returned 200% in 2008, plans to launch a UCITS version of its long-volatility structure for investors concerned with the current market environment.

More private equity firms are looking at buying up wealth managers as a coming savings shake-up boosts the sector's appeal, according to Ashcourt Rowan CEO Jonathan Polin.

Ruffer managers Hamish Baillie and Steve Russell (pictured) have bought into ‘old tech' stocks, mirroring a trade executed by a number of technology funds in the last month.

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Artemis is planning to launch a UCITS version of Tim Steer and Paul Casson's Pan European Hedge fund strategy later this year.

JPM Private Equity has reduced its gearing to 38%, having run it as high as 60% at the start of the year, cutting it back from "nosebleed" levels.

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