Alternatives

Philippe Rohner, senior investment manager of the Pictet Water fund, calls for a change in attitude towards water as a resource.

Swiss Investment Managers (SIM) is launching a hedge fund it claims is the first in Europe and the US to exclusively employ the Director Dealings methodology.

RWC Partners is to launch a hedge fund for Peter Allwright and Stuart Frost to replicate the strategy of the Macro Trading Crescendo fund they previously managed at Threadneedle.

Fidelity is to rename its top performing UK Opportunities fund to better reflect its investment policy.

US hedge fund giants looked to technology stocks in the second quarter but some big names have been left nursing heavy losses after moving back into US financials ahead of the market crash.

Hedge funds saw the majority of their gains for this year wiped out on Friday, losing over 1% of their value in just 24 hours.

Maria Merricks looks at some of the most unusual funds on the market

F&C Asset Management saw net flows into its products turn positive in the first six months of the year, but faced a £10m payout for a lost legal dispute with the founders of its fund of hedge funds arm.

George Soros is set to retire from managing money for outside investors after almost 40 years running hedge funds.

George Soros' $25.5.bn Quantum Endowment hedge fund is sitting on 75% cash after the portfolio pulled back from the market following a 6% loss last year, Bloomberg reports.