Pricey data, slashed fees, and poor returns are hurting hedge funds' margins —and some are getting in the business of helping their rivals

Hedge funds like Brevan Howard and Winton Group have spun off companies that want to recruit the funds' competitors as clients.

June 13, 2019   |   View Online »

Pricey data, slashed fees, and poor returns are hurting hedge funds' margins —and some are getting in the business of helping their rivals Bradley Saacks | Hedge funds like Brevan Howard and Winton Group have spun off companies that want to recruit the funds' competitors as clients. Read More »

Merrill Lynch's 'thundering herd' of advisers are winning over troves of new millionaires, and the growth is coming from a surprising place Alex Morrell | The division added 29,000 net new households last year, and a significant chunk came from Merrill veterans with more than 30 years of experience. Read More »

$555 billion asset manager AB's CEO wants to grow its credit business and it's part of a push into higher-fee products Meghan Morris | Other asset managers like BlackRock have expanded into higher-fee and longer lock-up alternative products as investors flee mutual funds. Read More »

Meet the JPMorgan banker with no technical expertise who's now in charge of one of the biggest data projects on Wall Street Dakin Campbell | Casper's role shows how important data is to Wall Street's plans to hold on to customers and markets, despite the upheaval brought by technology. Read More »

A startup founded by a former hedge fund manager gives traders as much performance feedback as athletes so they can make better decisions. Not everyone wants in. Meghan Morris | Essentia Analytics, founded by a former hedge fund manager turned software company president, wants to help traders identify decisions that make money and avoid those that don't. Read More »

Investor behavior has reached an extreme not seen in 15 years. Here's why that could be signaling a stock-market explosion to new highs. Christopher Competiello | Bernstein makes a compelling case for why stock investors worried about massive equity-fund outflows should relax and stay positive. Read More »

The opaque bond market could be the next frontier for the booming alternative-data business that's on track to grow to $7 billion Dan DeFrancesco | After taking stock trading by storm, the use of alternative data could move to US corporate bonds next. Read More »

Hedge-fund managers are overwhelmed by data, and they're turning to an unlikely source: random people on the internet Bradley Saacks | Platforms like Quantopian and QuantConnect give anyone the ability to look for investment signals in data, and funds can license the best ones. Read More »

A merger between satellite-TV giants Dish and DirecTV could save around $2 billion a year, and Wall Street analysts say the deal could finally happen Ashley Rodriguez | For a deal between Dish and DirecTV to work, AT&T might need to take a back seat in the pay-TV businesses it spent billions to acquire, analyst says. Read More »

CNN explains why it's pulling its high-performing Anderson Cooper news show off Facebook Watch Lucia Moses | CNN will stream "Anderson Cooper Full Circle," one of Facebook's most popular Watch news shows, exclusively on its own site and apps. Read More »

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