Hedge Funds and CTAs

Affiliated Managers Group, which owns stakes in several high-profile hedge funds, almost doubled its profit for the second quarter in a row.

Eton Park Capital Management's Eric Feldstein has left the hedge fund and will join American Express next month.

The International Monetary Fund has named the head of Europe's voluntary hedge fund industry watchdog as its new European chief.

Details of JPMorgan Chase's deal for Brazilian hedge fund Gávea Investimentos are leaking out in advance of the firm's expected announcement tomorrow.

Elliott Management has named three of its executives equity partners and picked one of them to serve as chief investment officer alongside founder Paul Singer.

Fresh from combining its asset management businesses, Swiss bank SYZ & CO has launched a high-yield currencies hedge fund.

Todd Combs, founder of Castle Point Capital, has been picked to manage a "significant portion" of Berkshire's $50 billion equities portfolio.

The high-level exits from Citadel Investment Group's nascent investment bank have become so numerous, one Wall Street giant can claim four alumni among the departed over the past twelve months.

The layoffs of two top Man Group salesman could be just the beginning.

Will Marjorie Kaufman, the recently-fired head of investor relations at Kingdon Capital, have the last laugh after all?