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• Hedge Funds Up Bets Against Italy's Monte Paschi

  London hedge funds Odey Asset Management and Egerton Capital are among those upping their bets against Monte dei Paschi di Siena in recent days, after revelations the troubled Italian bank faces heavy losses.

• Hedge funds up bets against Italy's Monte Paschi

  LONDON, Feb 3- Big-name London hedge funds Odey Asset Management and Egerton Capital are among those upping their bets against Monte dei Paschi di Siena in recent days, after revelations the troubled Italian bank faces heavy losses.

• Weak Yen Yet to Reach Corporate Japan's Bottom Line

  Currency hedging cost Japanese companies such as Honda Motor the chance to fully cash in on a weak yen last quarter, raising the risk that investor expectations could outrun earnings.

• Dell Buyout Deal Could Come as Soon as Monday

  

  Dell is nearing an agreement to sell itself to a buyout consortium led by its founder and Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners.

• ANALYSIS-Canadian hedge funds' growth dreams face tough reality

  Helped by start-ups in and around Toronto's financial district, the Canadian industry is estimated to manage more than C $30 billion, up from about $15 billion four years ago.

• Kinder Morgan Buys Copano Energy Pipeline for $3.22 Billion

  

  Kinder Morgan Energy Partners will buy natural gas pipeline operator Copano Energy for $3.22 billion to tap into growing demand for infrastructure in Texas and Oklahoma.

• JPMorgan Bet Against Itself in 'Whale' Trade

  

  There is a new twist in the London Whale trading scandal that cost JPMorgan Chase $6.2 billion in trading losses last year. Some of the firm's own traders bet against the very derivatives positions placed by its chief investment office, said three people familiar with the matter.

• Hedge funds jostling to bet against France's Peugeot

  LONDON, Jan 25- Hedge fund short-sellers have hoovered up nearly all available shares in Peugeot in their scramble to bet the French carmaker will be an early victim in an industry struggling to overcome a collapse in European sales.

• UPDATE 1-Hedge fund managers at conference forecast stock gains

  "We have seen outflows from government bonds and the next big migration is going to be into equities," said Tim Garry, a portfolio manager at $3.7 billion Passport Capital. Debating exactly where strong returns might come from after a largely lackluster year for hedge funds was the key topic at the GAIM USA 2013 conference in Florida.

• Hedge fund managers forecast stock market gains at conference

  "We have seen outflows from government bonds and the next big migration is going to be into equities," said Tim Garry, a portfolio manager at $3.7 billion Passport Capital. Debating exactly where strong returns might come from after a largely lackluster year for hedge funds was the key topic at the GAIM USA 2013 conference in Florida.

• Among Asia's hedge funds, smaller was better last year

  HONG KONG, Jan 21- For those investing into Asia's hedge funds last year, smaller was better. The region's largest hedge funds- those managing more than $500 million- delivered weaker returns on average than nimbler, small to medium-sized funds, according to fund research and people with knowledge of the individual funds.

• Hedge funds bet British retailers' troubles will deepen

  *UK retail stocks top shorts in FTSE 250. LONDON, Jan 16- Hedge funds are betting that a prolonged consumer squeeze and a further shift to online shopping could spell trouble for Britain's retail chains, and are targeting some of its best-known electrical, clothes and supermarket stores.

• SAC Expects Big Fund Exodus in 2013: Report

  

  SAC Capital Advisors expects client withdrawals of at least $1 billion in 2013 as the hedge fund battles intense regulatory scrutiny over insider trading allegations, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday, citing people briefed on the matter.

• INTERVIEW-Ex-Centaurus trader finds profitable swings in natgas

  NEW YORK, Jan 10- Prominent banks and hedge funds have fled the natural gas market due to the sharp decline in prices but Bill Perkins, a trader at the now-defunct commodity hedge fund Centaurus Energy, says there is still plenty of money to be made there.

• US STOCKS-Wall Street rises after Alcoa reports earnings

  *Alcoa shares down after positive outlook for the year. *Herbalife up 4.2 pct on news hedge fund manager Loeb took stake. Herbalife Ltd stock rose 4.2 percent to $39.95 in its most active day of trading in the company's history, after hedge fund manager Dan Loeb took a large stake in the nutritional supplements seller.

• Bulls beat bears in tough year for European hedge funds

  LONDON, Jan 9- Betting against the European Central Bank, and the eurozone's survival in general, proved a costly strategy for hedge funds in 2012..

• UPDATE 3-JPMorgan investment bank chairman leaves for hedge fund

  NEW YORK, Jan 8- James "Jes" Staley is leaving his job as chairman of the investment banking unit of JPMorgan Chase& Co to join a hedge fund that profited from the bank's $6.2 billion derivatives loss at the hands of the "London Whale" trader.

• The Crowdfunding Crowd Is Anxious

  

  The outlines of a new industry are emerging as a few crowdfunding startups find ways to raise money for Main Street-type businesses that typically wouldn't interest private investors.

• Hedge funds' commodity bets see little change in value over year

  *Managed money net longs at $70 bln vs $67 bln year ago. Open interest in U.S. crude held by money managers fell from 77,717 lots worth about $8 billion to just around 13,391 lots valued at less than $1.3 billion, according to data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

• UPDATE 1-New rule could turn US hedge funds into informers

  NEW YORK, Jan 4- U.S. financial regulators are pushing to turn hedge funds into informers on the white collar crime beat.