A total of 42 hedge fund deals were closed or announced globally in 2015, exceeding the 32 transactions that closed in 2014, according to the 4th edition of Madison Capital’s hedge fund industry M&A overview. Although hedge fund industry assets are at an all time high, overall, managers are incurring higher operational costs and are [Continue]

Igor Cornelsen on ireport.cnn is a well-known Brazilian investor. Cornelsen held several key bank executive positions when he was working full-time in Brazil’s financial industry. Cornelsen was around when President de Silva changed the regulations that allowed banks to extend more credit to Brazil’s new middle-class, so he is very familiar with how the government [Continue]