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Funds of Funds Fundraising in Q1 2014 - April 2014 | Apr 15/14 |
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During Q1 2014, Preqin recorded 19 fund of funds vehicles holding a final
close and raising an aggregate $3.6bn. The total capital raised has dropped
slightly in comparison to the fundraising data from Q1 2013, whereby 18 fund...Read more |
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2013 AIMA Canada Research Award Winners Announced | Apr 15/14 |
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Paper Shows Value of Option-Implied Information in Portfolio Construction The Alternative Investment Management Association-Canada Inc.
(AIMA Canada) today announced the winners of the 2013 AIMA Canada Research
Award. Thi...Read more |
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AlphaNorth's Hedge Fund Back on Top - Ranked #1 in Globefund Database Over the Past 5 Years | Apr 14/14 |
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AlphaNorth Asset Management's flagship hedge fund – The AlphaNorth Partners
Fund's (the "Fund") Class F shares ranked #1 (excluding ETFs) across all fund
categories in the Globefund database which consists of over 19...Read more |
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Hedge funds attract US$30 billion in Q1 | Apr 09/14 |
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Hedge funds sealed
the first quarter of the year with another month of negative returns, down 0.18%
in March as managers navigated through a choppy start to the year.
Read: Global hedge fund AUM hits record high
However,...Read more |
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The perfect storm: Why alts make sense | Apr 02/14 |
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High equity prices, low bond yields and geopolitical
risk all make this once-shunned allocation a new staple
The modern financial advice industry may have never experienced a time
when the case for allocating assets int...Read more |
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Canada regulator seeks wiretap powers for insider-trading cases | Mar 28/14 |
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Canada's largest capital markets regulator is pushing
for an amendment to the country's Criminal Code that would allow investigators
to use wiretaps to investigate insider trading.
Such a step would give Canadian investigator...Read more |
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CAPITAL MARKETS FUEL ECONOMIC GROWTH – NEW PAPER | Mar 20/14 |
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Global hedge fund AUM hits record high | Mar 19/14 |
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Hedge funds posted
their best performance in the last 12 months, up 1.79% with fund managers
delivering performance-based gains of US$15 billion and recording net asset
inflows of US$11 billion during the month, according to...Read more |
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Hedge Funds’ Assets and Appetite Seen Growing | Mar 17/14 |
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Hedge funds’ assets under
management and their appetite for investments, including equities, are expected
to grow this year, according to a new survey.
Credit Suisse released its sixth annual Hedge Fund Investor Survey, title...Read more |
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Ontario pension plans are now able to hold unlimited amounts of U.S. government securities | Mar 17/14 |
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Ontario pension plans are now able to hold unlimited amounts of U.S.
government securities.
Pension plans registered in Ontario are prohibited from directly or
indirectly investing o...Read more |
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Hedge fund AuM to reach new peak, according to Credit Suisse survey | Mar 13/14 |
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Hedge fund Assets under Management (AuM) will grow by 12% or $300 billion to
reach an all-time high of $2.8 trillion, according to the sixth annual Credit
Suisse investor survey.
These inflows come as the hedge fund
industr...Read more |
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Hedge funds recover from January’s losses | Mar 12/14 |
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Hedge funds were up
1.83% in February, recovering from losses in the start of the year as the MSCI
World Index posted gains of 3.87% during the month.
Key takeaways:
All investment strategies yielded positive returns duri...Read more |
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Hedge funds look to put strategies into ETFs to lure more investors | Mar 11/14 |
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More client-hungry hedge fund managers are looking to put their investment
strategies to work in exchange-traded funds, a move that could exponentially
expand their pool of investors but requires them to slash investment man...Read more |
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Hedge funds raise Brent oil bets to highest since October | Mar 11/14 |
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Hedge funds and other large speculators last week
raised their bets on a rise in Brent crude oil prices to the highest level since
October, exchange data showed, highlighting the effect of Ukraine tensions on
sentiment.
Mon...Read more |
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Hedge funds guard data more, give clients new reason to grumble | Mar 10/14 |
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After years of complaining about high fees and
lackluster returns, hedge fund investors have something new to grumble about: It
is getting harder to see even the most basic data about what's happening with
their money.
Big-...Read more |
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Hedge fund self-service; the ultimate hedge fund app | Feb 26/14 |
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It has been the elusive
terrain of many a software developer and hedge fund marketer, but giving
investors and managers the ultimate hedge fund sourcing solution has been the
dream revisited by many over the years and 2014 i...Read more |
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Sprott Bets on Mexico as Hedge Fund Boosts Bonds: Canada Credit | Feb 25/14 |
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Sprott Asset Management LP is betting
Canada’s
bond
market will be on the losing side of a deepening North American
rivalry with
Mexico
for the fruits of a recovering U.S. economy.
Michael Craig, fix...Read more |
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Hedge fund exit requests rise slightly in February | Feb 24/14 |
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Hedge fund investors asked to pull out just slightly more money in February
than they did the previous month, largely sticking with their managers to help
them navigate financial
markets, data showed on Friday.
The pe...Read more |
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Hedge funds start 2014 in negative territory | Feb 24/14 |
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According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of
0.17 per cent in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory
since August 2013.
The decline in equity markets led to negative returns ...Read more |
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ETFs cash in by copying hedge fund stock picks, but some see risks | Feb 24/14 |
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Small investors who have longed to benefit from the
brains of top hedge fund managers can now purchase those same stock picks
without paying hefty fees or tying up a large amount of money.
The catch is that Global X Funds and...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Association Announces 2014/2015 Board Election Results | Feb 24/14 |
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Hedge Fund Association Announces 2014/2015
Board Election Results
Mitch Ackles elected to second term...Read more |
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Index returns blew past hedge funds in 2013 | Feb 24/14 |
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While the S&P 500
rewarded investors with a 32.4% return in 2013, hedge funds investors got 9.8%,
says
Business Insider.
Most of the underperformance is from short positions the funds held, says
BI. Had the funds...Read more |
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Hedge fund assets to top US$3 trillion by year end | Feb 20/14 |
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Nearly half of institutional investors increased their
hedge fund allocations in 2013
Hedge fund assets are expected to top US$3
trillion by the end of 2014, according to Deutsche Bank's latest annual
alternative ...Read more |
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Alts: Are They ‘Alternative’ Anymore? | Feb 14/14 |
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Over the last couple years, we’ve written time and again about the
mainstreaming of alternative investments with the rise of alternative mutual
funds and ETFs. But
data released by Cerulli Associates gives even more crede...Read more |
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Hedge funds beat index in January | Feb 12/14 |
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Hedge funds were
down 0.44% in January, outperforming underlying markets as the MSCI World Index
declined 3.74% during the month with global markets off to a bumpy start in
2014.
Key takeaways for January 2014:
Hedge fu...Read more |
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Soros Tops Historical Hedge Fund Performers | Feb 11/14 |
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The annual
study from fund-of-funds firm LCH Investments found that the manager, who closed
his firm to outside investment a few years ago, bests most of his peers over the
long term.
George Soros’
Quantum Endowment Fun...Read more |
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Hedge funds outperform slumping stocks in January, burnish image | Feb 11/14 |
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Hedge funds outperformed a slumping stock market in
January with strategies from activism to volatility plays, helping buff the
image of an industry criticized in the last years for its high fees and failure
to top climbing ...Read more |
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Fiera Capital CEO honoured | Feb 06/14 |
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Investment Executive’s sister publication names Jean-Guy
Desjardins the 2013 Quebec Financial Person of the Year
Jean-Guy Desjardins, CEO of Montreal-based Fiera Capital Corp. is
Finance et Investissement's 2013 ...Read more |
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FATCA deal finalized | Feb 06/14 |
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Canadian financial
institutions won’t be required to report directly to American tax authorities,
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announced Wednesday.
Read: Who’s
on the hook for FATCA?
Canada’s reached an agreement with t...Read more |
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Will Funds of Hedge Funds Stage a Comeback in 2014? | Feb 04/14 |
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Funds of hedge funds have been met with difficult challenges in the past six
years due to mixed returns, capital outflows, a large number of fund closures
and industry consolidation. As a result of higher fees and dampened per...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Raising Gold Wagers Dump Copper: Commodities | Feb 03/14 |
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Hedge funds raised bullish gold wagers by the most since July and sold copper
holdings as emerging-market turmoil boosted concern the global economy will slow
and increased demand for precious metals as a haven.
The net-long...Read more |
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Ross Smith expands executive team | Jan 30/14 |
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Hedge fund manager appoints two co-CEOs
Calgary-based hedge fund manager Ross Smith Asset
Management Wednesday announce the appointment of both Joseph Perry and Chris
Preston as co-CEOs.Perry is a 19-year veteran of...Read more |
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Rick Mercer makes fun of FATCA | Jan 28/14 |
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The Foreign
Accounts Tax Compliance Act may not seem like a topic ripe for comedy, but
satirist Rick Mercer shows us anything is possible on Rick Mercer Report.
FATCA’s unclear implications for Canadians were the subject of o...Read more |
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Investor requests to exit hedge funds fall in January | Jan 23/14 |
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Hedge fund investors withdrawal requests in January were for a lower amount
than last month, new data showed on Wednesday, as more clients stuck with their
managers to navigate financial
markets in the coming year.
Th...Read more |
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Hedge funds' top five currency bets for 2014 | Jan 21/14 |
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Hedge funds think 2014 could be the year their currency bets finally pay off,
after getting burned last year on trades ranging from the Australian dollar to
the greenback.
The influence of central banks and competition am...Read more |
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Hedge fund assets increase 13% | Jan 21/14 |
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Total assets in the
hedge fund industry increased by almost 13% during the year to breach the US$2.0
trillion mark, according to the Eurekahedge Report.
And hedge funds had a great year of performance-based gains since 2010, ...Read more |
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Great year anticipated for hedge fund startups | Jan 20/14 |
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Experience, available seed money, spinouts are among factors that could make
for explosive 2014
2014 is shaping up to be one of the most active years for hedge fund
launches since befo...Read more |
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AIMA's new CEO Jack Inglis to start 1 February | Jan 16/14 |
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London – 16 January 2014: The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA),
the global hedge fund industry association, has announced that Jack Inglis will
take over as CEO of the organisation on 1 February 2014. Mr In...Read more |
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Women hedge fund managers outpace male rivals, again | Jan 15/14 |
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Women hedge fund managers have outperformed their male rivals, on average,
for the second year in a row, according to professional services firm Rothstein
Kass which tracks the industry.
From Jan. 1, 2013, through the end...Read more |
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Investors exit hedge funds at fastest rate in four years | Jan 14/14 |
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Investors pulled out money from
hedge funds at the fastest rate for more than four years in December,
following a year in which many managers' performance disappointed, new data
showed on Monday.
The SS&C GlobeOp ...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Trail Stocks for Fifth Year With 7.4% Return | Jan 08/14 |
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Hedge funds trailed the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) for the fifth straight year as U.S.
markets rallied to record levels.
Hedge funds returned an average of 7.4 percent in 2013, after a gain of less
than 0.1 per...Read more |
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Hedge funds get USD17.5bn in November | Jan 08/14 |
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Hedge funds took in USD17.5bn or 0.9 per cent of assets in
November, according to a report from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment
Research.
This inflow was the highest in six months and the second-highest in the past
t...Read more |
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Eric Sprott appointed to Order of Canada | Jan 08/14 |
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Sprott chairman honoured for philanthropy
Eric Sprott, founder and chairman of
Toronto-based Sprott Inc.. is among the new appointments to the Order of
Canada recently announced by the Governor General of Canada.Sprott w...Read more |
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Gottex to buy EIM Group | Dec 17/13 |
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BOSTON (Reuters)—Arpad Busson will sell his EIM Group
to alternative investment manager Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd.
for $38 million, in a deal underscoring a trend of consolidation in the
$2.5 trillion industry.
...Read more |
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Canadian Pension Funds, the New Buyout Kings, Take On Private Equity | Dec 13/13 |
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Mark Wiseman, chief executive officer of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, walked into Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s looking for a suit. “I couldn’t afford anything there,” he says. While he still hasn’t bought a suit ...Read more |
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Investors add to hedge fund holdings in November | Dec 12/13 |
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Investors added more cash to
hedge funds than they redeemed in November, encouraged by managers
making money even as the stock market rally paused, new data showed on
Wednesday.
The SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement I...Read more |
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Gold Drop Is Blow to Prominent Hedge-Fund Manager Sprott | Dec 12/13 |
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One of the world's biggest gold bugs is getting
crushed by the metal's steep fall.
The flagship fund of prominent Canadian hedge-fund
manager Eric
Sprott
SII.T -3.08% has dropped more than 50% this year in what will
l...Read more |
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The Hedge Fund Problem -- and the Solution | Dec 12/13 |
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Hedge funds have a problem... and we have a solution.
Equity hedge funds are significantly lagging the S&P 500 this year, according
to data tracked by
www.hedgefundresearch.com on over 7,000 funds globally.
Wh...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Assets Top '08 Levels | Dec 10/13 |
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More than six years after the advent of the financial crisis, the world's
hedge funds have at last recouped their lost assets.Hedge fund industry
assets hit a new record in November, totaling $1.97 trillion, according to ...Read more |
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New hedge funds need $300 mln in assets just to break even | Dec 10/13 |
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Traders launching a hedge fund need to raise at least $300 million in assets
to pay for rising regulatory costs and to offset lower fees, a survey showed, a
far cry from the pre-crisis days when managers could start with ten...Read more |
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