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Fat-tail attraction | Mar 28/11 |
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Investors’ interest in hedging tail risk is growing
“TAIL-RISK” hedging was the talk of Wall Street in 2008 after global markets
nosedived and traumatised investors tried to figure out how they could
protect themselves ...Read more |
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Investing Like It’s 1999 | Mar 28/11 |
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Investing Like It’s 1999
Banks pouring money into technology funds, wealthy clients and institutions
clamoring to get pieces of start-ups, expectations of stock market debuts
building — as Wall Street’s machinery kicks i...Read more |
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Sprott scouting overseas to build global presence | Mar 25/11 |
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Sprott Inc. (SII-T9.510.232.48%)
is looking to spread its wings beyond Canada and the United States in its bid to
become a global leader in hedge funds and other alternative investing
strategies.
The Toronto-based investmen...Read more |
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Now There's A Hedge Fund That Invests In The Most Expensive Watches In The World | Mar 25/11 |
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People have been paying so much for watches recently that now there are a few
hedge funds dedicated to investing in them.We're just in the beginning stages
of a "cycle of interest" in watches, say the founders of Pre...Read more |
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Light at the end of the tunnel, or light of an oncoming train? | Mar 25/11 |
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New Page 2
There is good reason for
everyone in the hedge fund community to be both optimistic and apprehensive
right now
There is good reason for everyone
in the hedge fund community to be both optimi...Read more |
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Outlook stable for hedge funds in 2011, says Moody's | Mar 24/11 |
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The 2011 credit outlook for hedge funds is stable overall, with
signs of improvement underpinned by the industry's positive performance and
profitability, says Moody's Investors Service in an Industry Outlook published
today...Read more |
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Hedge fund industry to change as pension investment rises | Mar 24/11 |
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Hedge fund managers will have to lower
fees, change their business strategies and lower their risk tolerance as
pension funds increase their allocation to the asset class, Moody's
Investors Service believes.
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Funds for the inflation-wary investor | Mar 24/11 |
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Investors are increasingly worried about inflation and are turning to
emerging-market and commodity funds in order to offset its pernicious effects,
according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).
The AIC, the tr...Read more |
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Switzerland approves its first hedge fund | Mar 23/11 |
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The Swiss financial services regulator has
granted its authorisation to
Switzerland's first hedge fund, in a development fuelled by the growing
desire of institutional investors for greater regulation of alternative ...Read more |
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Living with "fat tails" and coping with risk | Mar 23/11 |
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If 2011 is proving anything to investors, it's that they may have to put up
with a world of repeated economic and political shocks -- but the caution this
produces may benefit the global economy in the long term.
As the first...Read more |
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Six Best Books to Read for a Career in Hedge Funds | Mar 23/11 |
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If you're planning to break into
hedge
funds or want to accelerate your career in the industry, it's useful to read
the same books that bigwigs in the field do.
We spoke to Roy Cohen, career coach and author of The Wall Stre...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Slash Bullish Commodity Bets Most in Eight Months | Mar 22/11 |
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Hedge
funds cut their bullish bets on commodities by the most for any week since
June as Japan’s
nuclear crisis threatened the global economic recovery.
In the week ended March 15, an index of managed-money net- long posit...Read more |
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Barclay CTA Index up 0.96% in February | Mar 21/11 |
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Managed futures gained 0.96% in February according to the Barclay
CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
“Geopolitical upheaval in the Middle East, rising commodity prices, and an
on-going rally in equity markets were the main d...Read more |
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Hedge fund deposits not always welcome in Zurich | Mar 21/11 |
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Hedge fund staff who relocated to Switzerland to avoid UK
tax are finding life in Zurich, above, less easy-going than in London.
GlaxoSmithKline boss Andrew Witty should be warmly commended for his
engagingly old-fashioned...Read more |
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Hedge fund liquidates all exposure to Japan | Mar 21/11 |
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CAI boss comfortable after eliminating exposure to country,
citing situation full of unknowns
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Hedge funds hit by quake-fueled market selloff | Mar 21/11 |
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Paulson, Tudor, Sparx among firms suffering losses
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) —
Some hedge funds suffered big losses from the
market selloff this week in the wake of Japan’s
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New rules for hedge funds | Mar 18/11 |
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Money is pouring back into hedge funds, and global assets under management in
the industry are nearing their 2008 peak again. But hedge fund investors are
allocating their capital differently, and have more power than ever b...Read more |
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How investors turned the tables on hedge funds | Mar 18/11 |
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Neil Chelo's job is to be able to tell good hedge fund managers from
not-so-good ones.
An investment analyst, Chelo honed his skills under the tutelage of Harry
Markopolos, the forensic fraud investigator widely credited with...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Launch: The Football Fund. | Mar 18/11 |
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The Football Fund has launched and is officially open and trading with a
February NAV of $99.16 per share. Having completed its initial investments the
new hedge fund is currently open to private investors for a limited period...Read more |
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Porsche says new hedge fund suit unsubstantiated | Mar 17/11 |
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* Hedge funds file new lawsuit vs Porsche in NY state court
* Follows January's appeal to federal court's suit dismissal
* Traders say suit unlikely to scupper Porsche/VW merger
* Porsche shares up 0.2 pct, outperformi...Read more |
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Texas Lawmakers See Light on Hedge Fund Investments | Mar 17/11 |
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The Texas Teacher Retirement System (TRS) may double the amount it
allocates to hedge funds after a state representative introduced a bill
raising the cap on investment in the asset class.
(March 16, 2011) -- In an ef...Read more |
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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index confirmed to finish up 1.38% in February | Mar 17/11 |
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Final performance for the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund
Index (Broad Index) is confirmed up 1.38% in February.
Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, said: "The Dow
Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund ...Read more |
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Porsche Sued by Greenlight Capital, Tiger Global Over Short-Selling Losses | Mar 16/11 |
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Porsche SE, the German automaker, was sued by hedge funds Greenlight Capital
Inc., Tiger Management LLC and other funds over $1 billion in short-selling
losses.
The funds accused Porsche of fraud, saying it hid its plan to c...Read more |
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Tests await proprietary stars seeking hedge fund riches | Mar 16/11 |
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Many a top bank trader will struggle to replicate what ex-Goldman Sachs stars
Pierre-Henri Flamand and Morgan Sze are doing: raising billions of dollars to
start their own hedge funds.
Traders who have been paid well for year...Read more |
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Buyers Creep In Amid Broad Market Tumult | Mar 16/11 |
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Fears of a Japanese nuclear disaster drove stocks and commodities down around
the world on Tuesday, but signs emerged that investors were beginning to buy
again—and stocks in Tokyo staged a defiant snapback rally on Wednesday ...Read more |
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The Ten Deadly Sins of Hedge Fund Managers | Mar 16/11 |
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Part of the skill of product development in the alternative UCITS hedge funds
space is coming up with an approach that will address many of the fears and
concerns institutional investors have about hedge funds. The best starti...Read more |
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Top Hedgies Scaling Back on Stock Exposure | Mar 15/11 |
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Hedge funds are sometimes called the smart money due to
their investing prowess and according to top hedge fund manager Anthony
Scramucci the smart money is turning away from stocks, at least on a relative
basis.
Scaramuc...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Had Bets Against Japan | Mar 15/11 |
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The catastrophe in Japan has placed renewed focus on the country's already
fragile economy—and brought unexpected profits to investors who have long bet
that the nation eventually will be dragged down by its debt problems.
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Dynamic Power Hedge Fund Series Consolidation | Mar 15/11 |
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TORONTO, March 14
/CNW/ - Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. (the "Manager"), manager of
Dynamic Funds(R) ("Dynamic"), today announced a series consolidation for Dynamic
Power Hedge Fund (the ...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Increase Bullish Sugar Bets to Highest in a Year | Mar 14/11 |
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Hedge
funds increased bullish bets on sugar to the highest in more than a year on
expectations that worldwide demand will increase.
In the week ended March 8, funds and money managers increased net-long
positions, or wager...Read more |
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London markets poised for sell-off after earthquake in Japan | Mar 14/11 |
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Insurers are likely to come under renewed pressure as estimates of the scale
of potential claims against them more than tripled over the weekend to
$30bn-$50bn (£19bn-£30bn) as the scale of the crisis unfolded. Analysts s...Read more |
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Top hedge funds lead industry assets to $1.3 Trillion mark | Mar 14/11 |
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Hedge fund industry assets in the United
States for managers with more than $1 billion in assets under management
grew by $115 billion during 2010, reaching $1.297 trillion. According to
a recent survey by AR Ma...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Survey, Popcorn Disclosure, Energy Bill: Compliance | Mar 11/11 |
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One in four
hedge funds
is already clearing over-the-counter derivative trades, up from none in October,
before new rules require changes later this year to the $583 trillion market,
according to analysts at UBS AG.
Most ...Read more |
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Pension funds favour direct hedge fund investments | Mar 11/11 |
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More pension funds are taking direct stakes in hedge funds and steering clear
of funds of hedge funds to slash their fees and boost performance. Or at least
that is the view of Simon Ruddick, an executive with the hedge fund c...Read more |
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Euro falls as sovereign woes persist | Mar 10/11 |
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The euro fell on Thursday, with furtherpullbacks seen likely, as worries about how Europe will addressits fiscal problems offset expectations of an upcoming rate hikeby the European Central Bank.
The single European currency...Read more |
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HSBC sees macro hedge funds profiting from Libya crisis | Mar 10/11 |
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Hedge funds that
bet on interest rates and currencies are set to profit from the economic
fallout from Libya's unfolding crisis, says HSBC Alternative
Investments, which has already benefited from rising oil prices.
The u...Read more |
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Teachers, Municipal Workers Are Among Those Picked for Rajaratnam's Jury | Mar 10/11 |
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Teachers, retirees, municipal
workers, a Federal Reserve employee were among the 18 jurors
chosen to consider insider-trading charges against Raj Rajaratnam, co-founder of hedge fund Galleon Group LLC.
The panel also includes ...Read more |
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Hedge funds and equities in demand in 2010, says Towers Watson | Mar 10/11 |
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The number of equity mandates awarded by global
professional services company Towers Watson’s (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW) clients
worldwide in 2010 increased by over 30% from 2009, while the number of
hedge fund mandates grew by 50% ...Read more |
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Paulson Now Richest Alternatives Billionaire | Mar 10/11 |
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Four years ago, he wasn't even a billionaire. But today, John Paulson
is the richest alternative investments mogul in the world, according to
Forbes magazine's latest roster of global billionaires.
With a net worth of $16 bil...Read more |
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Sprott says silver will keep outshining gold | Mar 09/11 |
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Silver is likely to keep outperforming gold thanks to strong dollar flows,
though both are still good investments compared with copper and other base
metals, according to Eric Sprott, the hedge-fund manager and Canadian invest...Read more |
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10 Reasons To Be Bullish on Hedge Funds | Mar 09/11 |
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Following an extensive survey of hedge fund investors,
Deutsche Bank concluded there are 10 reasons to be positive about the industry
“Bullish sentiment on market
performance, flows and industry dynamics were the clear mess...Read more |
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Hedge Fund to Predict Markets Using Twitter | Mar 09/11 |
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Last fall,
Indiana University informatics
professor Johan Bollen stumbled upon an astonishing connection:
The social network Twitter could predict swings in the
Dow Jones Industrial
Average with 87 percent accuracy.
Six...Read more |
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Hedge funds gain in February, trail broader index | Mar 08/11 |
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* Hedge funds return 1.39 pct in February
* Mark second straight months of gains
* Returns still lag broader index
BOSTON, March 7 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers delivered gains for a second
straight month in February, accor...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Bull Bets Hit Four-Year High After Trailing S&P 500 13% Return | Mar 08/11 |
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As gains at his hedge fund tumbled from 49 percent in 2009 to 3 percent last
year, Pierre Philippon of London-based Zadig Asset Management was hearing from
clients.
They wanted to know if the company, which runs the Zadig Fu...Read more |
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Reporters caught in fund lawsuit crossfire | Mar 08/11 |
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Some well-known business journalists are getting caught in the legal
crossfire between a Canadian insurer and a group of hedge funds it accuses of
betting against its shares.
Last month, in a little-noticed move, Daniel Loeb,...Read more |
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Funds of hedge funds reverse post-crisis decline | Mar 08/11 |
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* Firms with more than $1 bln see assets rise 5 pct in H2
* Top 10 funds grow 10 percent
* Blackstone biggest manager, GAM drops out of top 10
LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - The fund of hedge funds industry has reversed a
post c...Read more |
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Top hedge funds' fresh commodity bet: plastics | Mar 07/11 |
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* Hedge funds' new flavor of the quarter: LyondellBasell
* Move over gold...Investors diversify beyond yellow metal
* Inflationary pressures seep into food, energy, materials
NEW YORK, March 7 (Reuters) - "Just one word .....Read more |
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Top funds sell some Apple, Google | Mar 07/11 |
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* Lone Pine, Maverick, others cut share holdings
* Investors doubt shares can continue at heady pace
* Concerns over Apple CEO's health
* Apple, Google fundamentals seen sound
SEATTLE, March 7 (Reuters) - Nervous analysts ...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Bull Bets at Four-Year High After Lagging S&P 500 | Mar 07/11 |
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As gains at his hedge fund tumbled from 49 percent in 2009 to
3 percent last year, Pierre Philippon of London-based Zadig Asset Management was
hearing from clients.
They wanted to know if the company, which runs the Zadig Fun...Read more |
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The future of FoHFs lies in the numbers | Mar 04/11 |
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Stop press: funds of funds are back
The story of 2010 was a story of assets; recovery of performance; and
recovery of self confidence. Not only have the best survived the tests of
the last few years, but there are alre...Read more |
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