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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 0.24 per cent in February | Mar 19/13 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.24
per cent for the month of February with six of the 10 sub-strategies
recording positive returns.Emerging
markets (0.49 per cent) and event driven (0.46 per ...Read more |
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CFA Institute publishes statement of investor rights | Mar 19/13 |
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New principles are part of an initiative that aims to
restore confidence in the financial industry
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Hedge fund fees under pressure | Mar 18/13 |
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Hedge funds globally have been forced to lower their fees as returns
have failed to meet investors' expectations, says PIMCO executive vice
president Ryan Korinke.Hedge fund fees tend to be the most expensive
of...Read more |
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Bullish Bets Jump Most Since July as Gold Rebounds: Commodities | Mar 18/13 |
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Investors increased wagers on a commodity rally by the most in eight months
as signs of a U.S. economic recovery bolstered the outlook for demand and drove
rallies in crude oil, cotton, copper and gold.
Hedge funds and other...Read more |
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Hedge fund industry assets reach record USD2.25trn | Mar 15/13 |
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New hedge fund launches rose at year end 2012, narrowly trailing
total launches for 2011 as total hedge fund industry assets increased to a
record of USD2.25trn, according to the latest HFR Market Microstructure
Indust...Read more |
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Activist Hedge Funds Make Hay | Mar 15/13 |
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Call it the Day of the Activist.
Paul Singer’s Elliott Management said it now owns 4.3 percent of energy
company Hess. The hedge fund manager has created a website to take its case to
investors in a newly created
website...Read more |
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Treacherous Times for Hedge Funds | Mar 14/13 |
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The stock rally, low fixed-income yields, plateauing
commodities and legal pressures have mired
hedge funds in uncertainty, raising questions about handling the
ever-shifting market environment a...Read more |
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New global fund for accredited investors | Mar 14/13 |
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Standard Life Investments fund offers accredited investors
positive absolute returns
Standard Life Investments Global Absolute Returns Strategies Private Pooled
Fund (GARS) is now available to Ca...Read more |
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Fiera Capital QSSP II fund offering Class A shares | Mar 14/13 |
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Series 2013 closing April 2
...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Alpha Was 15% in 1990, Today its Negative: MS | Mar 13/13 |
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Morgan Stanley’s
analysis of U.S. equities for the present and coming year gives away some
interesting pointers. For instance, looking at analysts’ estimates it seems
that one of the largest growths is expec...Read more |
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Apple Inc. (AAPL) Is Still Most Popular Hedge Fund Stock: BAML | Mar 13/13 |
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
is the most popular stock owned by hedge funds, regardless of the size of the
position during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report released by
analysts at Bank of
America Merrill Lync...Read more |
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Man Fund-of-Hedge-Funds Unit Expects Best Return Since 2009 | Mar 12/13 |
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Financial Risk Management Ltd., a unit of the world’s
largest publicly traded hedge-fund manager
Man Group Plc (EMG), may see the best return from its multistrategy funds of
funds since 2009, said its chief investment offi...Read more |
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Investors Expect Hedge Fund Assets to Rise to $2.42bn in 2013 | Mar 12/13 |
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Credit Suisse is pleased to announce the results of its annual Global
Hedge Fund Investor Survey, in which we analyze responses from close to 550
institutional investors, representing $1.03 trillion of hedge fund investments, ...Read more |
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Hedge funds gain in February as equities approach record level | Mar 11/13 |
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Hedge funds posted gains in February as broad US equity indexes
approached record levels and the US dollar surged against most major
currencies, weathering renewed investor concerns on the European banking and
sovereig...Read more |
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Hedge fund inflows set to double | Mar 11/13 |
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Record low bond yields and the return of global confidence should see inflows
into alternative equity strategies more than double in 2013, according to PIMCO
executive vice president Ryan Korinke.
The hedge fund expert, who i...Read more |
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Investors predict hedge fund industry assets of USD2.42trn at end 2013 | Mar 11/13 |
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Institutional investors predict that total hedge fund industry
assets will reach USD2.42trn at the end of 2013, according to a survey by
Credit Suisse.This would represent an industry growth rate
of over 10 per cent or...Read more |
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Sprott announces launch of new investment fund | Mar 11/13 |
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Company to issue shares in $25 million private placement
Toronto-based Sprott Inc. (TSX: SII) Friday
announced it will seed and launch a new alternative investment fund, the
objective of which is to provide superio...Read more |
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Institutions expect greater returns from hedge funds | Mar 08/13 |
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Institutional investors are expecting more from hedge fund managers in the
year ahead, according to a new survey from Credit Suisse.
The firm reports that return expectations among institutional investors have
increased to ...Read more |
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Inflection Strategic Opportunities Fund Posts 18.42% Net Return For 2012, Outperforms... | Mar 08/13 |
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Inflection Strategic Opportunities Fund
Posts 18.42% Net Return For 2012,
Outperforms Benchmark Indices
December 2012 net
return of 1.58% also outperforms
Vancouver, BC – February
11, 2012 – Inflection Management Inc. to...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Up 0.43% In February | Mar 06/13 |
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Did hedge funds win or lose in February? The early-reporting indices are
split.While the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index showed a
small 0.16% decline for the average hedge fund last month, Hedge Fund
Resear...Read more |
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Walkers named Best Offshore Law Firm in Hedgeweek Awards | Mar 06/13 |
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Law firm Walkers’ hedge fund team has been named top provider of
offshore legal services by readers of Hedgeweek, one of the key publications
serving the hedge funds and alternative investment industry.
On 1 March, the ...Read more |
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MorningStar: Hedge Funds rose 1.9% in January | Mar 05/13 |
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New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an
asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in the Morningstar Hedge
Fund database, rose 1.9% in January and advanced 6.3% for the trailing ...Read more |
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Man Group unveils £491m loss | Mar 01/13 |
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Man Group capped a disastrous year as the hedge fund group unveiled a $745m (£491m) loss and confirmed that one of its employees had been arrested on suspicion of insider trading.The world's second largest hedge fund manager by as...Read more |
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Man Group Assets Fall, Adding to Pressure on New Chief Roman | Feb 28/13 |
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Man Group Plc (EMG), the world’s biggest publicly traded hedge-fund manager,
reported $2.7 billion in fourth-quarter client outflows, adding pressure on new
Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel Roman to improve performance.
...Read more |
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Wealth Managers Investing in Hedge Funds – February 2013 | Feb 28/13 |
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Hedge funds are an attractive choice of investment for wealth managers
seeking diversification through alternative investments. There are currently 344
wealth managers active in the hedge fund space according to Preqin's
He...Read more |
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Calpers to Boost Allocations to Event-Driven, Macro Funds | Feb 27/13 |
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The
California Public Employees’ Retirement System plans to boost its
allocations to event-driven and global macro hedge funds to help reduce the
impact of fluctuations in the stock market.
The biggest U.S. pension fund ai...Read more |
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SEC charges hedge fund managers with fraud | Feb 27/13 |
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The SEC
has
charged a pair of hedge fund managers and their Connecticut-based advisory
firm New Stream Capital with lying to investors about their fund’s structure and
financial condition before it failed during the financi...Read more |
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The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers And Traders | Feb 26/13 |
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In 2012, prominent hedge fund managers made headlines by successfully trading
against
JPMorgan Chase & Co., spending lots of money to influence the U.S.
presidential election, and proclaiming that a nutritional suppleme...Read more |
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New Hedge Fund Deposits to Triple, Deutsche Bank Says | Feb 25/13 |
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New allocations to hedge funds may more than triple this year, pushing the
global industry’s assets to a new high, according to an annual survey by
Deutsche Bank AG. (DBK)
Hedge fund assets worldwide may increase 11 percent...Read more |
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Emerging markets hedge funds position for currency volatility | Feb 25/13 |
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Emerging markets hedge funds posted strong gains to conclude
2012, which continued through early 2013, as stimulus measures in developed
markets contributed to EM currency and equity market gains.
The HFRX Multi-Emerging Mar...Read more |
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The Hedge Fund Hot 100 | Feb 25/13 |
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There are a lot of lists of hedge funds and hedge fund related business.
Usually and appropriately for an absolute return concept, the lists are usually
about absolute size. “Who is the Daddy?” tends to be the main question.
...Read more |
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Commodities Tumble on Speculation Hedge Fund Selling Positions | Feb 21/13 |
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Commodities fell, capping the biggest loss in more than two months, as metals
and energy tumbled amid speculation that a hedge fund was selling.
The Standard & Poor’s GSCI Spot Index of 24 raw materials declined 1.1
perc...Read more |
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Volatility Falls Most Since 1930s as Stock Funds Gain | Feb 20/13 |
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Price swings in U.S. stocks are narrowing the most since the Great
Depression, a signal of reviving investor confidence that’s fueling the bull
market poised to enter its fifth year.
Traders work on the floor of ...Read more |
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Man Group combines two hedge fund units | Feb 20/13 |
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Hedge fund manager Man Group has combined two of its hedge fund
units and made changes to the company’s management structure ahead of Emmanuel
Roman (pictured) taking over from Peter Clarke as chief executive officer on 28
F...Read more |
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AIMA ANNOUNCES DEPUTY CHAIRMEN AND INVESTOR-APPOINTEE | Feb 20/13 |
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London – 20 February 2013: The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA),
the global hedge fund association, has announced two Deputy Chairmen from its
existing Directors and also an investor-appointee to the AIMA C...Read more |
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Hedge funds cut commodity net longs; gold hit | Feb 19/13 |
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(Reuters) -
Hedge funds and other big speculators slashed their bullish bets on
U.S.
commodities, taking aim particularly at gold which had lost some of
its lustre this year, trade data released on Friday showed.
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Man Group Combines Hedge Fund Units, Names Ellis as President | Feb 19/13 |
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Man Group Plc, the biggest publicly traded hedge fund manager, combined two
computer-driven hedge fund units and made management changes in recent weeks
before
Emmanuel Roman takes over as chief executive officer next w...Read more |
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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 2.07 per cent in January | Feb 19/13 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 2.07
per cent for the month of January, with nine of the 10 sub-strategies
recording gains.Long/short equity led the way with a return
of 3.54 per cent for the m...Read more |
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U.S. hedge funds sour on Apple; favor dollar stores | Feb 15/13 |
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Hedge fund heavyweights from Leon
Cooperman's Omega Advisors to Barry Rosenstein's Jana Partners threw in the
towel on Apple Inc in the fourth quarter, while other managers found discount
retailers Dollar General Corp and ...Read more |
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Barclay Hedge Fund Index gains 2.84 per cent in January | Feb 15/13 |
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Hedge funds gained 2.84 per cent in January, according to the
Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
“Fiscal cliff fears receded, European banks strengthened, China avoided a
hard landing, Japan stimulated its eco...Read more |
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Soros fund bets against yen, makes $1 billion | Feb 14/13 |
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U.S. hedge fund investor George Soros has gained about $1
billion since November betting against the yen, the Wall Street Journal
reported, citing people with knowledge of the firm's position.
The yen lost nearly 20 percent a...Read more |
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Average hedge fund fee significantly lower than reported | Feb 14/13 |
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Hedge fund industry assets are up slightly from their peak in Q3
2008, however the average fee paid on industry assets has declined much more
than reported in industry surveys, which typically show that the stated fee
...Read more |
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Hedge funds lose USD14.2bn in assets in 2012 | Feb 14/13 |
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Hedge fund investors redeemed a net USD14.2bn in 2012, reversing
a USD50.7bn inflow to the industry in 2011, according to a report from
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge based on data from 3,492 funds.
Hedge fund redemptions hi...Read more |
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The Hosting Boom: Hedge Funds Share the Operations Burden | Feb 13/13 |
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The financial crisis and the oncoming weight of regulation was a treat for
many service providers able to cater for the evolving needs of players in the
hedge fund industry. The rise in operating costs in 2007 ignited specific...Read more |
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Canadian hedge funds worst performers of 2012 | Feb 13/13 |
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Hedge funds managers are supposed to be the smart money; market mavens whose
sky-high fees are justified by their ability to outperform.But guess
what? The smart money might not be so smart, at least when markets are
r...Read more |
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Finale for funds of funds | Feb 13/13 |
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The death march of the funds-of-funds industry continues.
Funds of funds — vehicles that pool money to invest in a diverse basket of
hedge funds — declined by $44.3 billion in 2012 to end the year with $501
billion. They have...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Performance is #1 on the Institutional Investor Agenda for 2013 | Feb 12/13 |
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In December 2012, Preqin conducted in-depth interviews with 85 leading
institutional investors in hedge funds in order to get an idea of their outlook
for the asset class in 2013. The study covered a range of topics including ...Read more |
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Hedge Funds’ Fourth Bullish Week Boosts Copper Bets | Feb 11/13 |
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Hedge funds increased bullish commodity bets for the fourth straight week and
became the most bullish on copper since December on signs of faster growth in
the U.S. and China.
Speculators boosted net-long
positions across...Read more |
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Fraudulent hedge funds pose greater threat in 2013, says Hetherington | Feb 11/13 |
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Thanks to the recent JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups
Act), signed by President Obama last year, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) has lifted advertising restrictions for hedge funds and
other kinds...Read more |
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Hedge funds start year with positive returns, says Eurekahedge | Feb 08/13 |
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Returns from the Eurekahedge Hedge fund
Index hit 1.98% during January as risk appetite returned and global
markets gained.
Some 80% of hedge funds reported positive performance during the
month, against an ...Read more |
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