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One-year-old ETF beats hedge funds, stock market in first year | Oct 17/12 |
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A one-year-old actively managed exchange-traded stock fund has beaten a
number of market benchmarks in its first year, including most hedge funds, the
ETF sponsor AdvisorShares said on Tuesday.
Through September 30, the T...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Technology Evolves to Meet new Regulatory Demands | Oct 17/12 |
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In our
series on the evolution of hedge fund technology, PROHEDGE
investigates how the wave of new regulations have forced hedge funds to ramp up
their operations and technology infrastructure, and how technology companies...Read more |
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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.04 per cent in September | Oct 17/12 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.04 per
cent for the month of September.
Eight of the 10 strategies recorded positive performance for the month with
emerging markets (2.21 per cent) and event driven ...Read more |
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Emerging market hedge funds stand out in mediocre year | Oct 16/12 |
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Fund managers that specialize in investing in emerging markets have achieved
standout gains of nearly 8 percent in a year when the typical hedge fund has
eked out returns of about 5 percent, recent data showed.
Emerging m...Read more |
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Real asset investors look to hedge funds for supply - adviser | Oct 16/12 |
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Placement agents and research companies are
reporting that real asset and private equity investors are looking to raise
additional capital and may deploy up to $200bn prior to the end of 2013.
Gamma Finance, a London-based i...Read more |
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Bullish Wagers Drop to Eight-Week Low Before Rally: Commodities | Oct 15/12 |
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Hedge
funds cut bullish commodity wagers to the lowest since the middle of August
before signs the
U.S. economy
is improving and declining grain stockpiles drove prices to a three-week high.
Speculators reduced net-long
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Hedge fund replication strategies offer cheaper investing alternative | Oct 15/12 |
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The next big thing in hedge fund investment won't be a hedge fund: It will be
a replica.
A growing number of institutional investors are considering a move into
sophisticated, rules-based trading strategies that meet or beat...Read more |
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Hedge funds gain USD5.1bn in August | Oct 15/12 |
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The hedge fund industry took in USD5.1bn (0.3 per cent of assets)
in August, reversing a USD9.2bn outflow (0.5 per cent of assets) in July,
according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research.
Based on data from 2,999...Read more |
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Canadian Court Says Mason's Telus Meeting Can Proceed | Oct 15/12 |
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters)—Mason
Capital Management LLC, the largest shareholder in Telus Corp., said on
Friday [Oct. 12] an appeals court in British Columbia had overturned a ruling
that had stymied its plan to c...Read more |
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Scotiabank Expanding Hedge Fund Derivatives Services | Oct 12/12 |
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Bank of Nova Scotia,
Canada’s third-
largest bank, will offer more products to hedge funds including derivatives
trading as it expands
prime services to compete inside and outside its home country.
Scotiabank plans t...Read more |
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Hedge Funds and The Cloud | Oct 12/12 |
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Building up to GAIM Ops 2012 on 16-18 October in Paris, PROHEDGE will be
taking a weekly look at some of the key issues to be addressed at this year’s
event. Last week we explored Hedge
fund risk management; this week we exa...Read more |
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Rising global equities lift hedge fund performance | Oct 12/12 |
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Hedge funds gained 1.79 per cent in September, according to the
Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge.
The index is up 5.99 per cent year to date.
“In spite of news that highlighted continuing economic deteriorati...Read more |
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Investors cut back on hedge funds despite rally: data | Oct 11/12 |
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Hedge fund clients pulled out more money than they put in over the past month
in spite of a strong performance, in a possible sign of nerves that the parlous
state of major economies could hit their returns.
Net outflows ...Read more |
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Hedge funds up 1.26 per cent in September, says Hennessee | Oct 11/12 |
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The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased 1.26 per cent in
September and is up 5.03 per cent year-to-date.
The S&P 500 gained 2.42 per cent (+14.56 per cent YTD), the Dow Jones
Industrial Average advanced 2.65 per cent (+...Read more |
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How Hedge Funds are Trading the Big Banks | Oct 10/12 |
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The best performing big bank stock so far this
month might be a surprise, with the surprise winner being Citigroup (NYSE:C),
up over 6% so far this month. Another surprise, of the five stocks we consider
the dominant banks, ...Read more |
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Large Hedge Funds Have Performed Better Than Small Funds in Down Years | Oct 10/12 |
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PerTrac, a provider of analytics, reporting and communications
software for investment professionals, today (October 9 2012) released
the sixth annual version of its analysis of performance trends for hedge
...Read more |
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Hedge funds cut trading desk budgets, says Greenwich Associates | Oct 10/12 |
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Hedge funds appear to be moving aggressively to take down costs
associated with their trading desks in the midst of a prolonged period of
depressed trading activity, according to the results of a study by Greenwich
Associate...Read more |
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Hedge Funds End Rout as Prices Reach Two-Month Low: Commodities | Oct 09/12 |
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Hedge
funds increased bullish bets on commodities for the first time in three
weeks as prices dropped to a two-month low on signs of slowing Chinese growth
and rising supplies of everything from crude oil to coffee.
Money ...Read more |
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Hedge funds close third quarter with September gains | Oct 09/12 |
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Hedge funds posted their strongest monthly performance since
February to conclude Q3 2012, led by equity hedge strategies as investor
sentiment improved on positive developments in the European banking and
sovereign debt cri...Read more |
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Portfolio Optimization: Achieving Diversification and Low Volatility | Oct 09/12 |
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Diversification is key to managing risk in uncertain climates. Fund of
Funds will allocate capital across many different managers and strategies to
reduce overall portfolio volatility.
In this article PROHEDGE reviews a
n...Read more |
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Some Hedge Funds Only Seem Like Pirates—This One Actually Stole a Ship | Oct 05/12 |
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Let's say you own some debt from Argentina. The country defaults. But you
still want to be paid in full. The solution? Hold one of their vessels for
ransom, of course.
Reuters
Wall Street cherishes the idea that ...Read more |
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How to Run Your Hedge Fund From a Prison Cell | Oct 05/12 |
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As if America’s hedge-fund elite didn’t have enough crises to worry about --
riots in Spain,
the
fiscal cliff, Lindsay Lohan’s hotel
brawl -- the parade of underlings copping pleas to insider-trading crimes
just keeps ...Read more |
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SEC Advises Investors To Read Hedge Fund Documents... | Oct 05/12 |
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SEC Advises Investors To Read Hedge Fund Documents,
Especially The Secret Ones Containing All The Fraud
I think if I were running a small hedge fund far from prying eyes, every
quarter I’d take a look at my performanc...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Risk Management: Past, Present & Future | Oct 05/12 |
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Building up to GAIM Ops 2012 on 16-18 October in Paris, PROHEDGE will be
taking a weekly look at some of the key issues to be addressed at this year’s
event. Last week we explored Transitioning
from an Emerging Hedge Fund to...Read more |
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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index up 0.47 per cent in September | Oct 05/12 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed up 0.47
per cent in September as five of the seven index component strategies reported
positive results for the month.
Long/short equity (2.43 per cent) and event drive...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Institutional Investors in Focus | Oct 04/12 |
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Institutional investors are playing a key role in shaping the future of the
hedge fund industry. PROHEDGE takes a look at a 2012 Preqin report on global
hedge fund investors; their opinions, behaviours and key tr...Read more |
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Small, but beautiful - Canadian hedge funds | Oct 04/12 |
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Over the last five years, the assets of Canadian hedge
funds grew from $12 billion to $30 billion. Given the times we are in, that's a
nice growth rate. Currently, 48 hedge funds and fund of funds are members of
AIMA Canada,...Read more |
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IndexIQ to launch new hedge fund replication ETF | Oct 04/12 |
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IndexIQ is to launch its latest hedge fund replication
exchange-traded fund on 4 October on the NYSE Arca.
The IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN) will be the first ETF designed
to offer investors liquid, transparent ex...Read more |
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BlackRock Leads Firms Poised to Win From Hedge Fund Ads | Oct 03/12 |
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The firms most likely to benefit first from new rules that would allow hedge
funds to conduct wide advertising campaigns aren’t hedge funds.
BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s largest money manager, offers alternative
inv...Read more |
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Hedge Funds & the Global Economic Crisis - Willing Culprits or Easy Scapegoats? | Oct 03/12 |
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The summer of 2012 marked 5 years since the slow onset of an economic crisis
that first became known as the Credit Crunch and then the half decade that
became known as the Great Recession.
At the time and over the last few ...Read more |
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Apple cash manager Braeburn: the 'world's biggest hedge fund' | Oct 02/12 |
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The hedge fund reportedly had $117.2 billion in assets under
management, besting Bridgewater, which had $100 billion.
Apple has a thing for being the biggest in the world. First, it was the
biggest company, in terms o...Read more |
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Before Starting a Hedge Fund, Build Up Your Track Record | Oct 02/12 |
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Earlier this month, Daniel Strachman, a financial expert who serves as the
Director of Research and Strategy for the GAIM Conference Series, told
StreetID that if hedge funds want to attract more capital, they need to
t...Read more |
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Jana probes for weakness in Agrium’s armour | Oct 02/12 |
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Jana Partners has a long way to go before persuading
Agrium Inc. shareholders that the fertilizer maker needs to be broken up,
but the hedge fund may turn a few heads with its analysis that there is about
50-per-cent upside ...Read more |
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Hedge fund returns worsen: Is enormous unraveling near? | Oct 02/12 |
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The more stocks rise, the further behind hedge funds
fall-with the industry now lagging market returns by double-digit percentage
points.Though hedges actually have attracted more investor cash this year,
the bulk has gone t...Read more |
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KCS launches Canadian Hedge Fund Indices | Oct 02/12 |
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eVestment|HFN Research Release: August 2012 Asset Flows | Oct 01/12 |
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The industry had an estimated $21.5 billion of net inflows in August, the second
largest monthly gain in 2012.
Hedge fund assets rose 1.4% in August 2012, an increase of $34.6 billion
to $2.555 trillion. Investors flows ...Read more |
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RBC Investor Services Launches Global Derivatives Platform | Sep 28/12 |
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RBC Investor Services today announced the launch of its
Global Derivatives Platform, a new, fully integrated global operating model for
listed and OTC derivatives. This single platform and operating model was
developed to de...Read more |
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Risk Aggregation: Myths and Realities | Sep 28/12 |
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Risk aggregation has become a widely debated topic within the asset
management industry in recent times. Everybody seems to have different view of
what Risk Aggregation constitutes. Is it the sum of a range of asset classes
...Read more |
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Opinion: Three Big Risks of Riding Emerging Markets | Sep 28/12 |
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Emerging markets are, in essence, a leveraged way to play the bet that the
Federal Reserve will continue its quantitative easing policy — always,
everywhere and forever.
Whether that makes them a good investment is an enti...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Bullish on Silver as Hoard Nears Record: Commodities | Sep 27/12 |
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Hedge
funds are the most bullish on silver in seven months and investors’ holdings
are expanding toward a record on speculation the metal will outperform gold as
central banks seek to boost growth.
Wagers on rising prices ...Read more |
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Hedge fund fees rise as industry demand returns | Sep 27/12 |
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Hedge fund fees have been the focus of intense
discussion in recent times, but certain investors say that better managers
deserve the fees they earn
These are possibly a hedge fund manager’s favourite words: “Two and twenty”...Read more |
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Hedge-fund managers face lower pay in wake of weak returns | Sep 27/12 |
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Warning to all Mercedes dealers: hedge fund bonuses could be tight this year.
Many money managers are looking at lower pay — in the form of performance
fees — as tepid returns for 2012 fail to make up for last year’s steep lo...Read more |
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Four Top Hedge Fund Managers Join AIMA Board Of Directors, Six To Retire | Sep 27/12 |
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Former SEC commissioner Kathleen Casey was appointed the new Chairman of the
hedge fund industry association (AIMA) last week. Joining her on the Council is
Olwyn Alexander, Partner, PwC; Mark O’Sullivan, Partner, Ernst & ...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Managers See Migration of Assets Into Equities | Sep 26/12 |
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As part of a fundraising event by hedge funds known as Trading Day for Kids,
three of the industry’s titans convened to share their feelings on the
likely direction of the markets over the next few weeks and during 2013. ...Read more |
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Hedge funds up 0.84% in August, says Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index | Sep 26/12 |
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Hedge funds, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge
Fund Index, finished August up 0.84%, with eight out of 10 strategies in
positive territory.
In total, the industry saw estimated inflows of approximately USD2 bil...Read more |
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AIMA ANNOUNCES NEW GLOBAL GOVERNING COUNCIL | Sep 26/12 |
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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA),
the global hedge fund industry association, has announced the formation of a new
AIMA Council, its Board of Directors.
The new non-Executive Chairman was na...Read more |
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Mason files dissident proxy circular in Telus fight | Sep 25/12 |
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Fund seeking to block one-for-one consolidation
Investor meeting set for Oct. 17
Top Telus Corp shareholder Mason Capital Management LLC said on Monday it has
filed a dissident proxy circular to block the Canadian teleco...Read more |
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Institutional Investsors Say Alternatives Can Add Safety | Sep 25/12 |
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Institutional investors say alternative investments such as real estate,
commodities and private equity help protect them from volatility in traditional
assets.
Almost a third of institutional investors globally said they ca...Read more |
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Credit is an exciting space for hedge fund managers, says Manny Roman | Sep 25/12 |
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Speaking at the Fourth Annual European Alternative Investments
Conference hosted by Duff & Phelps in London on Thursday 20 September, Emmanuel
Roman (pictured), President and COO of Man Group and CEO of GLG Partners, said ...Read more |
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AIMA names former SEC commissioner Casey as new chairman | Sep 25/12 |
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The Alternative Investment Management Association has appointed a
new non-executive chairman, Kathleen Casey, the former Securities and Exchange
Commissioner and SEC representative to the International Organization of
Securi...Read more |
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