Monthly Archives: April 2015
Not quite a free lunch for hedge fund investors
The Tally – Good news for investors out to play hardball with hedge funds over fees: A 0% management charge is not just wishful thinking. But don’t get too excited. Preqin has found 117 hedge funds globally charging investors zilch for […]
Hedge-Fund Titans’ Argentine Dreams Imperiled by Kirchner Clout
Bloomberg – Billionaire hedge-fund titans from George Soros to Dan Loeb have amassed stakes in Argentina’s defaulted debt on the view that whoever succeeds President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be more market-friendly. The problem, at least to some pollsters, […]
Hedge fund Tigershark Partners to close doors
Market Watch – The six-year bull market hasn’t been profitable for all investors, particularly for those who put an equal focus on shorting stocks as they do going long on them. Such is the case with Tigershark Partners, a market-neutral […]
Survey: 81% Of Endowments & Foundations Planning Hedge Fund Allocations In 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Boston-based investment consulting firm’s NEPC’s Q1 survey, which measures endowment and foundation confidence and sentiment related to the economy, investing and market performance, has released its results. 81% of E&Fs indicated they are planning to allocate the […]
Hedge Connection’s Global Fund Forum 2014 Presents Charity Casino Night
Atlantic City, NJ – Hedge Connection, the premier patented hedge fund marketing platform in the alternative investment industry, will host a special charity Casino Night on the first evening of the Global Fund Forum 2014 set for June 10 to […]
Virtus Investment Partners Selects SS&C for Middle- and Back- Office Services
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced that Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) has chosen SS&C to provide middle- and back-office services for approximately $20 billion of separately managed, […]
SEC Chair: 1,800 Hedge Fund Advisers Registered With SEC
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Chairman Chair Mary Jo White said that hedge fund and private equity fund managers have been charging improper fees to portfolio companies or the funds they manage. “Since the effective date of the Dodd-Frank Act, approximately […]
Icahn, Ackman may team up on activist investments: report
Reuters – Carl Icahn and William Ackman, who clashed on their views about nutrition company Herbalife Ltd., could team up on activist investments in future, The Wall Street Journal reported. Ackman and Icahn’s dislike of each other is well known in financial circles. Some of […]
Hedge Fund Regulation: AIFMD: Are you ready?
AIFMD is an issue that is growing in importance as we approach July 22nd, the date by which Alternative Investment Fund Managers will have to be compliant with the new directive. Whether hedge fund managers are in favor of it […]
Exposure to Alternatives: What’s the Right Allocation?
Daily Alts – The liquid-alternatives industry continues to grow dramatically. Net inflows were over $40 billion in 2013 and the growth trend has continued this year. The combination of stretched equity valuations, an uncertain outlook for bonds, and geopolitical turmoil […]
Hedge-Fund Startups Adapt to New Singapore Rules: Southeast Asia
Bloomberg – When Gaurav Bansal’s lawyers told him about Singapore’s tightened hedge-fund rules introduced in August 2012, he faced the prospect of spiraling costs to meet the demands for starting his own fund. The solution was to sign up with […]
Royal Mail float: Government admits hedge funds were favoured
Evening Standard – Hedge funds were among the “priority investors” sold hundreds of millions of pounds of shares in the Royal Mail’s controversial flotation, officials have confirmed. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has repeatedly insisted that the handful of key […]