Monthly Archives: September 2016

(Fin Alternatives) Led by strong performance in activist and energy strategies, HFR’s benchmark HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index notched its sixth consecutive monthly gain last month with a +0.40% return. To read this article:

(Fin Alternatives) Investors across all alternative asset classes are finding it harder to source attractive investment opportunities than twelve months ago, according to a new survey from industry data provider Preqin. To read this article:

(Bloomberg) Hedge funds have served publicly as this year’s whipping boy for angry investors. They’ve been hammered with some of the biggest withdrawals since the credit crisis and are being forced to drop their fees. Less discussed, however, is just […]

(New York Post) Investors are unhappy with activist hedge fund performances — unless the fund is run by a computer. Nearly 80 percent of investors surveyed by Preqin said performance of hedge funds has not lived up to expectations over […]

Bloomberg Family offices, which manage the money of wealthy clans, are growing wary of hedge funds. Offices reduced their exposure to hedge funds, which have mostly underperformed stock markets since the financial crisis, by 10 percent in the 12 months […]

(Reuters) Money moving from hedge funds and other active investment managers to low-cost passive strategies will ultimately be a boon for professional money managers, according to Mark Okada, co-founder of Highland Capital Management. “All of this chasing of beta and […]

(Pension & Investments) Deimos Asset Management, the multistrategy hedge fund that was previously housed within Guggenheim Partners, is closing its doors less than two years after its inception, citing a difficult fundraising environment. “Despite our many successes — including minimal […]

(Bloomberg) Plenty of professional investors like to tout their talent for turning volatility into opportunity. Few have managed to deliver on that promise as well as Wang Bing. With deft timing and the magnifying power of leverage, the 37-year-old trader […]

(Fin Alternatives) Most investors have become accustomed to quick rebounds when markets correct, but as pointed out by Agecroft Partners’ Don Steinbrugge, asset allocation decisions should always consider the potential tail risk in portfolios, and how hedge funds have the […]

(Bloomberg) Family offices, which manage the money of wealthy clans, are growing wary of hedge funds. Offices reduced their exposure to hedge funds, which have mostly underperformed stock markets since the financial crisis, by 10 percent in the 12 months […]