Monthly Archives: September 2011
“Key Man” Risk in Hedge Funds Increases as Star Managers Age
As the first generation of hedge fund leaders grows older, investors are increasingly exposed to key man risk and may be prudent to avoid an over-reliance on ageing star managers, according to the latest issue of aiCIO. “All asset classes […]
Buffett’s New Hire Is Marathoner Whose BofA Bet Beat Berkshire
Bloomberg – Ted Weschler, the hedge-fund manager and marathoner, made money trading Bank of America Corp. stock and held the biggest stake of a bankrupt chemicals firm before being hired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Weschler bought 2 million […]
Investors demand greater liquidity from hedge funds
Global Pensions – Three quarters of institutional investors are looking for greater liquidity in their hedge fund investments following the financial crisis, research by Preqin shows. A survey by the alternative asset analyst found funds with lock-up periods are now […]
Hedge Funds Weather August Global Market Rout Trading Gold at Record Price
Bloomberg – Hedge funds run by Orix Investment Corp., Superfund and Four Elements Capital Management Pte benefited from the surge in gold last month, weathering the U.S. sovereign downgrade and Europe’s deepening debt crisis. The Orix Commodities Fund, which uses computer […]
Hedge Fund Study: Institutional Traders Concerned by High Frequency Trading
New York (HedgeCo.net) – More than two-thirds of traders at leading asset management firms around the world are concerned about the impact of high frequency trading (HFT) on the equities market, according to a survey by Liquidnet, an international institutional equities […]
Hedge fund inflows advance 2.27%, says GlobeOp
StockMarketWire – Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 2.27% in September. GlobeOp Financial Services CEO Hans Hufschmid said: “Net inflows for the month were the second highest this year, and the highest for September […]
Hedge funds pullout dims market recovery
Business Day – The global economy is under threat of another round of crisis with the mounting debt profile in the Eurozone and downgrade of the United States economy. The impact of this looming crisis is already reverberating in the […]
Investors back hedge funds as safe havens vanish
Reuters – Withdrawals from hedge funds in September fell to their lowest level since before the credit crisis, as investors nervous over traditional ‘safe havens’ such as the Swiss franc and gold plumped for portfolios expected to make money in […]
Europe’s first social media based hedge fund launched
The Drum – City traders are augmenting more traditional channels of information to embrace Twitter as a real time reflection of global events which could influence share price movements. The data is fed into traders into a gauge of the […]
New Index Will Track Acclaimed Market Pioneer Martin J. Pring’s Proprietary Investment Strategy
Dow Jones Indexes and Pring Research have announced plans to develop and co-brand a U.S. business cycle gauge designed to closely track Pring Research’s proprietary investment strategy. Pring Research’s Principal and President, Martin J. Pring, is an award-winning leader in […]
Private Equity Investment Nears $150 Billion in U.S.
Private equity firms invested more than $148 billion in 1,234 U.S. based companies in 2010, according to a new analysis released today by the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC). The top five states in terms of deal value were […]