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May 2013: Hedge funds gained $100 billion in four months, highest level since 2008
Hedge funds posted positive returns in April continuing their consecutive sixth month streak. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 0.87% during the month as most markets trended upwards. The MSCI World Index gained 2.02% in April. Highlights from this […]
Beyond 60/40: The evolving role of hedge funds in institutional investor portfolios
The AIMA Investor Steering Committee (ISC), a committee of institutional investors that undertakes educational initiatives and provides practical guidance within AIMA, the global hedge fund industry association, has published a new paper on the evolving role of hedge funds in […]
RI paid millions to hedge-fund managers
SFGate – Rhode Island paid hedge-fund managers almost $16 million in fees during 2012 to manage the state’s $1 billion hedge-fund portfolio. The figures were released Wednesday by General Treasurer Gina Raimondo in response to requests from the media for information about the […]
Sony CEO says board mulling hedge fund boss Loeb’s proposal to spin off entertainment business
Washington Post – Sony’s CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant’s board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music division. Hirai was asked […]
Hedge Fund Pioneer is the Recipient of 2013 Sustainability Achievement Award
Glen Dailey, Managing Director and Head of Prime Brokerage of Jefferies LLC and a hedge fund industry pioneer, has been named as the recipient of the 2013 Sustainability Achievement Award by Solar One, the leading think tank for environmental education […]
Hedge Funds Investing In Junk Mortgage Bonds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Hedge funds are speculating that some of the mortgage insurers hit the worst by the U.S. housing crisis will big winners in the rebound. Hedge funds Paulson & Co. and Maverick Capital have both made serious investments into the struggling sector. ‘Maverick, […]
Hedge fund managers face the hazards of poker
FierceFinance – Image counts a lot in the hedge fund industry. So if you are a hedge fund manager and you let it be known that you also play poker, you had better play pretty well. Poker is taken quite seriously […]
Meet One Of The Youngest And Brightest Hedge Fund Analysts That Isn’t On Wall Street
Forbes – 22-year-old Alex Bosset is not your typical college student. A finance major at the University of Minnesota, he was recently ranked among the top 14 buyside analysts in a list compiled by SumZero, a social network for professional investors […]
Wife wins battle for billion pound hedge fund
Telegraph – As he toiled away on the technical side of their hedge fund, she ran the business. But when their relationship started to break down, mathematician Dr Martin Coward’s decision to leave the hedge fund he set up with his […]
Hedge fund is trying to overthrow the board of Intrepid Mines
The Hong Kong-based hedge fund trying to overthrow the board of Intrepid Mines was in contact with the holders of the title for the big Tujuh Bukit copper and gold deposit in Indonesia before the Australian company’s staff were ordered […]
Hampden Bank under pressure to sell from Dallas-based hedgefund Clover Partners
Massachusetts – A Texas hedge fund firm is stepping up its efforts to put Hampden Bancorp on the block by trying to get two of its representatives on the Springfield banking company’s board of directors. With 6.5 percent of the company’s shares, Dallas-based […]
Rich Returns From a Poor Man’s Hedge Fund
Bloomberg – Investor fascination with hedge funds has been on full display for the past two weeks as managers filed their quarterly holding reports, known as 13Fs. Everyone wants to know what John Paulson or David Einhorn or David Tepper […]