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Hedge Funds Bet Wrong Before Biggest Slump in 2012: Commodities
Bloomberg – Hedge funds raised bets on higher commodity prices for the first time in six weeks, just before the biggest three-day slump since October as U.S. jobs data fell short of expectations and European manufacturing contracted. Money managers increased […]
Survey: Hedge Funds Are Spending More Time On Fundraising
New York (HedgeCo.net) – EisnerAmper released the fourth edition of The Pulse of Private Equity, its biannual research report based on survey results from private equity fund executives. More than 110 fund managers in the United States responded to the […]
In Soros mold, ex-Enron gas trade whiz Arnold turns giver
Reuters – To the list of unexpected windfalls created by the boom in shale gas production, add one more: The full-time philanthropy of billionaire trader John Arnold. Tired of struggling to eke out gains in a natural gas market that […]
Why Hedge Funds Flock to the Private Cloud
Wall Street & Technology – In a sign that hedge funds are flocking to cloud-based IT solutions, Eze Castle Integration announced yesterday that it has surpassed 2,000 users and more than a pedabyte of data in its Eze Private Cloud. […]
Hedge funds go to market with JOBS Act
Westfair Online – When President Obama signed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act on April 5, freeing hedge funds to do more marketing and advertising may not have been what he had in mind. And when Congress was creating […]
The Coming Hedge-Fund Merger Wave
Barron’s – Hedge-fund marketing leads to mergers and consolidation: That’s the short version of the argument voiced this week by Larry Tabb, founder and chief executive of the Tabb Group. And smaller hedge funds, the ones some voices are predicting […]
Hedge-Fund Millionaire Diggle Targets $150 Million for Farm Fund
Bloomberg – Vulpes Investment Management, the Singapore company set up by hedge-fund manager Stephen Diggle, plans to raise as much as $150 million over the next few months for a fund that invests in farms around the world. The $35 […]
Hedge fund performance stays flat in April
The Asset – Early performance indicators point towards a broadly flat performance from hedge funds in April, according to investment management firm GAM. The HFRX Global Index was up by 0.05 percent through April 27, and up three percent year-to-date. […]
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services Prepares Clients For New Regulation
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Due to the new shift in regulatory oversight, Northern Trust’s hedge fund administration unit, Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services LLC, has started actively working with its private fund clients to provide the data necessary for Form […]
Research: Hedge Fund Fees Get A Makeover As Investors Take The Upper Hand
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Only around one-third* of outperformance from skill** should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, with the rest going to the investor according to new research from Towers Watson, the global professional services […]
Feds sue Utah hedge fund owner
The Salt Lake Tribune – Federal regulators are suing a Utah hedge fund owner over allegations he artificially inflated assets and charged excessive fees. Russell K. Cannon, 38, of North Salt Lake, is one of three Utahns who have been […]
Hedge Fund Plan Put Off After Co-Founder Has Stroke
Bloomberg – Dublin Hill Capital, the investment firm co-founded by Richard Ruzika, former chief of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s special situations group, suspended plans to start a hedge fund after Ruzika suffered a stroke. Ruzika, 53, is in intensive […]