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Opalesque Roundtable Series – Boston 2011
Opalesque – The new 2011 Opalesque Boston Roundtable offers plenty food for thought, advice and strategies how hedge funds can market to family offices, fund of funds, pension funds, consultants, foundations and endowments, registered investment advisors and ERISA investors, and […]
New Twist on Hedge Funds
WSJ – A handful of mutual-fund companies say they’ve built a better mousetrap when it comes to investing like a hedge fund. But for investors, these funds require a very close look under the hood. For many years, mutual funds […]
Hedge funds disclosures unreliable, says Oxford study
Hindu Business Line – Voluntary disclosures by hedge funds about their monthly investment performance are unreliable and a substantial number of funds end up revising statements, new research by scholars, including one of Indian origin, suggests. The researchers of the […]
GFIA is cautiously optimistic about the future for Brazilian hedge funds
Opalesque – Singapore-based GFIA, hedge fund and particularly emerging market hedge fund specialists have revisited Brazil, a country that they had dropped from their intensive coverage due to lack of client interest. From 2004 to 2008, the firm were heavily involved […]
The value of a Nobel prize
Reuters – Dealbook’s Azam Ahmed explains why hedge fund Hutchin Hill has hired this year’s Economics Nobel laureate, Thomas Sargent: While some of that research is pretty lofty, the rationale for hiring someone like Mr. Sargent is simple — that […]
Iran warns US to avoid clash over nuclear programme
The Guardian – Iran has warned the US not to set the two countries on a collision course over Tehran’s nuclear enrichment programme, as diplomatic tensions reflected growing concern that the Middle East might be on the verge of new conflict. […]
Paulson’s Main Hedge Fund Gained 2.4% in October, Paring Loss for the Year
Bloomberg – John Paulson, the hedge-fund manager having the worst year of his career, rebounded 2.4 percent in his main fund in October and climbed in all his strategies, according to an investor update obtained by Bloomberg News. Paulson’s main […]
Hedge Fund Index Up 1.85% in October
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was up 1.85% in October as five out of seven strategies posted gains. “Event Driven was the highest performing sector last month as many managers restructured their […]
Man Group Shares Rise on Buyback, October Decline in Client Redemptions
Bloomberg – Man Group Plc, the biggest publicly traded hedge fund, said it would buy back $150 million of stock and that redemptions declined in October. The shares rose. Man Group plans to use a portion of its $1 billion of […]
Jefferies faces possible liquidity crunch
CNN – The contagion from the rapid downfall of the once little-known financial firm MF Global continues to spread through Wall Street. The investment bank Jefferies is the latest potential casualty. Dozens of Jefferies hedge fund clients are scrambling to […]
Industry Experts Debate Key Issues for Investment Funds in 2012
Market Watch – Leading International Financial Centre law firm Walkers returns to New York for the latest in its highly commended series of ‘Fundamentals’ seminars where industry experts will debate the key issues for hedge funds and offer their predictions […]
India-focused funds among the worst performers
Business Standard – The sharp decline in the rupee has hurt the performance of India-focused hedge funds. This year, they have been among the worst performers globally. India-focused funds lost 17.8 per cent of their net asset value (NAV) till […]