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Hedge funds tip-toe toward an uncertain future
Reuters – It wasn’t too long ago big-time hedge fund managers like James Pallotta were erecting monuments to themselves. In Pallotta’s case, it was a $21 million Georgian-style mansion he built in 2007 in Weston, a leafy Boston suburb uncomfortable […]
New Environment Requires New Methods of Contract Risk Management
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds need to enhance the way they manage key contracts in order to meet today’s stricter standards of risk management and reporting and prepare for the future. Fortunately, this challenge is easier to meet than you […]
Event Driven Hedge Funds Outperform in November
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds regained momentum in November following October’s muted returns, according to the Credit Suisse Tremont Index. A number of Global Macro quant funds had their best month of the year which helped make up some […]
Hedge Funds Seen Buying Nakheel Bond To Sway Dubai Debt
WSJ – Hedge funds known to scavenge for distressed assets are buying up Nakheel’s upcoming $3.52 billion bond, complicating restructuring talks with creditors. “It’s likely that who is picking up this bond now is distressed debt players and hedge funds,” […]
Hedge fund assets climb back above $2 trillion
Reuters – Hedge fund assets crossed the $2 trillion (1.2 trillion pound) level for the first time in a year, signaling investors’ new willingness to return to alternative assets less than 12 months after the sector suffered heavy losses. According […]
Clive Capital Closes $4 Billion Hedge Fund to New Investors
Bloomberg – Clive Capital LLP closed its $3.98 billion commodities hedge fund, the world’s largest, to new money after posting its biggest monthly gain since May. The fund returned 4 percent last month, led by precious metals and agriculture, according […]
Financial News: Hedge Funds Take Bullish Approach
WSJ – Equity hedge fund managers have taken their most bullish stance in more than three years in the run-up to the end of the decade, defying fears of a fall in markets. Long/short equity funds were about 45% net […]
Get Ahead of the Compliance Curve
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In recent months, the push for increased regulation for hedge fund advisers has gained momentum. In addition to proposed legislation in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, a number of industry associations have also signaled acceptance […]
Merchant Capital to Launch Hedge fund UCITS Platform
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Merchant Capital Ltd. is to launch a UCITS III umbrella structure that will provide hedge fund managers, including small to mid-sized firms, with a cost effective vehicle for running their own UCITS III funds. Historically, it […]
House to Raise Taxes on Fund Managers
WSJ – The House is likely to vote to extend a package of tax breaks this week, but elements of the plan — including higher taxes on investment-fund managers — are likely to prove controversial, and the Senate could substantially […]
People Moves: Infonic Expands Fund of Hedge Fund Team
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss fund of hedge fund(FoHF) provider, Infonic AG, Infonic AG, has added Ian Morley to its Board of Directors. Morley, a UK-based alternative investment management industry veteran joins new Chair of the Board and US-based Managing […]