Category Archives: hedge-fund-research

Crowded Trades Trouble Hedge Fund Industry in 2015

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge fund industry as a whole has not had the kind of year they would have liked in 2015. With the stock market soaring in 2013 and 2014, some investors were already questioning the need […]

November Asset Flow Report Shows Investors Adding to Hedge Fund Allocations

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The latest monthly hedge fund asset flow report from eVestment was released last week and the results show that investors added to their hedge fund holdings in November. According to the report, total hedge fund assets […]

Computer-Based Funds Biggest Beneficiaries of Oil Decline

New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of the biggest stories in the financial world for 2015 has been the huge decline in oil prices. Consumers have benefitted with the lowest gas prices in decades, but the consumers gain has been a […]

The Energy Stocks that Have Hurt Hedge Funds the Most

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Declining oil prices have hurt the energy sector for almost a year and a half now as crude has fallen from $107.50 a barrel to below $35 a barrel last week. The bear market in oil […]

December Forward Redemption Indicator Up from November

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator came in at 4.98% for December which is an increase from the 4.9% reading in November. SS&C released the information in a press release on Monday. “SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption […]

Carlyle Group Faces Massive Redemption Requests at Claren Road

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Carlyle Group’s Claren Road Asset management is seeing an incredible amount of redemption requests in the second half of 2015. The firm saw almost $2 billion in redemption requests in the third quarter and now they […]

KPMG Paper: Accessing hedge funds through managed accounts: The future is now.

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Professional services company and auditing firm KPMG recently issued a special publication entitled Accessing hedge funds through managed accounts: The future is now. The publication noted that the hedge fund industry in seeing an increased focus […]

Tough Year Doesn’t Deter Investors Seeking Non-Correlated Returns

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The year 2015 has been one that most hedge fund managers would like to forget. Several well-known funds are looking at posting their worst performance numbers ever or at least their worst in a number of […]

HedgeCoVest Launches 15 New Composite Models

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an ongoing effort to increase the alternative investment options offered to investors, HedgeCoVest launched 15 new composite models on December 16. As composite models, the trade ideas combine the collective expertise from the single-manager models […]

Children’s Investment Fund up 14% through November

  New York (HedgeCo.net) – While many assets classes and world equity markets have struggled this year, Chris Hohn’s Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP has gained 14% on a year to date basis through the end of November. The […]

Noted Short Sellers Being Shorted, How Ironic

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The tables have turned on David Einhorn and Dan Loeb, two hedge fund managers that are noted short sellers, as the reinsurers each of them formed have been the subject of bearish speculation in recent months. […]

The Current Model For Allocating to Hedge Funds and Alternatives is broken

(HedgeCo.net) HedgeCoVest this afternoon will unveil new technology designed at changing the way RIAs allocate to hedge funds. HedgeCoVest the 2015 Benzinga Fintech “First Place Winner” over platforms like Betterment and “Best in Class” for Alternative Investments, is leading the […]