Tag Archives: distressed-debt


Volatility Hedge Funds Outperform Industry First Time Since 2003

Bloomberg – Hedge funds that profit from turbulence in the financial markets are beating stock, bond and commodity investments for the first time in five years. Volatility hedge funds climbed 7.3 percent this year through August, according to the Newedge […]

New Gottex Fund Emulates University Endowments

HedgeFund.Net – Swiss funds-of-funds firm Gottex Fund Management is launching a fund that will emulate the investment principles of U.S. “super endowments.” The new fund will emulate the investment principles of successful U.S. university endowment funds, such as Harvard and […]

Samsung Life, Kyobo Shun U.S., Europe for Korea Bonds

Bloomberg- South Korean life insurers are shunning U.S. and European corporate bonds because of a rising risk of default and plowing money into domestic debt. Samsung Life Insurance Co., Korea’s biggest insurer, is diverting $500 million into 10-year government bonds, […]

Citi Special Situations Team To Found Distressed Debt Hedge Fund

FINalternatives- Another pair of Citigroup fixed-income executives is to set up its own hedge fund shop. Jeff Jacob and John Humphrey, who run the global special situations group they established at Citi four years ago, will leave the firm in […]