Tag Archives: management fees
UPDATE 1 – Och-Ziff reports loss, sets aside bonuses
CNN Money – Hedge fund firm Och-Ziff Capital Management Group reported a wider second-quarter net loss Tuesday and lower-than-expected distributable earnings, a number analysts look at closely. The New York-based firm, one of only a small number of publicly traded […]
Hedge Fund “2 And 20” Fees Come Under Pressure – Report
NASDAQ – Hedge funds’ traditional "2 and 20" fee structure is being eroded by demanding investors who want a better deal. According to a survey by research firm Preqin released Wednesday, the average hedge fund collects 1.63% for management fees […]
Consolidation looms for Swiss funds of hedge funds
Reuters – Many of Switzerland’s smaller fund of hedge funds providers could be forced to consolidate in order to cover increasingly onerous expenses if they are unable to attract significant assets, a Swiss academic said on Monday. The small average […]
Investors expect better hedge fund terms
Stuff – Some of the biggest fund-of-fund investors expect hedge funds to lower management fees and introduce terms that let shareholders eventually claw back performance fees, The traditional take-it-or-leave-it stance in the hedge fund world is wobbling. Investors are demanding […]
Hedge-Fund Destruction Is the Route to Salvation: David Reilly
Bloomberg – Like plenty of financial players, hedge funds are taking a beating. Many once-high-flying managers have been swamped by losses. Others have abandoned the business after discovering it wasn’t such an easy path to riches. Even some of the […]
Hedge fund fees are being squeezed
MIGHT two-and-twenty become one-and-ten? Since 1990 the number of hedge funds has grown by 14 times to over 7,000, but abundance has not lowered prices. Funds typically still charge clients a management fee of 2% of assets and 20% of […]
Give backs and free management from some hedge funds
BloggingStocks – Over the past few weeks you probably saw signs in retail stores touting "big sales" with discounts of 50% to 70& off. It seems that Wall Street has caught on to main street’s way of doing business – […]
Hedge Fund Manager Waives Managment Fees
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Renaissance Institutional Futures, a $3 billion futures fund run by hedge fund management company, Renaissance Technologies, has waived all it’s management fees for 2009, even if the fund delivers good results in 2009, according to […]
