Category Archives: hedge-fund-research
Insight into January Hedge Fund Performance
New York (HedgeCo.net) – January was a positive month for Fixed Income Arbitrage, with most strategies generating positive performance amid a fall in risky assets in the second half of the month, according to new Credit Suisse/Tremont report. Event Driven […]
UCITS 3 Hedge Funds Index Launch
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Geneva based hedge fund advisory company, NARA Capital, announced plans to release its UCITS Alternative Index to the public. A series of indices aims to track the performance UCITS hedge funds and funds of funds. ”NARA […]
Study: Market Breadth Points To Hedge Fund Performance
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund consultant Hennessee Group LLC conducted a study examining the correlation between the breadth of equity market moves and the performance of long/short equity hedge funds relative to traditional indices. Through this study, the Hennessee […]
Hedge Fund Index Holds Steady in January, Up 0.17%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is confirmed up 0.17% in January, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc. “The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index finished January in slightly […]
$4.51 Billion Allocated To Hedge Funds In January
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Performance losses reduced total hedge fund assets, but investor flows were net positive in January; a positive sign for the industry, according to an early estimate for January 2010 hedge fund asset flows and performance by […]
Hedge Funds & Investors Rate Global Brokers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A newly released survey of 176 leading investment managers, private banks and hedge funds by McLagan, a compensation consulting, productivity and performance benchmarking firm, showed that broker performance has risen in many areas this year, particularly […]
Investor Commitment to Hedge Funds Comes With Rising Expectations – Report
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new white paper published by the SEI Knowledge Partnership in collaboration with Greenwich Associates, reports that transparency and liquidity risk have surpassed poor performance as the top concerns for institutional investors investing in hedge funds. […]
Hedge Funds Gain $4.6 Billion In Jan 2010 – New Launches
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The January 2010 Eurekahedge Report found that global hedge fund industry gained $4.6 billion since December 2009. Hedge funds recovered from their record losses in 2008 as stimulus packages by governments around the globe helped stock […]
Hedge fund experts predict more due diligence in 2010
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Experts predict greater market discipline from investors and an increased focus on due diligence by providers and custodians. Joel Press, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley’s Prime Brokerage Division; Todd Groome, non-Executive Chairman of the Alternative Investment […]
Future Crisis Worries – Hedge Fund Compliance Survey
Three quarters of the world’s senior banking and compliance officers polled as part of a wide-ranging survey by Complinet, a hedge fund compliance company, said they are expecting the next financial crisis will strike within the first half of this […]
Hedge Funds Gain $14.93 Billion in November
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge fund industry grew by $14.93 billion in November, according to the Eurekahedge report, with performance-based gains of $9.92 billion and net inflows of $5 billion. The total size of the hedge fund universe now […]