Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Hedge Funds Up Over $11 Billion in April

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Total inflows amounted to $28.13 billion while client redemptions added to $17.72 billion. The MSCI World Index dropped 1.62% on the back of rising eurozone sovereign yields, weak US economic data and slow Chinese growth. Key […]

Hedge Fund Launch: Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Fund

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Credit Suisse’s Asset Management Division has announced the launch of the Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Fund. The fund seeks to offer access to hedge fund-like returns, with the flexibility of daily liquidity, increased transparency and 1099 […]

May Produces Another Month of Positive Hedge Fund Net Flows

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.24% in May. “May produced another month of positive net flows into hedge funds,” said Hans Hufschmid, chief executive officer, GlobeOp Financial Services (LSE:GO.). […]

Hedge Fund Launch: Neuberger Berman Introduces Long Short Fund

New York (HedgCo.net) – Neuberger Berman, one of the world’s leading employee-owned money managers, has introduced the Neuberger Berman Long Short Fund (“the Fund”) (tickers: NLSAX, NLSCX, NLSIX), providing investors with a long-short investment strategy that seeks long-term capital appreciation […]

Hedge Fund Giant Man Names Dr Douglas Greenig New AHL CRO

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Global hedge fund Man Group plc, announced an addition to the management team at AHL, its industry-leading quantitative managed futures manager. Dr. Douglas Greenig will become AHL’s Chief Risk Officer and a member of the AHL Management […]

Hedge Funds Experience Pull Back as Concerns about Euro Zone Grow

New York (HedgeCo.net)– Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -0.38% in April (+4.02% YTD), while the S&P 500 fell -0.75% (+11.16% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased […]

Global hedge fund assets still over $2 trillion, up slightly in the past year

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Assets in global hedge funds edged up slightly during 2011, despite the strong headwinds in global markets and the negative performance delivered on average from funds in the industry last year, according to the latest research […]

Survey: Hedge Funds Are Spending More Time On Fundraising

New York (HedgeCo.net) – EisnerAmper released the fourth edition of The Pulse of Private Equity, its biannual research report based on survey results from private equity fund executives. More than 110 fund managers in the United States responded to the […]

Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services Prepares Clients For New Regulation

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Due to the new shift in regulatory oversight, Northern Trust’s hedge fund administration unit, Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services LLC, has started actively working with its private fund clients to provide the data necessary for Form […]

Research: Hedge Fund Fees Get A Makeover As Investors Take The Upper Hand

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Only around one-third* of outperformance from skill** should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, with the rest going to the investor according to new research from Towers Watson, the global professional services […]

Law Firm Launches Blog Focused on New Regulatory Hedge Fund Developments

New York (HedgeCo.net) –  – The attorneys and securities compliance consultants with hedge fund law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP have launched a blog for broker-dealers, investment advisers and private investment funds. The new blog, Compliance Corner, alerts […]

Ben Liss Joins Hedge Fund KeyPoint Capital

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Dallas-based KeyPoint Capital LLC., announced that Ben Liss has joined the $39 million hedge fund as an Analyst, effective May 1, 2012. “We are confident that Ben’s extensive, ground-level diligence in the real estate sector – combined […]