Tag Archives: hedge funds
Hedge funds hiring IT contractors
eFinancialCareers UK – Man Group has been spending freely on technology over the last year, and is expected to continue to do so going into 2010. To carry out the new projects, it’s been hiring an ever-growing team of contractors, […]
Larger/Younger Hedge Funds Reported Better Returns for 2008: Study
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -While previous research has confirmed the widely held belief that emerging funds tend to outperform older and larger funds, hedge fund performance in 2008 saw a partial reversal of that trend, according to PerTrac Financial Solutions […]
Funds in turf war
Stuff – Mauled by the carnage on Wall Street, mutual funds are copying hedge fund strategies in an effort to regain some of the shine they have lost this decade. Many investors have been burned investing in a single asset […]
Gendell’s Tontine Partners Raises Money For New Hedge Fund
Nasdaq.com – Jeffrey Gendell of Tontine Partners LP, who is closing two of his hedge funds after steep losses, has raised money for his new Tontine Total Return Fund, according to regulatory filings. The Tontine Total Return fund, which Gendell […]
Pimco’s Gross Says Harvard, Yale May Need to Alter Investments
Bloomberg – Yale University and Harvard University may have to cut investments in hedge funds and private equity because the risks of holding the hard-to-sell assets outweigh the returns, said Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. […]
Hedge Fund Is Dissolving as It Faces 2nd Inquiry
New York Times – In the rarefied world of hedge funds, he is one of the greats — a stock-picker who managed to make money, bull market or bear, for more than two decades. But on Wednesday, Arthur J. Samberg […]
NY pension clips fund of funds stakes to $500 mln
Reuters – New York state’s pension fund has cut its so-called fund of funds investments to about $500 million from $5 billion since January 2008, after deciding direct investments were preferable, a spokesman said Tuesday. Fund of funds invest money […]
Conn. Senate votes to regulate hedge funds
Charleston Daily Mail – The Connecticut Senate has voted to require hedge funds and private equity funds located in the state and doing business here to disclose certain conflicts of interest to customers. Supporters of the bill, which passed on […]
Mutual funds copy hedge fund strategies in turf war
Reuters UK – Mauled by the carnage on Wall Street, mutual funds are copying hedge fund strategies in an effort to regain some of the shine they have lost this decade. Many investors have been burned investing in a single […]
Russia hedge fund survivors ride rising stock markets
Opalesque – Most hedge funds focusing on the region benefited from the increasing oil price and the strengthening rouble in April. Those who did hence survived 2008, which proved to have been almost lethal as some had to restructure and […]