The Hennessee Group, an adviser to hedge fund investors, predicted silver would outperform gold in early 2009 and advised clients to accumulate positions in the precious metal as it appeared under-priced relative to gold. Charles Gradante, co-founder of the Hennessee
Credit rating agency S&P has downgraded the outlook for US long term debt from stable to negative. They said there was a 1 in 3 chance that this would lead to downgrade of US debt from its current AAA-rating within
Single-manager hedge funds recovered in 2010 with assets under management (AUM) increasing 11% over 2009 to USD1.6 trillion and 1,184 new funds launching representing a 51% increase over the prior year, according to PerTrac’s latest hedge fund study. Sizing The
The hedge fund industry will grow in 2010 with risk management continuing to be the key to success and macro, long/short equity and long/short credit will be the best performing hedge fund strategies in 2010, according to Morten Spenner (pictured),
Hedge funds took USD11.2 billion (0.5 per cent of assets) in March, down from a three-year high of USD24.9 billion (1.2 per cent of assets) in February, according to BarclayHedge and TrimTabs. “Investors pumped USD38.6 billion into hedge funds in
Iveagh Private Investment House, the Guinness family office, is to launch a new share class for the Iveagh Wealth Fund to enable charities to invest in the fund at a reduced charge. As part of a long-term partnership with the
The Lyxor Global Hedge Fund index rose by 1.1 per cent in November, taking its year-to-date performance to 5.5 per cent. Markets faltered at the beginning of November on poor housing data, rallied on better than expected news mid-month, and
Deutsche Bank’s Autobahn Equity business is to provide average volumes and trade sizes of SuperX, its US Alternative Trading System, to independent research firms Rosenblatt Securities, Inc and TABB Group, on a monthly basis. The SuperX data will be made
The Market Vectors Hedge Fund Beta Indices experienced mixed results in April with two of the six indices seeing positive returns, one remaining flat and the other three ending the month in negative territory. The MV Western Europe L/S Equity
Thames River Longstone Fund says it has delivered positive performance in 20 out of 24 calendar months as it celebrates its second anniversary. Since inception on 30 November 2007, the EUR79.2m Longstone Fund is up 18.1 per cent whilst
