There are now approximately 14,000 hedge funds in the marketplace. To say that things have gotten a little cluttered is an understatement. This represents a challenge to both managers and institutional investors: how does an investor decide which long/short equity
With capital raising becoming even more of a Sisyphus-like exercise for hedge funds, any form of solution that can help make the process a little easier is welcome. Equally, investors are looking for more effective ways to screen, assess and
Schroders is to launch another externally-managed fund on its GAIA platform, Schroder GAIA Paulson Merger Arbitrage, subject to regulatory approval. As it’s name suggests, the fund’s strategy is fundamental merger arbitrage, investing mainly in US, Western European and Canadian large
HS Group Ltd (HSG) is to make its first investment into a new hedge fund set up by Kenneth Lee and Michael Yoshino, former China and Japan specialists at Soros Fund Management. The duo will be joined by an experienced team,
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.80% in April, with estimated new asset flows totalling USD9bn. Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, says, "Nine out of ten sectors posted positive performance for the
Over 20 per cent of hedge funds frequently misrepresent important information about funds and their performance to investors, according to a study by NYU Stern Finance Professor Stephen Brown. With co-authors William Goetzmann from the Yale School of Management, Bing
The hedge fund industry took in USD3.8 billion (0.2% of assets) in June, the sixth straight inflow as well as the eleventh in 12 months, according to the latest figures from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research. Industry assets decreased to
Most hedge fund strategies experienced widespread and significant losses in August, contributing to a 3.42% fall in the Barclay Hedge Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date, the Index is down 2.50%. “In what has been the worst month since Lehman’s
Alternative asset management firm Napier Park Global Capital has returned the last of the capital invested in the firm’s hedge funds by Citigroup. The staggered USD2.4 billion redemption schedule began in March 2013 when Napier Park completed its spinout from
For the first nine months of 2008, Ucits recorded total net outflows of EUR193bn, including EUR92bn in the third quarter, according to the European Fund and Asset Management Association, w
