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Hartford, CT-based Phoenix Investment Partners has launched two new diversified asset allocation mutual funds modelled after institutional portfolios which include alternati
Barclays Global Investors (BGI), one of the world’s largest investment managers with $767 billion assets under management, has added two new hedge funds to its existing suit
Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR) reports that a performance-based rally drove industry assets to a record level of nearly $665 billion in Q2 2003.
The $47 billion Q2 increase in industry size was comprised of only an estimated $1.4 billion in new assets, underscoring the role of strong, broad-based performance as the key factor in last quarter’s asset appreciation.
These were among the findings in HFR’s Quarterly Industry Report for the Second Quarter 2003.
Hedge Fund strategies generally performed well during the Quarter, on the heels of stronger economic data and a rally in the equity markets. Most notable
Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has launched the Hedge Advisory Group, a unit dedicated to providing active advisory services for private clients investing in hedge funds.
The 100 Women in Hedge Funds Foundation will present awards to legendary hedge fund investor George Soros and Elaine Crocker, President of Moore Capital, at its second annua
Professor Raphaël Douady, research director at Riskdata, outlines a new methodology for analysing hedge fund returns and measuring portfolio risk profiles. It is the first system which allows the calculation of a fund of hedge funds portfolio’s aggregated risk, leveraging all available information on the underlying funds.
Background
Managers of hedge funds and funds of funds are under increasing pressure from end investors to improve risk transparency and demonstrate the extent of their risk mitigation.
Whilst risk management technologies are widespread, to date they do not enable investors to quantify hedge funds ‘relative risk profile’ – i.e. relative to all
The US-Based Managed Funds Association (MFA) has developed and submitted a new set of sound practices for hedge fund managers to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, the Zurich-based fund of hedge funds, today launches a seeding vehicle called Belmont Early Stage Ltd.
Dexion Absolute Limited, the fund of hedge funds, has announced plans for further fund raising on the back of strong performance.
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A number of US and Canadian asset managers are integrating equity derivatives as cash alternatives, going beyond their more accustomed use of these products as instruments f
