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Hedge Fund Index Down 0.18% in October
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad Index”) finished down 0.18% for the month of October. Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly. The following funds were dropped from [...]
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Closed Down 0.47% in October
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index closed down 0.47% in October as three of the seven index component strategies reported positive results for the month. The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund [...]
UCITS Hedge Funds Reach $175 Billion in October
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The total assets managed by single UCITS hedge funds increased to EUR 137 billion ($175 billion) in October. The UCITS Alternative Index is currently composed of more than 870 constituent hedge funds and funds of hedge [...]
Hedge Fund Advisors Plan to Increase Use of ETFs
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Guggenheim Investments, which represents $130 billion in hedge fund assets, announced the results of a survey of financial advisors who attended the Morningstar ETF Invest Conference in Chicago. The results found that 78 percent of financial [...]
Research: Small Hedge Funds Outperforming The Larger Ones
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Small hedge funds with assets of less than $100m have outperformed large funds (those with assets of over $500m) in 13 out of the last 16 years according to Jeroen Tielman, CEO and Founder of multi-strategy hedge [...]
Romney’s Hedge Fund: The Bain Bane & Binders Of Women
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – President hopeful Mitt Romney came close to admitting to a form of affirmative action when he referred to women he had scanned for placement under his governorship in Massachusetts. During the debates with President Obama, Mitt Romney referred to “binders of [...]
US Hedge Funds Cross $1.2 Trillion, EU Hedge Funds up 2.59% in 3rd Quarter
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The $360 billion European hedge funds industry has witnessed a remarkable rebound of 31% returns over 2009 and 2010 according to the October edition of The Eurekahedge Report. However, since that time the prevailing conditions in the [...]
Hedge Funds take 5 of the top 10 spots as donors to Romney Victory Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After federal disclosures were filed on Monday, the Reuters team put together a handy list of the top 10 firms who donated to the Romney Victory fund. The Romney Victory fund is a joint fund lead [...]
SS&C GlobeOp: Hedge Fund Performance Index for September, 2012 measured 1.11%
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Capital Movement Index for October shows net flows decline 0.67%, according to SS&C/GlobeOp’s combined Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index. “Inflows have remained steady, while outflows have spiked in line with quarter-end rebalancing,” said Bill [...]
Hedge Fund Index Up +1.26% in September, Hennessee
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index increased +1.26% in September (+5.03% YTD), while the S&P 500 gained +2.42% (+14.56% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +2.65% (+9.99% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index increased +1.61% (+19.62% [...]
Research: Large Hedge Funds Have Performed Better Than Small Funds in Down Years
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Since 1996, during negative performance years, the average large hedge fund experienced less severe losses than the average small hedge fund, according to new research from hedge fund analytics provider PerTrac. The sixth annual version of [...]
New Whitepaper: Managed Futures and Hedge Funds: A Match Made in Heaven
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A newly released white paper featuring hedge funds, Revisiting Kat’s Managed Futures and Hedge Funds: A Match Made in Heaven (pdf), has been released by hedge fund risk management and research firm Sunrise Capital Partners LLC. The whitepaper points out [...]
