Monthly Archives: January 2012
Hedge fund asset flows in 2012 should top pre-2008, says Agecroft
Hedge Funds Review – Hedge funds will benefit from pension funds increasing their allocations to alternatives in 2012. Retail investors are also likely to look to alternative investments, according to Agecroft Partners. This year will be the best ever since 2007 […]
Majority of hedge funds fail to live up to label says industry expert
CityWire – 70% of hedge funds, including those classed as alternative investments under EU regulation, do not short stock or hedge against other holdings in the fund, says Jérôme de Lavenère Lussan CEO of the consultancy Laven Partners which advises funds on […]
Former TCI Asia Head John Ho’s Hedge Fund Gains 8.6% in 2011
Bloomberg – Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund, run by the former Asia head of the Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, is estimated to have returned 8.6 percent in 2011, the second-worst year for hedge funds globally. The more than […]
Hedge funds attract $3.6bn in November, reversing surge of redemptions
Opalesque – Global hedge funds attracted around $3.6bn in November as investors poured money into the industry, effectively ending months of heavy withdrawals, fresh data showed on Tuesday. “After months of outflows across nearly every hedge fund category, November saw […]
Hedge Fund Tax 101 and The K-1 Boot Camp
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – With tax season just around the corner, ensure that your fund has the right skills in place for the best possible tax plan. Financial Research Associates (FRA) and the Hedge Fund Business Operations Association (HFBOA) are […]
Eurekahedge: 2011 As The Second Worst Year On Record For Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – 2011 was the second worst year on record for the hedge fund industry as global markets remained unpredictable amid the European debt crisis, risk-on risk-off investor sentiment, political wrangling and geopolitical events. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund […]
The Worst Footnote of 2011: Leo Apotheker’s Golden Parachute
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Footnoted, the business blog that unearths information buried deep in companies’ public filings, named the nominees for its annual “Worst Footnote of the Year” contest. The votes are in, and Footnoted’s readers selected former Hewlett-Packard CEO […]
Hedge Funds Raise Bullish Raw-Material Bets Most in 16 Months: Commodities
Bloomberg – Speculators increased wagers on rising commodity prices by the most since August 2010 on signs that sustained economic growth will drive a rebound in raw materials from their first annual slump since the recession. Hedge funds and other […]
Hedge funds’ bets against euro hit record
NY Post – Hedge funds beefed up their bets against the euro to a record level in the last week of 2011, increasing pressure on the embattled European common currency as it enters the most testing year of its history. […]
Lazy Portfolios lose to Senators’ hedge fund
MarketWatch – “While millions of Americans saw their incomes decrease, their job opportunities dissipate and their home values drop as the economy dipped,” reports ABC News, “the 535 men and women they elected to represent them in the U.S. Congress […]
Convicted Ex-Lawyer Scott Rothstein Says That Funds Didn’t Warn Investors
Bloomberg – Scott Rothstein, the Florida lawyer sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, said officials at three Manhattan hedge funds helped him prop up the fraud in its final months, according to transcripts of […]
Hedge Fund Weather Report for 2012: Mostly Cloudy
All About Alpha – Aureliano Gentilini and Massimo Maurelli, two managing partners of Mathema S.R.L., an Italy-based consultancy, have prepared a report on the Global Investment Outlook, as of December 2011 aimed at potential hedge fund investors, and broken down […]