Monthly Archives: September 2016

Bloomberg Family offices, which manage the money of wealthy clans, are growing wary of hedge funds. Offices reduced their exposure to hedge funds, which have mostly underperformed stock markets since the financial crisis, by 10 percent in the 12 months […]

(Reuters) Money moving from hedge funds and other active investment managers to low-cost passive strategies will ultimately be a boon for professional money managers, according to Mark Okada, co-founder of Highland Capital Management. “All of this chasing of beta and […]

(Pension & Investments) Deimos Asset Management, the multistrategy hedge fund that was previously housed within Guggenheim Partners, is closing its doors less than two years after its inception, citing a difficult fundraising environment. “Despite our many successes — including minimal […]

(Bloomberg) Plenty of professional investors like to tout their talent for turning volatility into opportunity. Few have managed to deliver on that promise as well as Wang Bing. With deft timing and the magnifying power of leverage, the 37-year-old trader […]

(Fin Alternatives) Most investors have become accustomed to quick rebounds when markets correct, but as pointed out by Agecroft Partners’ Don Steinbrugge, asset allocation decisions should always consider the potential tail risk in portfolios, and how hedge funds have the […]

(Bloomberg) Family offices, which manage the money of wealthy clans, are growing wary of hedge funds. Offices reduced their exposure to hedge funds, which have mostly underperformed stock markets since the financial crisis, by 10 percent in the 12 months […]

(Fin Alternatives) Consumer products private equity specialist Swander Pace Capital has raised $510 million in committed capital for its sixth fund. To read this article:

(Harvest) The summer was a positive performance period for managed futures, yet it was still filled with return up and downs. We have identified periods of more than 2% gains and losses on the AMPHI Liquid Alt Index, an equal […]

(Bloomberg) New York Life Insurance Co.’s MainStay Investments hired Ken Bossen to help build the exchange-traded fund operation that seeks to mimic hedge fund strategies. Bossen joined as director of ETF business development at the institutional intermediary division and will […]

(Fin Alternatives) The HFRU Hedge Fund Composite Index, which measures UCITS compliant hedge funds, solidly outperformed their hedge fund brethren in August with a 0.34% gain, according to an update from Hedge Fund Research. To read this article: