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Investors Creep Back into Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investor interest in hedge funds came back in November, with industry AUM increasing to $3.070 billion last month, according to eVestment’s just-released November 2014 Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Some highlights from this month’s report include: 1) […]
Hedge Fund AUM Up To $3.070 Trillion
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A two-month decline in hedge fund performance came to an end in November as the hedge fund industry saw positive results last month, according to the November 2014 eVestment Hedge Fund Performance Report. Some key points […]
Will hedge fund fees come down to earth in 2015?
CNN – Sophisticated investors have this on their New Year’s resolution list: Negotiate harder on hedge fund fees. At the moment, investors typically pay 2% just for the privilege of letting a hedge fund manage their millions. Even if the […]
David Tepper Throws Cold Water On Euphoric Hedge Fund Managers
JB – David Tepper of Appaloosa Management doesn’t share the euphoria of most hedge fund managers, who are riding the bull market and are long stocks, according to CNBC. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is reporting that big money is […]
Hedge fund ‘superstar’ converts £3million 19th century mews house
Daily Mail – The development will be completed accommodation for visitors and staff first floor for staff working at his home, which backs on to the site. According to plans lodged with Kensington and Chelsea council, the two buildings will […]
Anton Kreil to Give Away $1,000,000 in 2015
User Contributed News – In a drive to further educate people into learning how to trade and take responsibility for their own financial future, trader Anton Kreil has today pledged to give away $1,000,000 from his account profits in 2015 […]
Will hedge fund fees come down to earth in 2015?
FOX – Sophisticated investors have this on their New Year’s resolution list: Negotiate harder on hedge fund fees.At the moment, investors typically pay 2% just for the privilege of letting a hedge fund manage their millions. Even if the fund […]
Hedge fund industry’s top performers mainly small, little-known
Reuters – The hedge fund industry’s biggest performances in 2014 came from some of its smallest, least-known players, according to data from research firm Simplify. The results add heft to years of studies by industry researchers and academics showing smaller […]
Big Ocwen Bet Could Burn Hedge Fund Kingstown Capital
Forbes – Value-oriented hedge fund Kingstown Capital Management may have a problem after the firm rushed headlong into the shares of mortgage servicing giant Ocwen Financial amid the firm’s regulatory troubles in 2014. Ocwen’s plunging shares accounted for 13.94% of […]
Cuomo’s Cap on Hedge Funds in Pensions Solves Only Part of the Problem
BusinessWeek – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill last week that would have allowed the New York state, city, and teachers’ pension funds to increase their investment in hedge funds from 25 percent to 30 percent of fund […]
F-Squared Settles ETF Case by Paying $35 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Investment management firm F-Squared Investments has agreed to pay $35 million and admit wrongdoing to settle charges that it defrauded investors through false performance advertising about its flagship product. The SEC separately charged the firm’s co-founder […]
Former BlackRock, Macquarie Heads To Launch Asia Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The former head of BlackRock’s Scientific Active Equity department in Hong Kong announced plans to start hedge fund Zentific Investment Management, a Pan Asia Market Neutral fund with capital from institutional clients, founding partners and his own HS Sponsor […]