Category Archives: hedge-fund-research
PerTrac: Largest Hedge Funds Continue to Dominate
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Single-manager hedge funds with greater than $1 billion under management account for a mere 3.9% of reporting funds, but they control about 60% of the total single-manager hedge fund assets, according to a study conducted by PerTrac. […]
Hedge Fund Performance for March Up 0.1%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Morningstar reported preliminary hedge fund performance for March and for the first quarter as well as estimated asset flows through February 2012. The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in […]
Hedge Fund Research: Oxford Uni Partners with Man Group
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The University of Oxford is establishing a lab as the latest project in the collaborative venture between Oxford and $58.4 billion hedge fund investment manager, Man Group plc. The Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI) virtual ‘data […]
Hedge Funds Significantly Outperformed Equities, Bonds and Commodities over the Past 17 Years
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years according to a new study by The Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College in London. The […]
April EurekaHedge Report: Hedge Funds Cross $1.75 Trillion In Assets
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was flat to marginally negative through March, losing 0.18%1 for the month, with the year-to-date figure standing at 4.08%. Japanese hedge funds posted the best monthly returns among regional mandates while […]
The Dodd-Frank Bill: Views From The Hedge Fund Industry
New York (HedgeCo.net) – New hedge fund research has emerged from the Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University in conjunction with hedge fund accounting and advisory firm EisnerAmper LLP., “The Dodd-Frank Bill – a Year and a […]
April Hedge Fund Inflows Advance 0.35%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 0.35% in April. “Outflows tend to be seasonally higher at quarter ends as investors rebalance their portfolios,” said Hans Hufschmid, chief executive officer, GlobeOp […]
Long/short equity, multi-strategy hedge funds enjoy their best quarter since Q3 2009
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After experiencing the best start to a year since 2000, hedge funds paused for a breather during March, delivering a marginally negative performance. With the exception of the US, most markets across the globe registered declines […]
AR Magazine: Hedge Fund Managers – 2011’s Top 5 Earners
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge fund industry’s top 25 managers took home a combined $14.4 billion in 2011, according to AR magazine’s annual Rich List survey of the world’s top-earning hedge fund managers. The average pay for the top […]
March 2012 Eurekahedge Report: Hedge Funds up by more than $40 billion
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index gained 2.05% in February as optimism about the European debt situation and strengthening global economy fuelled rallies in the underlying markets. The MSCI World Index increased 4.55% as investor sentiment remained […]
TABB Research: International Investors and Asian-domiciled Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Institutional investors seeking exposure to emerging Asian equity markets face challenges in accessing many of the region’s closed markets and are turning to exchange-traded derivatives markets, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) instruments that can provide the […]
Hedge Fund Study: Improved Environment for Managed Futures and CTAs
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Two prominent CTA indices have published positive year-to-date returns for managed futures funds, highlighting a promising start to the year for this sector. The BarclayHedge CTA Index, a leading hedge fund benchmark of representative performance of […]
