Category Archives: hedge-fund-research
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Protect Capital as Markets Decline
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index has declined -0.25% in July (+1.41% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined -2.15% (+2.75% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -2.18% (+4.89% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index decreased -0.62% […]
BHA: Investors Allocated $30 Billion to Hedge Funds in Q2
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Brighton House Associates (BHA) has released their quarterly report, which explores trends within the alternative investment industry during the second quarter. Some highlights from the report include: – The second quarter of 2011 was characterized by tumultuous […]
Hedge Fund AQR To Use Game Theory To Exploit Market Inefficiencies
New York (HedgeCo.net) – $41 billion Connecticut hedge fund manager AQR Capital Management has launched a reinsurance group to develop investment strategies that have low correlation with traditional markets and hedge funds. The group will be run by David G. Kabiller […]
2011 H1 Hedge Fund Industry Review
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team has released its 2011 H1 Hedge Fund Industry Review. The report examines the drivers of hedge fund performance and asset growth in the first half of 2011. […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Index: Long/Short Equity and Event-Driven Strategies Weak
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip is down -0.17% this week, due mainly to a weak performance of Long/Short Equity and Event-Driven strategies, respectively down -0.81% and -1.30%. The best strategies this week are Commodities and […]
Hedge Fund Association Launches Europe’s First Smaller Managers’ Group
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has created the AIMA Smaller Managers’ Group for AIMA’s European hedge fund managers with $250 million or less in assets under management. “It is well […]
ProShares Launches Hedge Fund Replication ETF
New York (HedgeCo,net) – $26 billion ETF provider, ProShares, today launched a Hedge Replication ETF, based on Merrill Lynch’s recognized hedge fund replication model. The ETF, HDG, lists on the NYSE today. “Many portfolios could benefit from the risk/return characteristics […]
BNY Mellon: ETF Assets Expected to Double to $2 Trillion in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.net ) – Assets in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in the U.S. are expected to double to $2 trillion before the end of 2015, according to a new whitepaper from BNY Mellon and Strategic Insight. The report, ETFs 2.0: […]
The “Twitter Hedge Fund”: Harnessing the Power of Social Media
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Opalesque reports on Derwent Capital’s “Twitter Hedge Fund” investment approach, which is based on an academic paper by Johan Bollen, HuinaMao, Xiao-Jun Zeng called ‘Twitter mood predicts the stock market’. (Below) “Behavioral economics tells us that emotions can […]
Global Composite Hedge Fund Index Lowest Since 1998
New York (HedgeCo.net) – June has been a difficult month for hedge funds all across the board, with most strategies suffering a loss, according to the latest performance data from HedgeFund Intelligence. Hedge funds were down 1.27%1 in June, ending […]
Obama: $21 Billion In New Hedge Funds Taxes
New York (HedgeCo.net) – President Barack Obama, in his weekly address, suggested that hedge funds and oil companies should pick up the slack with a tax hike in order to cut the deficit. Obama’s proposal would raise hedge fund manager’s taxes by up to $21 […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Index Down In June
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The UCITS Alternative Blue Chip Index is up 6 bp this week, ending the month down -1.10%. The Commodities bucket had yet another bad weekly performance (-2.89%) following last week’s drawdown of -4.89%. Emerging Market and […]
