Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies
Hedge Fund Trends For 2015: Cybersecurity, Branding, Big Data
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Hedge fund founders, CEOs, COOs and CTOs got together to discuss the critical operational issues and trends that will impact hedge funds and other alternative investment vehicles in 2015. The 9th annual Gravitas Trends thought leadership event, […]
Hedge Funds Down Six Months In A Row, Asia ex-Japan Out-Performs
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CTA/managed futures strategies were the top gainer during October, gaining 0.26% and maintaining their lead over all other strategies with year-to-date returns of 6.30%. Hedge funds posted their second consecutive month of negative returns in October […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index Down -0.29% in October
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The UCITS HFS Index continues its erratic performance and reports a loss of -0.29% in October 2014. The broad index started off negatively with a loss of -0.92% after the first full week of trading. The […]
CAIA Launches Texas Hedge Fund Chapter
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The State of Texas is now home to the 18th and newest chapter of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association. Initially, the CAIA Texas chapter will have leadership committees in Dallas and Houston, with plans […]
Citi Survey – Hedge Fund And Money Managers In Collateral Optimization
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A new survey from Citi reports that rapid asset growth is occurring across a set of investment strategies that exist within a “convergence zone” where traditional money managers, hedge funds and even private equity firms are creating […]
Activist Hedge Fund Files Against Kabel Deutschland
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – One of Paul Singer’s activist hedge funds, Elliott Associates, L.P., has filed a lawsuit against Kabel Deutschland Holding AG and Vodafone, the WSJ reports. Elliott, which has a 13.5% stake in Kabel Deutschland (KDG) via the […]
Retired Hedge Fund Manager Tom Steyer Donates $71 Million For Green Focus At Midterms
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Just in time for the mid-term elections, billionaire philanthropist and retired hedge fund founder Tom Steyer has donated an extra $15 million of his own money in to his super-pac, NextGen Climate Action Fund. Steyer, an activist […]
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Invests In NY Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the largest single-profession pension plan in Canada with C$140.8 billion of net assets, has agreed to acquire a 29.7% interest in USD 10 billion hedge fund Pamplona Capital Management’s CSC ServiceWorks. […]
Q3: Investors Allocate $11.4 Billion To Event-Driven Strategies
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Total hedge fund capital increased to a record level in the third quarter as financial market volatility increased into quarter-end, with inflows concentrated in Event Driven and Fixed Income-based Relative Value Arbitrage strategies, according to the latest HFR Global […]
Hedge Fund Management Fees Are Subject to Social Security Taxes
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Eurekahedge reports in an article by Mark Leeds and Mayer Brown that a recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audit ruling highlights planning traps that can dramatically affect when Social Security taxes can be imposed. On September 5, […]
Hedge Fund Acquisitions Drive Man Group’s Assets Over $72 Billion
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – UK hedge fund giant MAN Group PLC reported that funds under management are up 25% to $72.3 billion as of 30 September 2014 (30 June 2014: $57.7 billion) with the acquisition of Numeric and Pine Grove […]
AllianceBernstein Expands its Liquid Alternatives Platform With Three New Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – AllianceBernstein’s hedge fund team has launched three new liquid alternative mutual funds, Credit Long/Short (ALASX), Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund (ALATX) and Long/Short Multi-Manager Fund (LSAMX). AllianceBernstein currently has a rapidly growing $19 billion alternatives platform. One […]