Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index up +0.39% in August 2012
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After four consecutive negative months, the UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index posted a gain of +0.39% for August 2012. A few days into the month the UCITS HFS Index started to gain momentum and cumulated gains of +0.44% […]
Hedge Fund Founder Sponsors Free Science Repository ArXiv For Five Years
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – James Simons, the founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and his wife Marilyn Simons, both Ph.Ds, have decided to fund open access scientific repository arXiv through an operating grant from the Simons Foundation. The arXiv preprint server at […]
SEC Invites Public Comment On Hedge Fund Advertising
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC commissioners voted 4-1 to invite public comment for the proposed rules for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or JOBS Act. Included is Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act, which will eliminate […]
Gawker Publishes Mitt Romney’s Offshore Hedge Fund Holdings
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – More than 950 pages of hedge fund audits, statements, and investor letters have been published by online magazine Gawker, naming over 20 entities the presidental hopeful has invested in. Gawker reveals: “Romney had invested—at minimum—more than […]
HedgeCo™ (HCN) Hedge Fund Indices Through July 2012 [UPDATED]
New York – (HedgeCo.Net) – [UPDATED] The HedgeCo.Net Hedge Fund Aggregate Index showed an average annual return of 1.09% through July 2012. The HCN Long/Short Index ranked highest at 5.58%. “Most of the industry decided to sit tight and ride […]
Credit Suisse: Overall Hedge Fund Industry Up 0.96% in July
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (“CSLAB”), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 0.96% in July.The Managed Futures strategy was the most significant contributor to performance, finishing […]
Church of England Investing Heavily In Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – According to this year’s report from the UK clergy pension board, around £60m ($94 million) has been transferred to hedge funds Bridgewater Associates, Winton Capital and Blackrock Asset Management, all of whom are “big charitable donors” to the […]
Stop Fiddling With Your Hedge Fund Strategy Allocation
aiCIO – “Don’t just do something, sit there” may be precisely the advice that hedge fund investors need to hear, according to an article published by the CFA Institute. Hedge fund investors should actively rebalance their portfolio within certain bounds […]