Tag Archives: fund-assets


Hedge fund to overtake managed fund growth

July 17, 2009 : Permalink

Financial Standard – It will take the global hedge fund sector another four years to recover assets lost since 2007, but its year-on-year growth will be faster than that of the managed fund sector, new research shows. According to Cerulli […]

Lehman administrators plan assets return

July 16, 2009 : Permalink

ninemsn – Administrators for the main European unit of bankrupt US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holding Inc have revealed plans to return frozen hedge fund assets to creditors. This could start as early as next year. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lehman Brothers International […]

Lehman’s U.K. Administrator Seeks to Return Hedge-Fund Assets

July 15, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. may return hedge-fund assets as soon as next year that were frozen when the New York-based securities firm collapsed in the largest bankruptcy on record. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Lehman Brothers International Europe’s administrator, plans today to […]

Goldman CFO sees end to hedge fund redemption wave

July 15, 2009 : Permalink

Khaleej Times – Hedge fund assets may be on the rebound after a year of massive redemptions, Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Financial Officer David Viniar told analysts on Tuesday, although the prime brokerage business will remain under pressure. “Assuming […]

ALTIN Hedge Fund Group Goes For Full Disclosure

July 10, 2009 : Permalink

HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – ALTIN, the London and Swiss-listed fund of hedge funds, has released a full disclosure of its underlying investments and weightings. ALTIN has adopted a position of total transparency, and holds one of the world’s longest […]

China?s Sovereign Wealth Fund Aims to Invest in Hedge Funds

June 17, 2009 : Permalink

June 17 (Bloomberg) —  Felix Chee, an adviser to China’s $200 billion sovereign wealth fund, said it aims to make investments in hedge funds. “We will have a preference for managed accounts,” he said in an interview today at the […]

Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

June 4, 2009 : Permalink

Financial Standard – Pension funds around the world are expected to pump up their $547 billion hedge fund allocation by more than $60 billion before December as they look to balance assets and liabilities, new research shows. Hedge fund managers […]

Och Stores Up Cash as Funds Brace for Stock Losses

May 20, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Daniel Och had about 35 percent of his $20 billion of hedge-fund assets in cash during the first quarter because he suspects global stock markets will start falling again. “The world will not just bounce back to where […]

Barron’s Top 100 Ranking Hedge Funds for 2009

May 19, 2009 : Permalink

Barron’s is out with its annual hedge fund 100 list and we wanted to post up all the media relating to it. Barron’s mentions that hedge fund assets plummeted from $1.9 trillion to $1.4 trillion throughout the course of 2008. […]

Hedge fund AUM below $1 trillion: New Finance Capital

May 8, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Hedge fund assets under management around the world have probably fallen below $1 trillion, a top executive at hedge fund New Finance Capital LLP (NFC) said on Thursday. "There has been an enormous contraction in this industry. The […]

Middle East investors’ share of hedge fund assets to rise 30%

April 28, 2009 : Permalink

Saudi Gazette – By end of 2013, Middle East investors will account for about $194 billion in hedge fund assets, or about 7.5 percent of total global hedge fund assets, a new global study of institutional investors, investment consultants and […]

Hedge Fund Assets up to $91 Billion in March

April 27, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund assets under administration (AuA) have grown to $91 billion as of 31 March 2009 from $88 billion at 31 December 2008, according to hedge fund tech. and analytics procider GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. […]