Tag Archives: hedge fund
Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]
Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index Down in April
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta (CSLAB) was down 0.67% for the month of April. The index attempts to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry. Among the different strategies tracked, the Merger Arbitrage […]
HedgeCoVest Continues To Build An Impressive Roster of Leading Hedge Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.Net) HedgeCoVest continues to attract some of the largest managers in the industry to its real time hedge fund replication platform. $21bn fund manager Fred Alger Management is the newest firm to join the HedgeCoVest roster as it […]
Hedge Fund Performance for April, Asset Flows Through March
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The economic recovery continued to gain momentum through April, allowing all Morningstar hedge fund categories to post positive numbers for the month, according to Mallory Horejs, alternative investment analyst for Morningstar. “Trend-following strategies in particular profited from the […]
LandColt Launches Mutual Fund Model Focused on Precious Metals
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative trading solutions expert, LandColt Trading, LLC., has launched a new investment model, The LandColt Trading Precious Metals Model, which will concentrate on the gold market. The new model capture returns on the upside, and downside, […]
Blair takes role at hedge fund Lansdowne
Reuters – Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to give a series of talks to bosses at Lansdowne Partners, said a source close to the secretive hedge fund that made millions from the credit crisis. Blair, whose “light-touch” model of […]
Hedge Funds & Investors Rate Global Brokers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A newly released survey of 176 leading investment managers, private banks and hedge funds by McLagan, a compensation consulting, productivity and performance benchmarking firm, showed that broker performance has risen in many areas this year, particularly […]
Mutual Funds, ETFs, Hedge Funds Cutting Fees
Registered Rep – Like hard-pressed retailers, investment managers have lately taken to lowering prices. Mutual funds and ETFs have cut expense ratios. Even exclusive hedge funds have reduced the fees they charge clients. Some of the fee cuts may be […]
BlackRock’s Profit Jumps Five-Fold on BGI, Inflows
Business Week – BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said fourth-quarter net income rose almost five- fold as the purchase of Barclays Global Investors lifted fee revenue and investors poured money into stock and bond funds. Earnings rose to […]
Corruption probe that became fatal game of Russian roulette for Bill Browder
Telegraph – Bill Browder knows exactly the “darkest day” of his life. It was Tuesday November 17, the day he found out that his colleague Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer, had died in a squalid Moscow prison awaiting trial. Although […]
Jun Mihara Announces Launch of Asian Distressed Debt Hedge Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) Former Merrill Lynch banker Jun Mihara, 45, has announced plans to launch a fund to invest in Asian distressed debt. Mihara was hired by Zais Group LLC of Red Bank, NJ last month to serve as its […]
Hedge Funds Benefit From Appreciaton Of Gold/Emerging Markets/Europe
New York (HedgeCo.net) – “Hedge funds performed as advertised in October—they hedged,” said Nadia Papagiannis, Morningstar alternative investment strategist. “Though the economy may be recovering, hedge fund managers appear positioned for a reversal.” However, hedge funds in the Morningstar Europe […]