Tag Archives: redemptions
Hedge fund firm GLG says industry flows stabilised
MONACO, June 17 (Reuters) – Investor flows out of the hedge fund industry have stabilised and the health of the industry has improved, GLG senior managing director Pierre Lagrange told Reuters on Wednesday. ‘Industry-wide they (flows) have stabilised,’ Lagrange said […]
May Was Good to Hedge Funds – But How’s The Future
CNBC – Hedge funds posted their best monthly performance in a decade in May, taking advantage of rallying stock markets and distressed opportunities across the board, according to the latest numbers from the Absolute Return Composite of hedge fund indices.The […]
Russia hedge fund survivors ride rising stock markets
Opalesque – Most hedge funds focusing on the region benefited from the increasing oil price and the strengthening rouble in April. Those who did hence survived 2008, which proved to have been almost lethal as some had to restructure and […]
FoHF gain liquidity tool
Financial Standard – Australian fund of hedge fund managers can manage liquidity levels in real time after Northern Trust enhanced the firm’s Hedge Fund Monitor product. The feature, which is available via Northern Trust’s relationship with youDevise, allows the fund […]
Hedge Funds & The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Leading alternative investment firms are adopting best practices for their funds with an eye to the Sarbanes-Oxley act*, hedge fund provider, TKS Solutions said in an announcement, also launching a new system specifically designed for […]
Investors expect better hedge fund terms
Stuff – Some of the biggest fund-of-fund investors expect hedge funds to lower management fees and introduce terms that let shareholders eventually claw back performance fees, The traditional take-it-or-leave-it stance in the hedge fund world is wobbling. Investors are demanding […]
Ex-Soros protégées said to be winding down hedge fund
Wealth Bulletin – Satellite Asset Management, a $2.8bn (€2.1bn) hedge fund established by former employees of billionaire George Soros, is winding down due to investor redemptions, Bloomberg said on its website late Friday, according to a Reuters report. The New […]
Market turmoil seen fueling hedge fund launches
Reuters – A wave of hedge funds are being launched this year by traders as the financial crisis fuels a shakeout of talent from Wall Street banks and big investment firms, an industry executive said. Record redemptions last year prompted […]
Nearly 20 pct of Asia hedge funds close since ’08
Forbes – Almost 20 percent of Asia’s hedge funds closed shop since the start of 2008 as a wave of investor redemptions and sharp losses amid the financial crisis took a heavy toll on the region’s once high-flying industry, a […]
Hedge Fund Assets up to $91 Billion in March
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. […]