By Hedge Fund Insight staff Japanese institutional investors have longer experience investing in hedge funds than institutions in other regions of the world. In addition absolute return strategies have had significant allocations from Japanese investors for a long period – the Japanese economy has suffered from low interest rates and bond yields for a […] Read more »
Q/Q Change In Demand for Hedge Fund Strategies – Graphic Of The Day
By Brighton House Associates* Fastest Growing Hedge Fund Strategies – Quarter over Quarter *extracted from BHA quarterly analysis of manager searches. In the first quarter of 2014, BHA investors posted 353 new mandates. In total, investors placed approximately $8 billion in future allocations during Q1. The report presents both an analysis of the […] Read more »
Event Driven in May
By Hedge Fund Insight staff* Event Driven managers had a negative month in May despite the high level of deal activity and the positive contribution from special situations trading. A number of the larger deal spreads either broke (Astra-Zeneca/Pfizer was not an official deal break, but it had the same effect) or widened. This was […] Read more »
Hedge Funds Increase Short Bets On US Bonds According To Lyxor Data
From Lyxor Asset Management* Hedge funds are increasing their short bets on US rates as the flow of economic data improved and inflation figures edged higher. Moderate price pressures materialised recently (PCE deflator at 1.6% yoy in April), though the inflation rate remains below the 2% target of the Fed. This triggered a rise […] Read more »
Edgefolio: the new platform for the hedge fund industry.
By Leo Gasteen, CEO Edgefolio Allocators have it rough. When they are not being bombarded by cold calls and unsolicited emails from hedge fund sales teams, they spend their time trying to find managers through multiple sources – such is the picture of the fragmented hedge fund industry of today. At Edgefolio, we thought […] Read more »
GAM See Event-Driven Managers As Idea-Rich & Staying Fully Invested
From Global Asset Management Hedge funds positive in May as equities, credit and bonds rally May proved to be a supportive month across most asset classes, with global equities posting broadly positive returns while bond yields tightened and credit rallied. Against this backdrop, hedge funds had a positive month with the HFRX Global Hedge Fund […] Read more »
Positive Returns And Less Redemptions Stabilize AUM For Funds Of Hedge Funds
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight The peak of the fund of hedge funds sector was in 2008 (by AUM and numbers of funds) and in aggregate the sector has shrunk ever since (by those two measures). The pace of change has varied but the direction hasn’t. In the first half of last […] Read more »
Cliffwater Hedge Fund Commentary – April 2014
By Daniel Stern, Senior Managing Director at Cliffwater LLC April was a moderately positive month for most hedge fund strategies and all strategies outside of Global Macro remain in the black for the year. In April, the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index lost 0.2% and the HFRI Fund of Funds Composite Index detracted 1.1%. […] Read more »
CalPERS Resizes Hedge Fund Program On The Back Of Power Shift
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight CalPERs, the largest defined benefit plan in the United States, has been a thought leader in the use of hedge funds for investing institutions, but no more. Changes to the power structure within the Retirement System have led to a reversal of the attitude towards investing […] Read more »
5y-10yr US Treasury Rates Need To Rise Further Say ECM
Alex Temple, Portfolio Manager at ECM Asset Management To the casual observer, the US rates market has never had it so good. We have had Ben Bernanke and now Janet Yellen. We’ve had calendar guidance and forward guidance. We’ve had a buyer who telegraphs all purchases, publishes all holdings and has bought almost 40% […] Read more »