From the 6th Annual Hedge Fund Investor Survey from Credit Suisse Top Fifteen Biggest Swings In Net Investor Demand (ranked by absolute year-on-year change) Read more »
Gold, the Yen, Upside in Equities and Petroleum Week With Archbridge Capital
In this article Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight, has a Q&A session with global macro manager Hakan Kocayusufpasaoglu, CIO of Archbridge Capital. Hedge Fund Insight: You had a good year in 2013, with your macro fund up over 19%. In which asset classes did you make the most money, and how much […] Read more »
Cliffwater 2014 Hedge Fund Strategy Outlook and Recommended Weights
From Cliffwater LLC The views expressed herein are the views of Cliffwater only through the date of this report and are subject to change based on market or other conditions. All information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy is not guaranteed. This report is being distributed for informational purposes […] Read more »
Fundamental Commodity and Stat Arb Strategies Preferred for 2014 by FRM
From FRM Investment Management Hedge funds had a small positive month to end 2013. The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index recorded a 56bps gain, taking performance for the year to positive 6.72%. Within this there was some significant dispersion in manager returns, even within strategies, as the month contained some sizeable asset price movements. Equity […] Read more »
Top Hedge Fund Stories Of 2013
By Hedge Fund Insight staff These are the most read stories on Hedge Fund Insight in the last year: 1 The Hedge Fund Hot 100 February 2013 2 Addressing the Fable of the Death of Managed Futures September 2013 3 Acceleration in Downtrend for Funds of Hedge Funds November 2013 4 Into the Mind of […] Read more »
Japanese Reflation Trade Pays Off For Macro Managers In November
From FRM Investment Management With many of this year’s themes continuing, as discussed above, November was a positive month for hedge funds. The majority of strategies were positive over the month, with very few outliers on either the positive or negative side (given adjustments for volatility). The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index returned 0.55%. […] Read more »
GAM Insight – Equity Hedge and Event Driven Managers Ride Trends to Gains in October
From Global Asset Management October got off to a tentative start, with investors focused on the US debt ceiling impasse. This issue was temporarily resolved by mid-month and markets broadly rallied from there, with equities, credit and bonds all moving higher. Many equity hedge and event driven managers reaped the rewards from keeping their gross […] Read more »
Equity Hedge Dominates Quarterly Flows To Claim Largest Strategy Slot
From Hedge Fund Research Total capital invested in the global hedge fund industry surged to a fifth consecutive quarterly record in 3Q13, driven by the highest inflows in over 2 years and eclipsing another milestone of industry expansion. Hedge fund capital rose to $2.51 trillion in 3Q13, an increase of $94 billion over the prior […] Read more »
GAM Insight – Hedge Fund Performance in August
From Global Asset Management Asset prices drifted lower on seasonally light volumes during August. Equities and bonds sold off, with the MSCI World index down 2.1% and the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond index down 0.5%, both in US dollar terms. Commodities gained in aggregate, led by energy and precious metals, while wheat and corn declined on […] Read more »
GAM Insight – Hedge Fund Performance in July
From Global Asset Management July was a strong month for equities with both the MSCI World index and the S&P 500 index up over 5% for the month in US dollar terms. Investment grade and high yield credit in the US and Europe rallied with notably large investor flows into US high yield. The […] Read more »