From Global Asset Management September proved a challenging month for many investors as equities, bonds and credit sold off. The MSCI World index was down 2.7%, while the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond index lost 2.8%. Global macro hedge funds delivered 1.5%, while the broader hedge fund universe was down 0.8%, as measured by the […] Read more »
Credit, Relative Value and Event Driven Strategies In Demand At GAM
From Global Asset Management Markets recovered their July losses, with the MSCI World index up 2.2% in August, while the reach for yield resumed with the Barclays US Aggregate Bond index rallying 1.1% and US high yield credit up 1.6% (IBOXX HY index). Hedge funds overall posted gains in August with the HFRX Global […] Read more »
Graphic Of the Day – Hedge Fund Outlook From Northern Trust
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Specialized Equity Hedge Funds Preferred By FERI
By Tao Wan, Senior Analyst at FERI AG Although the global equity indices have been marching higher with low volatility until lately, it has been tough for many Equity Long/Short managers starting late March as the rotation of growth to value began. As a whole the Equity L/S managers have not been able to […] Read more »
The Children’s Investment Fund Gets Some Board Support At Japan Tobacco
From Activism Monthly Premium (July 2014 edition) When Shinzo Abe became Prime Minister of Japan in 2012, investor sentiment began to warm to a country long known for its overvaluations and prickly corporate governance. This year, the government drew Abe’s ‘third arrow’—corporate reform—from its quiver and let loose. Opinion is divided on whether the […] Read more »
Today’s Top 5 Compliance Issues For Hedge Funds
By Martin Herriot, Managing Director at Newgate Compliance It has been a challenging few years for the European hedge fund industry following the financial crisis and the European regulators attempts to revolutionise the regulatory regime for supervising the industry. From a UK compliance perspective we see the top issues falling under two headings – […] Read more »
Writing A Hedge Fund Marketing Plan
By Kyle Dunn, President and CEO of Meyler Capital I offer the following in my attempt to help you think differently about the process of raising capital, which undoubtedly, some of you are already executing extremely well. But I suspect that a great deal of professionals in our industry are creating a PowerPoint deck […] Read more »
Exploiting The Hunger Premium Of Emerging Managers
By Najy Nasser, Chief Investment Officer of HeadStart Advisers Ltd According to the English proverb: ‘hunger is the best sauce.’ In investment terms, those with the most to gain from strong performance, will work hardest to achieve it. Hunger can, therefore, be one of the best sources of return. When it comes to harvesting the […] Read more »
PODCAST 5 – RWC Talk About Marketing And Doubling Their Assets
An interview with CEO DAN MANNIX and Head of Sales JAMES TOLLEMACHE of RWC Partners The interview focuses on sales and marketing and the consequences and causes of firmwide growth Clicking this link opens the podcast in a new window/player, (or alternatively save the file using the “save as” command). The interview lasts 31 […] Read more »
10 Ways Hedge Fund Managers Can Improve Their Research Using The Web
From Eagle Alpha This is only the beginning for Wall Street leveraging the web. The best advances are yet to come and it will be innovative buyside firms who will be leveraging the web in the most interesting ways. Some use cases: 1. Analysis of Foursquare Data to Predict Sales Analyzing data from […] Read more »