Incisive Views from Professionals
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight The investment strategy allocation of portfolios of hedge funds is a function of the target return and drawdown tolerance of the end investor over a multi-year period. The pension plans of the Ford Motor Company are part way through a five-year de-risking process – the U.S. […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Approximately 25% of O’Connor and HFS performance fee-eligible assets exceeded high-water marks as of 31 December 2015, an improvement from 21% as of 30 September 2015, continuing to reflect challenging market conditions in the fourth quarter. Read more »
By Henrietta Hirst, Director of CitySavvy This is an extract from the forthcoming book “Setting Up A Hedge Fund In Europe” to be published by Hedge Fund Insight shortly. The additional content for this chapter includes a section on how to select the right PR. S1.Introduction S2. What a PR Company Does For a Hedge […] Read more »
By Bijesh Amin, Co-founder and managing director, Indus Valley Partners Recently several high-profile hedge fund managers, Michael Platt of BlueCrest Capital, Scott Bommer of SAB Capital and Steve Cohen of SAC Capital (now Point 72), have decided to hand back investor capital either due to hassles over regulation and investor over-reach ( i.e. the […] Read more »
By Melina Sanchez, Novus Partners, Inc. Are hedge funds good at timing sectors? Yes. Except when it comes to Financials. Over the past 10 years hedge funds have beaten the market. Does this mean they’re skilled, or just lucky? We can confidently say there’s one reason for hedge funds to exist: they generate […] Read more »
European Pension Fund Allocations to Hedge Funds -Infographic source: Preqin European Pension Fund Allocations to Hedge Funds -Infographic source: Preqin (click on the image for enlarged version) related article: Pensions Plans And Hedge Funds – PIMCO Is The Biggest Winner (Aug 2014) Global Pension Assets Infographic (includes alternatives growth) (July 2015) Alternatives In UK DC […] Read more »
From Global Asset Management As year-end approaches, we look ahead to the outlook for active trading and hedge funds in 2016. The choppy waters of 2015 has proved challenging for active managers. Both equities and global bonds are down this year to date as measured by the MSCI World index and the Barclays Global […] Read more »
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing As another year draws to a close, emerging hedge fund managers wrestle with how to grow their business to the next level, including how to survive another year of cutthroat competition for attracting investors. While the answers to this riddle can be numerous and complex, I thought […] Read more »
From Eurekahedge Hedge funds continued their recovery in Q4 with the Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index up 0.88%1 in November while the MSCI World Index2 grew by 0.38% during the month. On a year-to-date basis, hedge funds are up 2.58% while underlying markets as represented by the MSCI World have gained 1.78%. November was dominated […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff The wider the audience for the medium the more emotional or even hysterical the headline about hedge funds. A general circulation national newspaper will carry a headline conflating a hedge fund manager with the much derided banker. Specialist hedge fund media like FINalternatives or the Hedge Fund Intelligence titles […] Read more »