Incisive Views from Professionals
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Introduction – Part One This article is divided into three parts. The first part is the genesis of the article – the new supply of funds engaging in the strategy of merger arbitrage, including one from Paulson & Co. The second part is John Paulson’s writing on the strategy […] Read more »
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By Georg Reutter and Matthew Barrett of Kepler Partners Below we review each sub-sector in the Absolute Hedge universe, identifying the most important players and notable performances last year. Managed Futures After several years of poor or disappointing returns, Managed Futures were the standout sector in 2014. The sector got off to a […] Read more »
By Staff Writers of Hedge Fund Insight, led by Simon Kerr Welcome to the second edition of The Hedge Fund Hot 100. As last year the aim is to capture what is emerging and trending and growing in the hedge fund industry. The absolute is interesting, and it is covered elsewhere in […] Read more »
By Hedge Fund Insight staff There is no doubt that the role of gold for hedge fund managers can be seen in the context of monetary policy, and specifically US monetary policy. Indeed this site has carried a number of gold-related articles in which the phrase “fiat money” has featured strongly. Although Eric Sprott could […] Read more »
Although individual news items can have can have historical significance (such as story 1 below) the effort here is more to point to the themes and trends at work in the hedge fund industry last year. Here are my top stories for 2011: Bruce Kovner 1. Big Name Retirements – two of the best known […] Read more »