Hedge Fund Returns Hit As Rule Changes See Margin Costs Skyrocket

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   Unintended consequences of convoluted regulations are hindering hedge fund managers from boosting returns for their investors. According to findings from analytics firm OpenGamma, hedge funds can now be charged an eye watering 70% additional margin because of regulatory changes, destroying returns as a result. A staggering cost to absorb, particularly […] Read more »

KKR Addresses Its Mis-Step In Acquiring Prisma Through PAAMCO Deal

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff It was announced today that PAAMCO and KKR Prisma are to form a Strategic Partnership to create a new liquid alternatives investment firm. As PAAMCO has been fiercely independent and Prisma was acquired by Private Equity giant KKR in 2012 to give growth to its’ liquid alternatives business this has […] Read more »

KKR Excited By The Potential For Growth Of European Credit Through Avoca

By Hedge Fund Insight staff KKR is in the process of acquiring European credit manager Avoca. During the Fourth Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call Scott Nuttall, the Global Head of Capital & Asset Management at KKR & Co LP, talked enthusiastically about the business prospects of Avoca within the KKR framework. Nuttall said that Avoca […] Read more »

Chart Of The Day – Operating Margins Across Hedge Fund AUM Range

By Hedge Fund Insight staff Today’s Chart Of The Day comes from the Citi Prime Finance 2013 Business Expense Benchmark Survey released this week. We have known for some time that the balance of supply and demand post 2009 has been such that it has meant that hedge funds, even very well known and large […] Read more »