From Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management* Event-driven Equity special-situation-orientated managers and those running moderate net exposures (i.e. with long and short exposures to the market that are roughly in balance) continue generally to fare better than their credit and more directional peers. Within the merger-arbitrage sector, we prefer nimble and smaller managers which can […] Read more »
Hybrid Equity Bridges Private Equity & Hedge Funds So Attracts Investors
By Diane Harrison, principal of Panegyric Marketing. Prior to the mid 2000s, private equity represented the de facto route to long-term appreciation for investors seeking to access investment strategies yielding double-digit returns. After the credit crisis of 2008 effectively closed the doors on efficient and profitable exits for many private equity funds, investors found their […] Read more »
Small and Mid-Cap Equity HF Managers Receive Heavy Flows
Based on an article and data from hedgetracker.com The Top 50 Small-Cap and Mid-Cap (SMID) focused hedge funds have seen their equity assets jump by nearly $7 billion, or 18.8%, since the beginning of the 2012. According to the most recent ranking, the top SMID Hedge Funds now oversee more than $37 billion in U.S. […] Read more »