Risk Management at Citadel

From Hedge Fund Insight   Chicago-based Citadel LLC, through it’s two huge flagship funds, put in a good first quarter performance with a gain of 6.35%. The $29bn firm is one of the biggest hedge fund managers in the world, and has been run by CEO Ken Griffin since inception. He oversees more than 675 investment […] Read more »

Hedge Fund Investment Due Diligence – Sample Report From Consultant

Investment Due Diligence Report Halcyon Asset Management, LLC Master Custodial Account Report written by the A Consultant Hedge Fund Research Team March 27, 2015 Executive Summary This review has been requested by The Client. The scope of this review and the rating is limited to the general investment capabilities of Halcyon Asset management, LLC (the […] Read more »

A Hedge Fund Manager Can Have Too Many Analysts

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By Shinya Deguchi, a Managing Partner at Star Magnolia Capital*   We strongly believe in the fundamental-driven, long-term, concentrated, and active investment approach for both private and public strategies. This includes our buyout, venture capital, public long-only equity and absolute return strategies. As pointed out 46 years ago by journalist Carol J. Loomis (known for […] Read more »

Reinsurance as an Alternative Investment Strategy

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By Donald A. Steinbrugge, Managing Partner Agecroft Partners, LLC   Reinsurance is one of the few hedge fund strategies that has almost no correlation to the stock or bond markets and has the potential to generate high single digit to low double digit returns on average over the next 5 to 10 years, regardless of […] Read more »

Update 2 of “How Many Hedge Funds in a Fund of Funds”

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff   On of the best and most widely read articles on this website is the one by Cliffwater titled “How Many Hedge Funds? Only 15-20 For The Highly Skilled” – see the original article. The article is going to be referenced when new data becomes available that gives real world […] Read more »

Graphics of the Day – State of New Jersey Pension Fund’s Hedge Funds

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   There is good visibility of hedge fund exposure and returns for state pension plans.  Most investment committee papers are available, and often it is possible to read the hedge fund managers comments and presentations. In the first graphic are two tables extracted from the monthly Investment Reports a year […] Read more »

Update 1 of “How Many Hedge Funds in a Fund of Funds”

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   On of the best and most widely read articles on this website is the one by Cliffwater titled “How Many Hedge Funds? Only 15-20 For The Highly Skilled” – see the original article. The article is going to be referenced when new data becomes available that gives real world […] Read more »

Data Visualization Is An Edge At Rock Creek Group

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff   The Rock Creek Group is a leading global investment and advisory firm with approximately $10 billion in invested and committed assets under management. Members of the Rock Creek team have been investing globally in hedge funds and emerging markets since the early 1990s. In previous careers at the World […] Read more »

SkyBridge Capital De-Risk Anticipating A Meaningful Dislocation In Markets

In this webcast transcript Troy Gayeski, Senior Portfolio Manager, and Ray Nolte, Chief Investment Officer of SkyBridge Capital discuss how the shifts of market and economic background have driven the decision making on the flagship SkyBridge Multi-Advisor Hedge Fund Portfolios (Series G).   1. Q2 Portfolio Review: How much did the portfolio shift? Troy Gayeski: […] Read more »

Hedge Fund Returns Are Path Dependent – As 2011 Illustrates

One of the things that is attempted on this website is to look at market action to help explain, or comprehend hedge fund returns. For example, two years ago a commentary was distributed on the significance of the quality factor in explaining returns in 2009 (see this article), and the impact of high correlation this […] Read more »