SEC Data – Pension Plans Have Grown To A Stable Quarter of Hedge Fund Capital

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By Hedge Fund Insight staff   The data discussed here has been compiled by the SEC from Form PF. Form PF is filed by SEC-registered investment advisers with at least $150 million in private funds assets under management to report information about the hedge funds and private equity funds that they manage. The SEC collates the data into a […] Read more »

A Q&A With Jane Halsey Celebrating 20 Years Of Roundtable Forum

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By Simon Kerr, Publisher of HFI     What were the circumstances for you setting up your first Roundtable Forum? The first Forum was held in New York in May of 1999.  It was actually a bit of an experiment.  At the time, I was a 3rd party marketer and the conference circuit was tiring and getting […] Read more »

Evidence Of A Floor To Hedge Fund Fees In Seward Kissel Study

From Seward & Kissel   Driven by our ongoing commitment to understanding the dynamics of the hedge fund marketplace and bringing the latest industry color to our clients and friends, each year Seward & Kissel conducts various studies of the most important trends we are seeing that are impacting the hedge fund community. This year, for […] Read more »

Fund of Hedge Funds Consolidation Infographic

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Consolidation has provided some managers with the m eans to grow their firm at a time when the wider fund of hedge funds industry has contracted both in terms of AUM and number of participants. The majority (60%) of investors active in hedge funds seek exposure to the asset class via multi-manager vehicles, either solely or as part of a […] Read more »

Importance of Funds of Funds to Newer Managers Evident in Seward Kissel Study

From Seward & Kissel   Driven by our ongoing commitment to understanding the dynamics of the hedge fund marketplace and bringing the latest industry color to our clients and friends, each year Seward & Kissel conducts various studies of the most important trends we are seeing that are impacting the hedge fund community. This year, for the second year in a […] Read more »

Equity Long/Short for Retail – Replication Solves the Issues

By Andrew Beer Chief Executive Officer of  Beachhead Capital Management The model for allocating to equity long/short funds is broken.  The mentality of most allocators is to chase the “hot dot” – that is, invest with a fund that performed well recently and hope the hot streak continues.  This approach is based on the discredited assumption […] 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 »

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 »

Altin Rewarded For Big Position In Two Sigma Compass

By Hedge Fund Insight staff   The portfolio of ALTIN AG , the Swiss alternative investment company listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges, is well diversified as it contains 40 hedge funds. That degree of diversification is unnecessary from the academic perspective, but does minimise blow-up risk.  There are, however, a number of […] Read more »

Hedge Fund M&A … Deals Are Flowing

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By Madison Street Capital 2016 is gearing up to be one of the most active years in terms of M&A activity for the hedge fund industry. Propelled by the wave of transactions in the fourth quarter of 2015, many positive factors are leading indicators that M&A deal momentum will continue, positioning 2016 to be a […] Read more »