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Hedge Funds Face New Market Realities
By Staff WriterCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--A new day is dawning in the hedge fund industry, and this time it has nothing to do with the Securities and Exchange Commission or pension funds. Hedge funds themselves are looking to reinvent the way they operate. Strategies that were the hardest hit in 2005, such as long/short...
January 16, 2006
Missouri Teachers Hires AlbourneJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (HedgeWorld.com)--The Public School & Education Retirement System of Missouri hired Albourne Partners to help the US$27 billion pension fund allocate money to hedge funds. Craig Husting, chief investment officer for the fund, couldn't provide many details, but said the fund hired Albourne as a consultant. He said...
January 06, 2006
Research Eyes Strong Performance Minus the FeesLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Funds of funds have become the punching bag for many who are inclined to bash hedge funds in general. Often it's the fees that...
January 01, 2006
Full Speed Ahead for Hedge FundsSEC regulation, demand for additional transparency, and tales of occasional fraud are but speed bumps on a trajectory that could see hedge fund assets quadruple...
December 19, 2005
Hedge Funds Make Progress in NovemberNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--After a frightful October, hedge funds seem to be limping back to positive territory, gaining 0.07% in November in the S&P Hedge Fund Index. Still, hedge funds for the most part are made a poor showing compared with the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index, which was up...
December 19, 2005
Hedge Funds Combat NegativityHedge funds still are trucking down the path of profitability despite some noteworthy obstacles thrown in the way by investors and regulators this year.
December 19, 2005
Hennessee Index Shows November GainsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--For those who spent their November days worrying about hedge funds' poor performance in October and their nights fretting over hedge funds' return correlation with equity markets, news about November's positive returns for hedge funds in the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index may ease the days, but will probably...
December 01, 2005
The Third Source of ReturnsLast month I discussed the increasing awareness that true alpha--gained through market timing and security selection--is not the only or even the primary source of...