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Survey Probes Ultra-Affluent Outlook
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The ultra affluent--those with assets of US$25 million or more-- increasingly are using more sophisticated investment strategies, but overall they remain skeptical about hedge funds' lack of transparency, according to a new survey conducted by Citigroup Inc.'s Private Bank unit and the international management consulting firm McKinsey &...
February 01, 2005
Hedge Fund Surge Drives Up Risk Management PayNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The rising tide of hedge funds has lifted the compensation boats of those in the risk management industry. According to a new survey by the executive search firm Risk Talent Associates LLC, total compensation for risk professionals grew by 9% in 2004 as compared with 2003 figures. Overall,...
February 01, 2005
Why the Underperformance?Slumping returns, allegedly due to burgeoning capital flows chasing scarce market opportunities, were a prominent theme in the press coverage of hedge funds during 2004,...
January 24, 2005
Canadian Manager Offers Principal-Protected Note on Long/Short FundTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Arrow Hedge Partners Inc.'s latest notes series will contain its first principal-protected note for Canadian investors. Wrapping an extra security blanket around its funds of funds, Arrow Hedge plans to sign up investors through March 24. The Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes Series 6 and the Arrow Global Equity Long/Short Notes...
January 24, 2005
Institutional Marketers Hired for Refco FX PushNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Ernest Rouse and Eric Hummel will join Refco Group Ltd. to market its online foreign exchange clearing and trading capabilities to institutional traders...
January 24, 2005
From Lake Michigan Shores, New Grand Caymans Fund on the WayMEQUON, Wis. (HedgeWorld.com)--Fall River Capital LLC, a commodity trading adviser headquartered in this suburb of Milwaukee, announced it will launch a new offshore hedge fund by the end of the first quarter 2005. Charles F. Wright and Robert Friedl created Fall River in 1999. It pursues trend-following and macro strategies...
January 24, 2005
Robson Rhodes Vets Team with Chiltern for New VentureLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Chiltern, the provider of tax advice and other financial services such as corporate governance and risk management, is joining with three former partners from RSM Robson Rhodes LLP to form a new investment management advisory firm that will focus globally on hedge funds and other alternative investments. Raymond O'Neill,...
January 24, 2005
How Much Is that Security Worth?Valuation Issues and Recommendations for Hedge Fund Advisers Post-Registration