Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Greenspan Still Opposes Hedge Fund Manager Registration
By Staff WriterWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan repeated his support for continued loose regulation of the hedge fund industry, citing hedge funds' role in keeping the...
June 01, 2004
Warburg Partners with Syz & Co. to Launch Hedge Fund Products in GermanyNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Warburg Invest, the asset management arm of Hamburg-based private bank M.M. Warburg & Co., and Swiss banking group Syz & Co. announced that...
June 01, 2004
Maestro Fund Gets Irish ListingSINGAPORE (HedgeWorld.com)--Maestro Capital Management Pte Ltd. is listing on the Irish Stock Exchange shares of its managed futures fund, Global Maestro Fund I. The listing comes...
June 01, 2004
Absolute Capital Hires Head of Hedge Fund InvestmentsAbsolute Capital Group Ltd. hired Andrew Grauberg as head of hedge fund investments.
June 01, 2004
Key Benchmarks1-yr annualized 3-yr annualized 5-yr annualized Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. Rtn. Std. Dev. S&P 50022.81%8.77%-2.36%16.49%-2.25%16.86% S&P/IFCI 55.4315.0615.8721.707.2522.62 Average Emerging Market Fund32.8210.08-0.3817.13-1.3017.32 Glossary Fund Stars Funds are ranked on a three-year Sharpe ratio...
May 28, 2004
Man Reports Strong Sales and Fee Income, Increases Fund CapacityLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--During the fiscal year that ended March 31, Man Group plc* sales were US$11.5 billion, net management fee income grew 50% and net performance...
May 28, 2004
CSFB/Tremont Index Down; Short-bias Strategies Yield Strong ReturnsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--World economic factors played a role in the downturn of the CSFB/Tremont* Hedge Fund Index, which fell 0.58% in April and was only...
May 17, 2004
US$1 Trillion? New Survey Suggests Hedge Fund Industry Bigger Than ThoughtLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--A new survey of hedge fund administrators suggests the industry could be bigger than anyone thought--upwards of US$1 trillion. London alternatives publication Alternative Fund Services...