Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
AIG curtails event-driven, long-short bets at hedge funds
By Sonali BasakEvent-driven holdings were cut 41 percent to $700 million, while investments in long-short declined 25 percent to $2.24 billion in the first half of the year.
July 11, 2016
Billion-Dollar Hedge Fund Investors Staying the CourseSeveral high-profile decisions to ditch hedge funds have raised the question of whether a mass exit is underway. But the numbers say no.
May 27, 2016
Billion-Dollar Hedge Funds Manage 88% of All Industry AssetsThese managers account for just 12% of all hedge fund managers, Preqin says.
May 26, 2016
If you're such a great investor, where's your alpha?There are signs that investors have wised up to the game of chasing alpha.
May 17, 2016
Bonuses for traders, hedge fund managers falling in 2016Incentive pay is down at almost every type of financial-services firm this year.
May 12, 2016
When Sentiment Conflicts With Investing RealityThe public is often a good barometer of what is occurring in the broader economy. But not always, Barry Ritholtz writes.
May 05, 2016
Prudential, MetLife heads respond to disappointing earningsMetLife has attributed its poor first-quarter profits to hedge fund investments. Other industry leaders agree the quarter was "challenging."
May 03, 2016
AIG seeks to redeem $4.1 billion from hedge funds after lossCEO shifts bets to highly rated debt, commercial property; proceeds from redemptions are already $1.2 billion, CFO says.