Alternative Investments
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Q2 Inflows Huge Amid So-So Performance
By Staff WriterCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds brought in $42.1 billion in new assets in the second quarter, according to numbers released Thursday by Hedge Fund Research Inc. It was the largest single-quarter inflow HFR has seen since it began tracking asset flow figures in 2003. The new assets brought the estimated size of...
July 20, 2006
Hedge Fund 411Morningstar acquiring more data on more hedge funds and managed accounts
July 18, 2006
SEC Has Done Softers a FavorThe president of a consulting firm that assists asset managers (for hedge funds and others) in tracking and optimizing the value of their soft-dollar commissions said July 13 that he believes the use of such commissions will expand in the years to come.
July 17, 2006
Fund of Funds Partners with Debt SpecialistBALTIMORE (HedgeWorld.com)--Growing from a small fund of funds born out of a family office, Meyerhoff Investment Holdings is prepared to expand further following a joint venture partnership with Four Corners Capital Management. Joseph Meyerhoff II began offering a fund of funds based on his family's $100 million-plus hedge fund portfolio...
July 17, 2006
All in the GAIM: Major Themes and Words of WisdomCANNES, France (HedgeWorld.com)--As New GAIM 2006 draws to a close, what are the main themes that have emerged from the conference, and the most pertinent comments? Here are just a few?? 1/2 "Institutional investors care about process--they want to look under the hood." "Pension funds will continue to rebalance their...
July 17, 2006
Hedge Fund Industry Survey Finds Most Are RegisteredHorizon Cash Management has released results of its first comprehensive survey on best practices in the hedge fund industry.
July 17, 2006
Hedge Funds Moderate LossNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--May's losing streak did not end with that month but appears to have become less damaging, judging from hedge fund index data available so far. The Hedge Fund Research Fund Weighted Composite Index was almost flat in June, with a decline of 0.2%. By comparison, the MSCI world...
July 17, 2006
South African Growth Targeted by Hedge Fund SectorLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--The 18th FIFA World Cup may just have ended, but in four years' time it is South Africa's turn to host the football tournament, something that is already creating an investment boom and offering potentially big opportunities for the country's growing hedge fund industry, said the director of a...