MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index Up 2.4% in November
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Directional trading strategies are still the gain leaders in the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite and Process Group Indexes. In preliminary results, based on the funds that reported, the MSCI Directional Trading Strategies Index, which includes systematic and discretionary trading used by managed futures managers, gained 3.4% in November,...
December 23, 2004
Hedge Funds Barely Register on New SurveyBOSTON (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds barely registered on the radar screen of investors queried in Eaton Vance Corp.'s annual survey, but fund managers shouldn't feel too bad. The industry's "Q Rating" was on par with a couple of guys on whom enough ink has been spilled this past year to print a...
December 23, 2004
KMG Adds Underwriter, Sales VPsNU Online News Service, Dec. 23, 2004, 4:34 p.m. ESTA new Minneapolis benefits insurer has hired 3 executives.[@@]The insurer, KMG America Corp. has recruited ...
December 23, 2004
HSBC Fund Institutes Currency HedgingGUERNSEY, Channel Islands (HedgeWorld.com)--HSBC Global Absolute Ltd., a closed-end fund of funds listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced the introduction of currency hedging for its sterling-denominated shares. HGAL launched in November 2001, with the objective of achieving equity-like returns with lower levels of volatility. At launch, its investment advisers...
December 23, 2004
Hedge Fund Organization Issues Guide to Asian ManagersThe Alternative Investment Management Association adapted its guide to hedge fund management to Asian hedge fund managers in its latest iteration in its "Guide to Sound Practices" series.
December 23, 2004
ACLI, NAIFA, NAILBA React To Disclosure ProposalLife groups are still asking state regulators to cut a compensation disclosure provision from a proposed amendment to the Producer Licensing Model Act.[@@]The National ...
December 23, 2004
Fund in Focus: AIM Global ValueDec. 22, 2004 -- The AIM Global Value Fund/A (AWSAX) can buy companies in the U.S. and all over the world, but lately its managers...
December 23, 2004
Mark Mulholland of Matthew 25 FundS&P Rank: 5 Stars Keeping His Investment Lamp Trimmed