Funds of Funds Trying New Tactics to Lure Investors

August 15, 2011

For years, funds of funds attracted capital by offering investors access to top-tier hedge fund managers, while providing a layer of diversification by investing in a broad array of funds. They justified charging extra fees by claiming the diversification and their due diligence process would protect investors from major down drafts. Unfortunately, the financial crisis [...]

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Hedge Fund Outsourcing is Expanding

August 8, 2011

Many hedge funds are now turning to outsourcing for more mission-critical aspects of their business, rather than simply as a way to offload non-essential tasks. That’s the view of Alberto Corvo, a managing principal of the financial services division at eClerx Services Limited, a capital markets and investment management consulting and outsourcing company. Corvo recently [...]

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Will Compliance Force Other Hedge Fund Managers to Go Private?

August 1, 2011

This past week, billionaire George Soros announced that he would be returning roughly $1 billion to investors and ending his career as a hedge fund manager for outside investors. Instead, Soros and his two sons, Robert and Jonathan, have decided to convert the firm into a family office to manage roughly $25 billion in family [...]

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How Investors Are Changing Hedge Fund Services

July 25, 2011

Institutional investors are increasingly changing the way they access and manage their hedge fund services. That’s the word from Jeremy King, an asset management executive writing in Business Insider, as well as his own blog, Asset Management Insights. King says large investors are tailoring the way they access alternatives in four ways: The first is [...]

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Hedge Fund Managers Continue to Launch Ucits

July 18, 2011

Hedge fund managers continue to clone onshore versions of their funds to appeal to a wider investor base, reports Hedge Fund Week. There are now more than 400 Ucits and recent surveys indicate another 100 hedge fund managers are considering launching new Ucits funds. As you may know, Ucits are funds that comply with the [...]

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Hedge Fund Strategies: Managed Futures

July 11, 2011

While many hedge funds outperformed the overall market during the financial crisis of 2008, they still lost money, down 14% as opposed to crashing 30% to 50% like that of major indices. But as an article in MoneyControl pointed out recently, one group of hedge funds managed to do better … much better. Gaining 17% [...]

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Boutiques to Outperform Super-Sized Funds?

July 4, 2011

Executives at the 17th Annual GAIM International Conference 2011 in Monaco, billed as the World’s Largest Alternative Investment & Hedge Fund Conference, see better returns in the future from boutique funds than today’s super-sized funds. Hedge fund strategies such as big global macro and managed futures funds could find it harder to trade positions in today’s constrained [...]

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Asian Hedge Fund Startups Reach Billion Dollar Threshold

June 27, 2011

A number of Asian hedge fund startups have joined the Billion Dollar Club. Now, it remains to be seen if this breakthrough is a boon or bane to investing in Asia, reports Aradhna Dayal in Hedge Fund Intelligence. The new members include Danny Yong of Dymon Asia, John Ho of Janchor Partners, Gen Kato’s MAM, [...]

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Easier to Start a Hedge Fund, Harder to Stay in Business

June 20, 2011

More managers are starting hedge funds in 2011, but a greater number are also closing their doors, reports Reuters. Citing data from Hedge Fund Research, they report 298 new funds were launched in the first quarter of this year, compared to 220 during the fourth quarter of 2010. However, 181 hedge funds closed their doors [...]

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Offshore Hedge Funds Finding Alternatives to UCITs

June 13, 2011

Hedge fund managers will continue to create clones of their offshore funds in EU-domiciled locations, but more managers are finding alternatives to the UCITs framework. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey released by RBC Dexia and KPMG. In addition to UCITs, Ireland offers a range of non-UCIT regulated funds that provide greater flexibility for [...]

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