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Hedge Fund Performance Forces Cuts

October 22, 2012

Hedge funds across the world are cutting trading desk resources as pressures on the financial industry continue. In a recent Greenwich Associates survey reported by Bloomberg, 44 percent of hedge funds indicated that they will reduce their spending on trading activities this year in comparison to 2011. This is largely the result of increasing pressure […]

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Hedge Fund Returns Declining, Risk Taking Up

October 15, 2012

The first three quarters of 2012 have been rather weak for the hedge fund industry, posting returns of 3.04 percent, when compared to the relative strength of the S&P 500 index, which returned 13.97 percent over the same period. Mary Ann Bartels, an analyst with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, told the Financial Post that […]

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Hedge Fund Industry Posts Strong Performance in August

October 11, 2012

The hedge fund industry has posted strong gains in August, according to a Reuters report, lifted by rising global equity markets. The SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index rose 83 basis points in August and has posted a 6.76 percent return over the first eight months of 2012. This index tracks the hedge funds administered […]

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Japanese Pensions look to Hedge Fund Investing

October 4, 2012

Following a global trend in hedge fund investing by large pension funds, Japan’s Teachers’ Mutual Aid Co-operative Society will begin exploring hedge funds as a potential investment to diversify risks and increase returns for the fund. According to Bloomberg, the 600 billion yen fund it looking to allocate approximately 100 billion yen of its capital […]

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