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Asset Flows by Strategy through May 2013

July 15, 2013

Asset flows into hedge funds reached their highest level in two years according to a recent report by BarclaysHedge. In total, flows into hedge funds reached $18.8 billion in May, bringing total assets under management to about $1.9 trillion. The $18.8 billion inflow comes on top of $430 million in cash inflow for April and […]

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What Does the June Jobs Report Mean for the Hedge Fund Industry

July 8, 2013

On Friday the U.S. Labor Department reported a total of a 195K net new jobs created for the month of June. The June jobs report’s 195K net new jobs figure matches exactly the revised May figure and is 4K lower than the April new jobs number of 199K. Overall, since bottoming out in late 2009/early […]

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Has Increased Size Bias Been Useful for the Hedge Fund Industry?

July 1, 2013

Over the past few years, a number of new trends have shown up in the hedge fund industry. Among the changes are generally increased fund size to get a hedge fund up and going, increased compliance costs, and pressure for lower management fees. This article addresses the increased size bias. Hetty MacIntyre, in a recent […]

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European Hedge Funds Struggle to Enter US Market

June 24, 2013

Over the past several years, large U.S. institutions have become an increasingly large portion of hedge fund inflows. In fact, according to a recent Reuter’s article, pension funds, endowments and other large scale American money managers now account for up to three quarters of new money flows into the hedge fund sector. Accordingly, the importance […]

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Hedge Fund Launches Higher Despite Lower Fees

June 17, 2013

Renewed confidence in financial markets generally, and hedge funds in particular, seems to have launched the industry forward in early 2013. According to the Boston Business Journal, however, fees have continued their downward trend despite the renewed interest. With dwindling revenues despite climbing assets under management, how the industry copes with this changing dynamic will […]

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Hedge Funds Faced with Tax Uncertainty in UK

June 10, 2013

In most jurisdictions around the world, and particularly in Europe, governments and regulators are examining a number of options to rein in compensation for financial industry professionals. In the UK, the government there imposed substantial taxes on high income earners, and, not surprisingly, hedge funds have worked to develop structures in order to pay their […]

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HSBC to Double Hedge Fund Prime Brokerage in Asia

June 3, 2013

Along with economic growth and climbing individual wealth comes increasing demand for alternative asset classes. And increasingly, financial institutions are looking to Asia in order to expand their hedge fund businesses in line with this opportunity. HSBC is the most recent institution to look at one of its traditional markets and consider expansion of their […]

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