Hedge Fund Exposure Cut at Some Pension Funds

August 25, 2014

Patience is wearing thin among some large public pension funds with regard to their hedge fund investment returns. Years of weak returns combined with high investment fees have forced a few prominent pension funds to consider reducing allocation to hedge funds. Among the pension funds planning cuts in hedge fund allocation include the largest US […]

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US Hedge Funds Force Argentina to Default on Its Sovereign Debt

August 11, 2014

The extraordinary influence hedge funds can sometimes have on markets was on full display recently when a small number of hedge funds and some individual investors together forced the sovereign South American country Argentina, with a population of almost 42 million people, to default on its debt commitments. The group led by US hedge fund […]

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Many UK Hedge Funds Setting Up US Operations

July 28, 2014

Sensing a favorable environment for hedge funds among US institutional investors, a number of UK-based hedge funds are setting up operations in the US to grab a slice of the growing institutional money moving into hedge funds. Well known UK funds such as Winton Capital, Odey Asset Management and Cheyne Capital are among a large […]

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Hedge Funds Switch Political Loyalty Toward Republicans

July 14, 2014

Political contributions by corporations are often balanced with more or less equal amounts donated to competing parties. Corporations adopt this approach so as to project a neutral image towards the leading parties. But surprisingly hedge funds have been one-sided in recent years in their support to the political parties according to data published by the […]

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Billionaire Ziff Brothers Shut Down Family Office Hedge Fund

June 30, 2014

Ziff Brothers Investments, the multi-billion dollar family office hedge fund that invests the family fortunes of the three billionaire brothers is shutting down according to Wall Street Journal. The move to close the last of their two hedge funds is a result of a growing difficulty in coming to a consensus in decision making among […]

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Survey Claims Hedge Fund Assets to Double by 2018

June 16, 2014

Hedge fund returns haven’t been that inspiring in recent years. In fact, last year was the fifth year in a row that hedge funds failed to beat the widely followed S&P 500 index. With average hedge fund returns lagging benchmark indices year after year in recent times, one would think that investors may not be […]

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David Tepper, Steve Cohen Top Highest Earning Hedge Fund Managers List

June 2, 2014

In a year when hedge funds significantly underperformed the broader S&P 500 index, it is not uncommon for one to think that even the best paid hedge fund managers would see a drop in their earnings.  But while the compensation of hedge fund managers across the industry as a whole may have remained subdued, the […]

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