Has It Been a Good Year for Hedge Fund Managers?

August 5, 2013

On the one hand are individuals pointing out that, on a year-to-date basis, hedge funds as a whole are under-performing market indices such as the S&P 500. This general observation is reflected below, based upon data provided by the analytics firm Prequin.  As a whole, through the second quarter of 2013, hedge funds gained 0.14 […]

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The Hunted Billionaire

July 29, 2013

It’s not often that a billionaire can feel the same way as someone on death row, but there’s probably some slight similarity to that gut-wrenching anxiety and stress of a prisoner that Steve Cohen, CEO of SAC Capital Investors, is feeling these days. Cohen, the hedge fund master of SAC Capital Investors, has been the […]

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How Will Elimination of the SEC General Solicitation Ban Affect Hedge Funds?

July 22, 2013

On July 10th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to lift the ban on solicitation for hedge funds and other accredited investor financial services. To some industry and advising professionals, this was a terrible idea that opens the door to fraud and other financial swindling (the SEC’s current commissioner is of this opinion). […]

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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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Even Hedge Fund Managers Go to Confabs

July 8, 2013

Given the nature of the industry and how uniquely individual many hedge managers tend to be (diplomatic speak for mercurial), it would probably surprise many laypeople that hedge fund managers attend junkets to discuss the goings-on in their industry. The SALT hedge fund conference in Las Vegas is such an event. Dubbed a major speaking […]

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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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