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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Another Issue for Hedge Fund Job Hunters? Redemptions

October 1, 2012

It is an irrefutable fact that new hedge openings reached their most brisk pace in four years in the first quarter of 2012. On the surface, that would appear to be bright sign for those looking to secure employment with hedge funds of any size. However, there is no such thing as a free lunch […]

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Hedge Funds Hiring Trends Follow the Cash

September 24, 2012

Despite heavy attrition after the 2008 credit crisis, hedge funds have managed to regain much of their former glory.  Traders and brokers all over Wall Street have been piling into these attractive and open firms.  With fewer constraints than mutual funds, hedge funds have used their trademark tools – leverage and hedging – to reap […]

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Hedge Fund Employment vs. Other Professions

September 17, 2012

Employment at a hedge fund is for many professional money managers the highpoint of their careers, or at least a very good stepping stone.  So, on the whole, how many jobs were created, net of being destroyed, by the hedge fund industry in the current year compared to the previous year?  Through the second quarter […]

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Emerging Markets Funds Lead the Way in Second Quarter

September 10, 2012

During the second quarter of 2012, one of the sources of expansion in the hedge fund industry was the addition of several new funds focused on investing in emerging markets. The Hedge Fund Review report published in August suggested that emerging markets funds now comprise 14 percent of all hedge funds, which is an increase […]

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Hedge Funds Showing Positive Signs

September 6, 2012

Hedge funds registered their best performance since February with a return of 1.1 percent for the month of July, but the performance still lagged the 1.4 percent gain of the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index. The underperformance of hedge funds in relation to the S&P 500 index was even more pronounced in the first seven […]

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Hedge Fund Growth Bodes Well For Job Seekers

September 3, 2012

There are some cold, hard facts facing hedge funds and those that are searching for hedge fund jobs. Hedge funds tracked by Hedge Fund Research were up just 2.3 percent in 2012 through early August. Over the past five years, hedge funds tracked by the Hedge Fund Research Index have returned negative 0.6 percent. Said […]

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