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Performance fees elude hedge funds despite 2009 gains
Only about a third of hedge funds worldwide ... This will mark the second successive year for...
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Funds take off as investors return
Many aspiring hedge fund managers were wringing their ... Two – Roc Capital Management and Lucidus Capital ... The fundraisings support a growing feeling in the ... There are indications that large start-ups are in ... Steve Matthews, former head of commodities research at...
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Brevan Howard's investors voice concern over its size
Europe's largest hedge fund manager has sought to ... The managers of the BH Macro fund said ... The concerns focus around the fact that large ... Brevan Howard is Europe's largest hedge fund manager ... One London investor told Financial News: "What a ... But a source close to Brevan Howard said...
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The difficulty of winding down a hedge fund
Many investors in hedge funds last year found ... Collingham Investment Fund announced at the end of ... The board said at the time: "Many hedge ... It said that it had planned to get ... But last week, it said that it has ... In a stock exchange statement, Collingham said that...
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Tudor offers investors easy access fund
Tudor Investment Corp, a US hedge fund running ... Today, asset manager Lyxor Asset Management announced the ... Tudor this year improved redemption terms for Tensor ... Tudor could not be reached by the time ... Separately, Ivy Asset Management this morning reiterated to...
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How prominent funds have tackled the recovery from the crunch
Henderson’s $80m (€53m) equities hedge fund made 114.3% ... Perry Capital’s $6.2bn activist fund is 3% above ... RAB Capital’s $501m flagship fund made 8.6% this ... Michael Hintze, manager of the CQS fund, which...
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Hedge funds poised to recoup crisis losses
The hedge fund industry is on the brink ... By the middle of last week the average ... At the current rate, the industry will be ... Christopher Miller, chief executive of hedge fund rating ... Rickard Lundquist, a portfolio strategist at SEB Private ... Not all strategies or funds are near their...
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Equities rally helps hedge funds break four-quarter outflow streak
Hedge funds, boosted by this year’s equities rally, ... While over two-thirds of funds attracted new money...
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Brevan Howard wins shareholder support
A listed fund that allocates money to products ... The vote by shareholders to continue their commitment ... The ballot on the fate of the third-largest ... Lord Turnbull, BH Global's chairman, called the vote ... BH Global's shares fell by 26% after listing ... After the falling share markets and investment losses...
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Hedge fund returns reach 21% this year
Hedge fund managers have generated record returns ... US data provider Hennessee Group said its hedge ... It also beat the return on bonds, with ... Lee Hennessee, managing principal of Hennessee Group, said: ... Charles Gradante, co-founder of Hennessee, said: “Hedge fund...
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Man Group's assets grow as redemptions slow
Man Group said on Wednesday that its assets ... Funds under management now stand at around $43.8bn ... The hedge-fund group also said it expects pre-tax ... Although institutions cut the amount of money they ... Hedge funds have generally reversed course in 2009 ... "Investor sentiment is continuing to improve across the...
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Hedge funds yet to budge on fees or liquidity terms
Hedge funds have defied the expectations of investors ... Last year, hedge funds staggered to their worst ... However, few funds have budged from historic fee ... The research found that less than 1% of ... Guido Bolliger, Olympia's chief investment officer, wrote in ... HFR monitoring has also shown that performance-based charges...
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Ex-Marshall Wace star returns with hedge fund start-up
One of the most important partners at Marshall ... Daoud Zekrya, who was jointly responsible for running ... Zekrya departed Marshall Wace last November to begin ... Belay is seeking authorisation from the UK watchdog ... The third founding partner at Belay will be ... One London-based investment consultant said: "Belay will be...
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Credit crunch marks the end for 1,500 hedge funds
Large hedge funds closing down might steal the ... Between mid-2007 and the end of June, 1,509 ... The last quarter of 2008 and first quarter ... Long/short equity hedge funds were by far the ... Managed futures funds, which are computer-driven, and multistrategy ... Data provider Hedge Fund Research said 292 funds...
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Computer hedge fund trebles profit to £60m
Aspect Capital, a UK hedge fund manager that ... The company, which as a managed futures manager ... However, the firm decided to close down its ... The positive returns of its flagship, diversified fund ... This allowed it to increase its revenue, despite ... Aspect Capital had not returned a call inviting...
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Hedge fund industry show early signs of rebound
The number of hedge funds shutting down in ... Almost 300 funds shut down in the second ... However, the rate of closures has slowed - ... In comparison, this year, hedge funds have made ... Data provider Eurekahedge registered 141 launches last quarter ... Samtaney said: "We’ve seen net inflows of $30bn...
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Hedge funds pressed on fee structures despite slowdown in liquidations
The rate of hedge-fund liquidations continued to slow ... Just over 3% of industry players, or 292 ... However, the average incentive fees earned by managers...
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Hedge fund subscriptions back to pre-crisis levels
Hedge fund subscriptions have returned to pre-financial crisis ... The company, which runs middle- and back-office functions ... Redemptions of client funds are only $700m so ... Reporting its first-half results, GlobeOp said it has ... The company, whose shares trade on the London...
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Investors pull $200bn from funds of funds
The roster of Europe’s largest funds of hedge ... The 50 largest funds of hedge funds lost ... This period encompassed both the sharpest end of ... Of Europe’s 10 largest managers, only two have ... Schwarzman expects further growth, particularly from pension funds. ... Elsewhere, the reading was grim. UBS’ Alternative and...
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Absolute return funds fall short of their name
Absolute return funds are failing to live up ... Statistics published by data providers Eurekahedge yesterday found ... Absolute return funds are typically long only, although ... Hedge funds, which grant themselves far greater investment ... John Jagerson, an analyst at US investment research...
