Hedge Funds – Page 5
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Hedge funds deliver more than one-quarter of Dutch scheme's return
Pension fund attributes performance to hedged-equity, event-driven and relative-value strategies
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Sensitivity of high-yield strategies to macro factors
The data shows the sensitivity of high-yield funds to changes in a selection of economic factors – global default spreads, global term spreads, global interest rates and global inflation
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Energy: Not quite meltdown
The US energy high-yield sector should not be written off, according to Joseph Mariathasan
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Asset Class ReportsInvesting In High-Yield Bonds: Does fortune favour the brave?
Liquidity has plunged and performance has been poor with US metals and energy issuers suffering most greatly
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High-yield bonds: Beyond the benchmark
Investors will need to take into account shortcomings in high-yield benchmarks and the idiosyncratic nature of markets when selecting a strategy
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Santander scheme targets emerging hedge funds with $125m fund
UK scheme to grant accelerator capital to emerging hedge fund managers as part of new hedge fund portfolio
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Features
Hedge Funds: Efficiency or waste?
Negative sentiment against hedge funds is overblown providing investors can identify the right managers using a robust approach, according to Chris Redmond
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What we loosely term ‘hedge funds’
In the early years of the past decade, hedge fund managers dazzled pension funds and their advisers with promises of uncorrelated absolute returns
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Investing In Hedge Funds: Investor Strategy - In or out
Joseph Mariathasan looks at why investing in the hedge fund market is still contentious for many pension funds, even in the current low-interest-rate environment. Is it the fee structures or the economic uncertainity that drives this caution?
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Asset Class ReportsLiquid Hedge Funds: Fad or the future?
Hedge funds are using onshore vehicles to replicate the returns of the offshore market. Is this making investment in hedge funds easier or simply another risky alternative?
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Investing In Hedge Funds: Case Study - PP Pension
Carlo Svaluto Moreolo discovers that Sweden’s PP Pension is still supporting hedge funds, despite the fact that they are not performing particularly well. So why is PP Pension doing this?
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NewsFinland's Elo increases exposure to hedge funds, private equity
Solvency still strong despite market swings, says Finnish pensions mutual
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EAPF prioritises private debt over hedge funds in alternatives push
Fund returns 15.1%, overhauls investment strategy as it lowers equity exposure
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Hedge funds hope to salvage Greek gains despite turmoil
Many hedge funds have bet Greek politicians, EU technocrats will avoid Grexit
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Hedge funds need to increase reporting transparency, Northern Trust warns
Development of industry-wide data standards to help disclosure, company argues
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West Midlands ditches hedge funds to reach benchmark allocation
£10.1bn local government scheme to divest £200m from hedge fund partners
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Features
Hedge funds: PFZW decision highlights divergent thinking
When Europe’s second-largest pension fund drops hedge funds and announces its new investment strategy will place greater emphasis on intelligibility, the industry takes note.
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PFZW drops hedge funds from strategic investment portfolio
Second-largest pension fund in Netherlands cites complexity, cost and SRI concerns
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Asset Class Reports
Investing in Hedge Funds: Uncut hedges
US pension giant CalPERS may have stopped investing in hedge funds, but despite heightened short-term scrutiny, Christopher O’Dea finds that most plans are retaining their allocations, and expecting them to deliver greater value through bespoke strategies
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Asset Class ReportsInvesting in Hedge Funds: Is the trend your friend?
Alex Greyserman looks at how trend-following at different speeds has fared in equity markets during the post-crisis bull market and over the longer term, and finds compelling diversification benefits
