Hedge Funds – Page 7
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IP Asia
Hedge funds in Asia - Things are looking better
Albourne Partners’ Richard Johnston reviews returns for the industry in 2012 and finds bright spots in 2013’s outlook
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Trust… but verify
Good hedge fund due diligence takes 120 hours plus 90 hours per year ongoing. But responsible investors have no choice but to do it, argues Jerome Lussan
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Owning hedge funds
Neuberger Berman has launched Dyal Capital Partners to buy minority stakes in hedge fund businesses. Martin Steward reports on how it changes the dynamics for hedge-fund investors
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Changing rules
Joseph Mariathasan loks at the raft of regulation coming the way of hedge funds, focusing on the pros and cons of the EU’s AIFM Directive
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Opinion Pieces
Amin Rajan: 'Pension funds demand discipline, but discipline can stifle hedge funds' creativity'
First, the good news: assets under management in hedge funds have not only surpassed their previous peak of around $2trn (€1.6trn) reached in 2007, but they are also likely to attract another trillion dollars by 2016, according to ‘Institutional Investment in Hedge Funds’, a survey by Citi Prime Finance.
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Asset Class ReportsHedge Funds: Alpha-hunting with funds of funds
Peter Meier, Oliver Liechti and Patrick Dütsch run hundreds of FoHFs through a factor model and find those focused on trading strategies delivering the best returns and the highest alphas
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Taking the ‘fund’ out of hedge funds
Martin Steward spoke to PGGM’s Jan Soerensen about how its managed account platform allows it to take control of its hedge funds – and their costs
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Changing models
The fund of funds model is having to adapt fast to survive. Joseph Mariathasan finds that the new models also require a different approach to thinking about the hedge fund opportunity set
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NewsHedge funds: What's wrong with a 0% return?
Judge hedge funds' diversification benefits by their optionality, not their risk/return.
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Interviews
Holding hedge funds to account
Bond yields sit at historic lows, growth is sparse and equities aren’t cheap. The result: a search for yield in credit assets and for alpha in liquid alternative investments.
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NewsDutch hedge funds buck global trend in second quarter – DNB
NETHERLANDS – Watchdog attributes performance to appreciation of US dollar against euro.
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News€2.4bn Dutch pension fund abandons hedge funds after loss
TNO's hedge fund portfolio records 7.2% loss, underperforming benchmark by more than 13%.
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NewsHedge funds largely ignorant of ESG principles – Probus Sigma
Research firm says hedge funds often confuse ESG metrics with socially responsible investment.
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NewsHedge funds not big herders, says academic study
Hedge funds do enter crowded trades, but 'nothing like as much as non-hedge fund institutions'.
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News€14bn pension fund for Philips to drop private equity, hedge funds
Philips Pensioenfonds shifts toward commodities, emerging market equities and bonds.
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News
Are fiduciary consultants neglecting their duty on hedge funds?
The fiduciary model for hedge funds is not unlike a customised fund-of-funds mandate.
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NewsHedge funds 'significantly' outperformed traditional assets over last 17 years
Hedge funds achieved returns with lower risk volatility than stocks or commodities, report adds.
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NewsVBV revamps hedge funds to avoid 'virtually dead' FOFs
AUSTRIA – Austrian scheme creates local bond, equity portfolios to provide debt financing.
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Features
Do hedge funds delay reporting to save face?
It is well known that databases of historical hedge fund returns suffer from a range of biases – chiefly ‘survivor bias’. The worst funds cease reporting their results, sometimes simply because they go out of business, and some of the best stop reporting when they no longer need to raise assets.
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NewsInstitutionals willing to invest in hedge funds, but concerns remain
Investors increasingly worried about ability to meet performance targets, says SEI.
