Hedge Funds – Page 8
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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.
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News
Dud hedge funds tinker more with historical reported returns – study
Study shows fund managers have revised reported returns as far back as late 1990s.
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News
Martin Steward: Do hedge funds delay reporting results to save face?
Research shows significant correlation of poor performance, delayed reporting across all funds.
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News
Institutionals warming to hedge funds, but raising standards – report
Three of top four goals named by respondents address investment risks, SEI says.
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NewsGovernance of hedge funds falling short of mark, says USS
Responsible investment co-head says governance has 'some way to go' before meeting investors' needs.
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Opinion Pieces
Hedge funds face clip
Hedge funds enjoyed record inflows in 2011 as new assets from US pension funds poured into their coffers. But it was also a horrible year for their performance and investors put a lot of pressure on them for better terms.
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IP Asia
Asian hedge funds in 2011 – Review and outlook
In 2011, hedge funds won the contest of “least ugly” versus bonds and equities, and they have disappointed a little throughout the year. Albourne Asia’s managing director Richard Johnston looks at opportunities in the industry in the new year.
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News
Hedge funds mostly negative in 2011, reveals EDHEC research
Report by EDHEC-Risk Institute shows decline in all but three of the strategies monitored.
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: The governance minefield
Milan’s ECPI assesses the sustainability of hedge funds’ portfolios – and their business models. Martin Steward spoke to CEO Paolo Sardi
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Still work to do on governance
Hedge funds still suffer an image problem, writes John Donohoe. Carne Global’s latest investor survey reveals the institutional investors’ governance concerns
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: A decade on the learning curve
Martin Steward spoke to Finnish pension insurance company Varma about its experiences at the cutting edge of absolute returns
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Once bitten... twice shy
The year 2011 has been a good one for emerging hedge fund talent. However, prospective candidates are being put through their paces by cautious investors, finds Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: A true alternative
Bainbridge Partners exploits the fact that some hedge fund strategies simply diversify better than others, finds Martin Steward
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Dose of fee realism
Hedge fund fees do seem to be coming down in aggregate, but Emma Cusworth finds that if you want good performance you might simply have to suck up those charges
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds: Carving a new niche
Hedge funds are booming – but funds of funds are not. Joseph Mariathasan outlines the ways in which the intermediaries are re-thinking their role
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NewsNordic investors keen to increase allocations to hedge funds – survey
Only 2% of respondents to SEB Nordic Hedge Fund Investor Survey plan to cut allocations.
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NewsDutch hedge funds' assets quadruple in two years – DNB
Pensions regulator says assets increased from €2.9bn to €13.3bn in past two years.
