Tag: hedge funds
Indian Hedge Funds May Be In Trouble
Hedge funds which focus their investments in India recorded their first loss in twelve months in February according to a report from Eurekahedge. According...
Risk Factor: Paul Singer’s Elliott Capital Dips In Q1
If hedge funds aren't about outsized returns, what are they about? After years of underperformance in the industry, at least relative to total stock...
Asia-Pacific Hedge Funds See 30% Growth In 2014
Funds in the Asia-Pacific region now have more than $145 billion in assets under management. That, and more good news for funds in the...
Here’s The 6 Biggest London Hedge Funds Launching In 2015
A surge of new London hedge fund launches is coming this year following a boom year for big startups in the United States in...
Venture Capital Roundup: Highest aggregate value of deals in Q1 2015
“Venture capital financing has had another record quarter. Almost $30bn was invested in companies worldwide, a substantial growth on the amount of capital invested...
Tashtego Want To Turn Tweets Into Investment Returns
Algorithmic trading is old news, and the high speed frenzy was overdone in 2014. The big evolution in hedge funds in 2015 is going...
Healthcare Focused Hedge Funds Top Q1 Returns
Hedge funds that concentrate on investments in healthcare stocks managed to secure the best returns in the first quarter of the year according to...
No Beginnings: Hedge Fund Launches Fall For Third Year
Hedge fund assets are exploding and managers seem to have fund their place in the investment world after a couple of years of less...
Act ’40 Liquid alternatives growing faster than hedge funds
'While '40 Act alternatives are still a small part of the overall US mutual fund industry, their asset base is growing rapidly, especially compared...
Hedge Fund Assets Will Cross $3 Trillion In 2015
The total assets being managed by hedge funds will cross $3 trillion for the first time before the end of 2015 according to Deutsche...
Growing Opportunities for Private Equity in Oil and Gas
“I think this (oil prices falling) is going to be a wonderful, wonderful opportunity for us. It’s going to be one of the best...
Here’s What Aging Is Doing To The Hedge Fund Business
The hedge fund world is maturing more ways than one. As the age of brash and bold managers seems to come to a close...
The latest trends of the European Alternative UCITS industry
“The European alternative UCITS industry has been growing since the third iteration of the UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) directive came...
How Bright is Hedge Funds’ Future?
For those looking to make an investment, understanding what is ahead for hedge funds can mean the difference between achieving success and losing out....
Hedge Funds Realigning With the Changing Environment
Fundamental shifts are taking place in the hedge fund industry, according to a recent survey by KPMG together with AIMA and Managed Funds...
Top Singapore Hedge Funds
Singapore has always been something of an oddity. One of the world's few remaining city-states, the country is far more developed than its neighbours...
Hedge Fund Assets Hit $2.17 Trillion
The EurekaHedge report for February 2015 appeared earlier this week and showed strong growth for the industry in the opening months of 2015. According...
2015 Outlook: Private Debt as Alternative Investment
After the financial crisis in 2008, the traditional lenders such as banks had to struggle hard to comply with new guidance from regulators on...
Top 6 Asia-Pacific Hedge Funds
After the crash of 1995, investors across the world are still a little bit reluctant to trust the Asia-Pacific region with their capital, but...
Funding New Beginnings: Entering The Hedge Fund Lion’s Den
How many of the contestants on The Apprentice have ever gone on to achieve anything of note? One, two? None? When reality TV meets...
The World’s Largest Alternative Asset Managers: case of Blackstone
'The Blackstone Group was little known outside Wall Street until two events in 2007 catapulted it onto the public stage: the lavish sixtieth birthday...
2015 Outlook: Infrastructure as Alternative Investment
Of the five major alternative asset classes – private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and private debt – infrastructure is comparatively young and...
The Top 12 Largest Hedge Funds
Looking to see where other investors are putting their money? In a hedge fund world stuffed full of so many options,it can be comforting...
Which Hedge Funds to Invest in 2015
Finding the best hedge funds is a challenge. Many funds can have high fees. Finding out information about them is hard as they can...
Real Estate Private Equity Industry Outlook 2015
The Real Estate Private Equity Industry has shown an impressive performance with 16.7 % annualised annual return over the last three years. The Industry...