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April 4, 2012 3:12 PM
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TweetWell this isn’t the kind of table you like to put up on a Managed Futures Blog, but we bring you the facts, and nothing but the facts here… so even though managed futures are bringing up the rear, it’s time to update our asset class scoreboard...
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March 25, 2012 11:58 PM
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Sweden funds UCITS Swedish fund selectors look like they’ll be favouring hedge funds as part of their investment strategies but alternative UCITS funds may struggle a...
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March 7, 2012 1:38 AM
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Hedge funds rose 1.31% in February, with convertible arbitrage funds making the most gains for month and for the year thus far, according to the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index.
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March 5, 2012 7:34 AM
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Hedge Funds Review Union Bancaire Privée's acquisition of Nexar Capital will provide it with global distribution capabilities.
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March 2, 2012 3:22 PM
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Deutsche Bank Hedge Fund Survey Predicts Growth And Increased Institutional Participation Today, March 1, 2012 : Permalink New York (HedgeCo.net) – Deutsche Bank’s tenth annual...
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March 1, 2012 1:33 AM
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Morten Spenner, CEO of the US$2.5 billion hedge fund of funds International Asset Management, expects manager selection to be one of the keys to “differentiated” performance in 2012.
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March 1, 2012 1:32 AM
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Bloomberg is out with an interesting piece examining the top 10 hedge funds by net gains since inception. The list contains the who's who among the hedge fund elite and is pretty much who you'd expect to be on it.
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February 29, 2012 2:20 PM
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LONDON (Reuters) - Bold merger arbitrage funds are set to enjoy rich pickings this year amidst a rebound in M&A activity, helped by the reluctance of many investors to trade complex deals after last...
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February 14, 2012 5:52 PM
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Hedge Funds Review Almost one-third of European insurers are likely to increase their allocations to hedge funds and private equity in a bid to increase yield once Solvency II is introduced, according to BlackRock.
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February 5, 2012 1:52 PM
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As a group, hedge fund performance ‘shockingly bad’ Monday, January 30, 2012 : Permalink Royal Gazette – We often hear that hedge funds are run by the best and the brightest.
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February 2, 2012 2:10 AM
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Hedge Funds Review Opportunities for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) could pick up in 2012 although economic, political and regulatory challenges remain and activity is dependent on confidence returning to the markets.
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February 1, 2012 5:18 PM
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LONDON (Reuters) - Nervous hedge funds managers are stress-testing their portfolios and searching for ways of protecting themselves against their worst nightmare -- a potential break-up of the euro...
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January 31, 2012 4:27 PM
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BlueCrest Capital Management plans to offer clients a new way to invest in its flagship managed futures funds. The US$28.6 million firm, one of Europe's largest, will launch a listed feeder fund for its US$13.6 billion BlueTrend fund.
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April 3, 2012 3:15 PM
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Funds Cut Bullish Bets, Goldman Goes Neutral: Commodities Today, April 2, 2012 : Permalink Bloomberg – Investors pared bullish commodity bets on signs of slowing growth in China...
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March 17, 2012 6:25 AM
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BlueMountain Capital Management has acquired what remains of Crédit Agricole's structured-credit market-making business, as CA and other European banks continue to offload assets and improve their capital ratios.
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March 7, 2012 1:38 AM
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TweetIt’s been over a year since we last dedicated a newsletter to the so-called managed futures mutual fund/ETF, and we thought it was high time we revisited the subject. Our last piece looked at the big name fund operators in the field– namely,...
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March 4, 2012 2:43 AM
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L’industrie des FoHFs (fund of hedge funds) a grandi fortement durant les 2 dernières décennies de 151 milliards de $ en 1997 atteignant 2.343 milliards de $ en 2007 avant de descendre à 1.192 milliards en 2010 [1].
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March 1, 2012 4:05 PM
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UBP to Acquire Hedge Fund Manager Nexar Capital Group Today, March 1, 2012 : Permalink New York (HedgeCo.net) – Union Bancaire Privee, UBP SA, one of the leaders in Switzerland’s...
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March 1, 2012 1:33 AM
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Fund of hedge funds GAM Holding has bought a fellow Swiss fund manager—the first of what could be a series of acquisitions.
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February 29, 2012 2:21 PM
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One crucial takeaway from SEI's latest is that "the quality of operations is a major consideration in institutions' screening and evaluation of hedge funds." Eighty percent of respondents agreed with the observation that "operational strength is a...
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February 29, 2012 10:51 AM
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George Soros détroné par Ray DalioChallenges.frLe "hedge fund" de George Soros arrive désormais loin derrière. Le hedge fund de George Soros n'est plus le plus puissant du monde.
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February 7, 2012 1:23 AM
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Event driven and equity long/short were the best-performing hedge fund strategies as of February 1, helping the Bank of America Merrill Lynch investible hedge fund index rise 1.81% year to date.
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February 3, 2012 12:38 PM
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Hedge funds got off on the right foot—to an extent—in 2012, posting gains for January, according to a set of industry replication indices. The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index rose 1.34% last month.
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February 1, 2012 5:18 PM
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Fund of hedge funds Permal Group suffered a 9% drop in assets last year, parent Legg Mason said.
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February 1, 2012 5:17 PM
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Hedge Funds Review US college and university endowments favour allocations to alternatives, including hedge funds. Best returns in 2011 came from commodities/managed futures, energy/natural resources and venture capital.
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