Oct 24, 2011 | Technology, Tools
The Wall Street Journal reports that computerized, high-frequency trading is now making greater inroads into the hedge fund sector of currency derivatives. A growing number of hedge funds, plus large banks such as Credit Suisse Group AG and Royal Bank of Scotland...
Oct 17, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Regulation
The state of Massachusetts has decided to make direct investments with 11 of the world’s biggest and best-known hedge fund managers, rather than going the fund-of-funds route. Trustees for the state’s $46 billion pension fund have voted to allocate $280...
Oct 10, 2011 | Hedge Fund Rankings
Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates headed the list of the top 10 hedge fund rankings in America according to a recent survey released by Absolute Return + Alpha Magazine. Dalio founded Bridgewater in his Manhattan apartment when he was in his early 20s, says...
Oct 3, 2011 | Hedge Fund Rankings, Strategies
Smaller hedge funds have been outperforming mid-size and larger funds, and younger funds have been outdistancing older ones, according to recent research from PerTrac, a leading hedge fund analytics firm. Their most recent report, “Impact of Fund Size and Age on Hedge...
Sep 26, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
Maybe it’s a sign of increased investor sophistication. Maybe it’s a sign that funds of funds are not doing a good enough job marketing their value proposition. Either way, the big institutional investors that are driving growth in hedge fund assets these...
