Hedge Fund Prospects Bright for Record Growth in 2015

A persistent bull market, in part, has resulted in hedge fund performance falling short of the broader market. Colloquial wisdom suggests that investors have the potential to earn superior returns and enjoy lower fees by investing in mutual funds. In short, many...

Citigroup Report Reveals Serious Challenges for Small Hedge Funds

With 2014 in the rear view mirror, the numbers defining hedge fund performance are beginning to coalesce. Enter Citigroup’s Third Annual Hedge Fund Industry Operating Metrics Survey. Profits Plummet Citing poor performance, Citigroup’s report suggests that hedge fund...

Flawed Logic or Brilliant Marketing?

Hedge fund managers are nothing if not innovative. Take Davide Erro, chief investment officer of the Hong Kong-based Turiya Advisors Asia, who delighted his investors by returning 17.5% of their capital investment. Turiya further pleased investors by returning north...

2014: A Glance in the Rear View Mirror

Record breaking index growth (e.g. the S&P 500’s positive percentage change stood at 11.39%) in the year ending 2014,  highlighted a comparatively lackluster year for hedge fund performance, which, on average, showed modest gains averaging around 3.5%. Despite a...

Hedge Funds Face Continued Challenges in 2015

Several significant challenges confront the industry as 2014 draws its last breaths, not the least of which is the trend away from traditional 2 and 20 fee structures. Fee Structures No single event brought this into clearer focus than the CalPERS’ $4 billion...

Will Hedge Funds Supplant Venture Capital?

Hedge funds have long been the funambulists and contortionists of the circus that we call the financial sector. It was not so long ago that hedge funds pushed into real estate, purchasing thousands of single family homes in selected markets. Recently, the hedge fund...

Finders Are Keepers and the Swiss Are Weepers

Joseph B. Galbraith, former principal of Florida hedge fund Galbraith Capital Investment Management Corp., has made the rogue’s list, subsequent to his apparent refusal to return $1.483 million mistakenly deposited in one of his firm’s accounts by an arguably...

2014 Hedge Fund Compensation Survey is Closing

Hundreds of hedge fund professionals have participated, representing well-known firms and niche players, spanning the full range of experience and roles, including analysts, traders, marketing professionals, portfolio managers and others. The Hedge Fund Compensation...
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