Nov 28, 2011 | Starting a Hedge Fund
Investor appetite is growing for a new generation of smaller, more nimble hedge fund startups that may be able to deliver outsized returns. And many of these new funds, such as Edoma Partners, set up by former Goldman employees, have been oversubscribed within months...
Nov 21, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Starting a Hedge Fund
Asian hedge fund startups and smaller funds with less than $100 million in assets are turning to millionaires and family offices to grow their business. The move comes as large institutional investors continue to favor similarly large, established hedge funds, reports...
Nov 14, 2011 | Services, Starting a Hedge Fund, Technology
Citi Group has introduced a new operating model to help managers launch, manage and build successful hedge funds without making a huge investment in hedge fund technology and non-core functions. Dubbed Citi Prime Finance Hedge Fund 3.0, the outsourcing and partnership...
Nov 8, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy
With more than 10,000 active hedge funds in the marketplace, all but the biggest funds have to do a lot more than achieve alpha to show up on potential clients’ radar. Investors are inundated with requests for meetings and receive hundreds of phone calls and...
Oct 31, 2011 | Hedge Fund Marketing Strategy, Strategies
Assets in hedge funds and other funds devoted to environmental, social and responsible investing strategies jumped by 16 percent in 2010, according to survey results released by the Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. Sustainable and Responsible...
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...
