Hedge Funds Have Their Heads in the Cloud
Technology’s march has not sidestepped the hedge fund industry. Savvy hedge fund managers are reducing operating costs, enhancing performance, and meeting regulatory challenges by adopting the best of what information technology has to offer. For many in the industry,...What Investors Want to Know About Hedge Fund Technology Infrastructure
Every hedge fund faces the challenges of competition, regulation and reporting. Increasingly, hedge funds are adopting the latest innovations of the digital age to meet these challenges. Although some firms choose an in-house approach, many more make the decision to...What Hedge Funds Need to Know About Investor Expectations
It is no secret that institutional investors are the bread and butter of the hedge fund industry. Those doubting that statement should take a moment to review the media coverage surrounding the CalPERS redemptions announced in the fall of 2014. While wealthy...What Is Really Behind the Decline in Hedge Fund AUM?
Hedge funds and Republicans have at least one thing in common—media pundits rarely pass-up an opportunity to take a swipe at them when they falter. And hedge funds have faltered. Hedge fund assets under management (AUM) fell below last year’s hard won $3 trillion...AIG First to Offer Bold Response to Hedge Fund Declines
Since the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) made the decision to redeem $4 billion of its assets from hedge fund investments in Q4 of 2014, no major hedge fund investor has made a similar public statement of similar intentions…until now. During...Top Hedge Funds Pursue Soros-Like Returns on the Yuan
In the fall of 1992, George Soros rose to prominence by winning his gamble against the British Pound, earning not only a place in history but, $1.5 billion in profits. Today, many prominent names in the hedge fund industry are seeking similar results at the expense of...Can a Small Hedge Fund Survive Its Unique Fiscal Challenges?
Hedge funds, in the aggregate, turned in an abysmal performance in 2015. Moreover, this appalling performance hangs like an albatross around the necks of funds both small and large, making the prospect of growing assets under management (AUM) that much more...Are Hedge Funds Dead or Just Badly Wounded?
The year 2015 is one more for the dustbin of history and marks the second straight year of uninspiring hedge fund performance. If anything separates 2015’s performance from 2014’s, it is that 2015 was not a solo performance. The S&P 500, that vaunted faux...More Hedge Funds Make the Transition to Family Offices
Hedge funds, already an exclusive investment option, have been made even more restrictive by the definition of a qualified investor. Now we are seeing a trend in the direction of even greater exclusivity as hedge funds return outside investors’ capital and transform...Are You Paid What You Are Worth? Find Out.
