Aug 22, 2011 | Strategies
Is “black box” trading more of a threat to the markets than short selling? That’s the view of former City minister and British investment industry veteran Lord Myners. “High-frequency trading appears so detached from the true function of...
Jul 11, 2011 | Strategies
While many hedge funds outperformed the overall market during the financial crisis of 2008, they still lost money, down 14% as opposed to crashing 30% to 50% like that of major indices. But as an article in MoneyControl pointed out recently, one group of hedge funds...
Feb 14, 2011 | Strategies
Hedge funds may be taking risk management and transparency more seriously than their other financial brethren, in part due to an influx of capital and interest from large institutional investors, reports Reuters. The article quoted a Preqin research survey of 60 hedge...
Nov 30, 2010 | Basics, Starting a Hedge Fund, Strategies
So you are starting a hedge fund. You’ve just thought up a cool fund name, filed your LLC paperwork, asked your rich uncle for some seed money and had business cards printed up saying you’re the president and chief investment officer of your very own hedge...
Nov 16, 2010 | Strategies
Over the last two years, investors have pulled speculative capital out of risky assets at an unprecedented rate. In fact, analysts estimate there is currently billions of dollars of investment capital on the sidelines as investors are still unsure of the long-term...
