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Monday, October 17th, 2011State pension fund puts $280 mln with 11 managers * Most managers get $25 million allocation * More managers expected to be hired in December BOSTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Massachusetts, which has long bet big on hedge funds, hired 11 managers on Tuesday as part of the state’s push into direct investments with these [...]
Fortress Macro fund has small loss in January
Friday, March 25th, 2011Fortress Investment Group’s global macro hedge fund had a small loss in January, while the company’s commodities fund generated gains, according to a regulatory filing Monday. The Fortress Macro Fund lost 0.21% last month. That compares to an average loss in January of 0.63% by global macro hedge funds tracked by Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research. [...]
Parlament führt neue EU-Regeln für Hedge-Fonds und Private Equity ein
Monday, November 15th, 2010Am Donnerstag hat das Parlament eine Richtlinie verabschiedet, die Registrierungs- und Informationspflichten sowie Mindestanforderungen an Eigenkapital vorschreibt. Somit gibt es neue EU-weite Regeln für die Vermarktung von alternativen Investmentfonds. Kapitel über “asset stripping” und Vergütungsprinzipien wurden ferner angenommen. Zudem hat das Parlament stark die Regeln für das Pass-System, die Haftung der Verwahrstellen, Mindesteigenkapitalanforderungen sowie Hebeleffekte [...]
EU will Hedgefonds-Manager bändigen
Monday, November 15th, 2010Laut dem Kompromiss, der in zweijährigen Verhandlungen zwischen dem Parlament und den EU-Staaten ausgehandelt wurde, müssen sich Manager sogenannter Alternativer Investmentfonds (AIF) künftig bei den zuständigen nationalen Behörden registrieren. Dabei müssen sie ihre Strategien und die damit verbundenen Risiken offenlegen. Ausserdem werden die Fondsmanager verpflichtet, für jeden einzelnen Fonds Obergrenzen für die Aufnahme von Fremdkapital [...]
EU schliesst Regulierung von Hedge-Fonds ab
Monday, November 15th, 2010Das Europäische Parlament gab am Donnerstag grünes Licht für die umstrittene Richtlinie zur Überwachung der spekulativen Finanzanlagen. Die Finanzinvestoren müssen sich ab 2013 erstmals nach einheitlichen europäischen Standards registrieren und kontrollieren lassen. Sie müssen ihre Strategien und die damit verbundenen Risiken offenlegen. Ausserdem werden die Fondsmanager verpflichtet, für jeden einzelnen Fonds Obergrenzen für die Aufnahme [...]
Hedge Fund 2Q Liquidations Slow But Fees Are Under Pressure
Thursday, September 17th, 2009The pace of hedge-fund liquidations slowed again in the second quarter but surviving funds are being forced to lower their fees, data provider Hedge Fund Research Inc. said Thursday. Just over 3% of hedge funds, or 292 funds, went out of business in the three months to June 30, HFR said, down 22% from the [...]
SEC makes ban on ‘naked’ short selling permanent
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday made permanent a rule designed to curtail abusive “naked” short selling. “The new rule, Rule 204, requires broker-dealers to promptly purchase or borrow securities to deliver on a short sale,” the SEC said. A temporary rule meant to curtail the practice was set to expire on July 31. [...]
Performance Review – March 2009 – Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
Thursday, April 30th, 2009DJHFSB Net of Fees Performance 2009 March YTD Distressed Securities -4.39% -9.31% Equity Long/Short -1.31% -0.62% Equity Market Neutral -0.78% -1.90% Event Driven 0.30% 2.04% Merger Arbitrage 1.52% 2.64% Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index 8.70% -10.56% Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index 8.36% -10.28% Dow Jones Corporate Bond Index -0.59% -1.87%
March 2009 Performance Review of the Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index returned 2.21% in February
Thursday, March 20th, 2008The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI) returned 2.21% in February, rebounding from January’s -2.79% worst return since 2002, Greenwich Alternative Investments has announced.
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