The Van Global Hedge Fund Index ("VGHFI" or the "Index") is one of the world's longest running and most widely followed benchmarks for hedge fund performance. The Index measures the average performance, net of fees, of both the overall hedge fund universe as well as of various constituent groups of...
This paper is on the European hedge fund industry. Most hedge fund regulation is based on the premise of restricting the sale of interests in hedge funds to limited numbers of qualified, knowledgeable investors. As more investors clamor for access to hedge funds, particularly in current stock market conditions, and...
The market forces are too powerful to ignore. Alternative investments and hedge funds in particular, will experience significant growth in the coming years. Propelled by poorly performing traditional markets, global hedge fund assets hit the US$1 trillion mark in 2004, beating all the forecasts- and the trend will continue. Institutional...
This paper documents the growth of the global fund of hedge funds FOHFs market over the last decade. It includes illustrations of the total size of the hedge fund and fund of hedge funds markets, the expansion of FOHFs over time, and the market share of FOHFs and other hedge...
This paper documents the growth of the global fund of hedge funds FOHFs market over the last decade. It includes illustrations of the total size of the hedge fund and fund of hedge funds markets, the expansion of FOHFs over time, and the market share of FOHFs and other hedge...
Since the onset of the bear market, the growth of hedge funds has been nothing short of spectacular; with over 8,000 hedge funds now controlling assets in excess of US$1 trillion and amounting to two percent of global investment assets. They have become a formidable force; but their lackluster performance...
This paper describes the global fund of hedge funds FOHF market during the year 2001, and the factors that is believed to drive future success for providers. A fund of hedge funds is an investment vehicle that allocates money to multiple underlying hedge fund managers. This paper bases its conclusions...
This article highlights the study conducted by Van Hedge Fund Advisors, Inc., assisted by the faculty of Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, thereby stating that most mutual funds, the darlings of the investment world, cannot take short positions or use put options. "Hedge" funds, on the other hand,...
This article explains the difference between hedge & mutual funds. When the stock market is doing poorly, talk of using hedge funds tends to increase. Although hedge funds are not mutual funds, people often mistake them as such. The word "hedge" implies defensive management or insurance against bad times, but...
This article attempts to uncover some of the myths around hedge funds and is designed to de-mystify the investing in hedge funds. Hedge funds suffer from negative press. The headlines over the past three years have not always been favorable for the industry. Similarities can be drawn to the airline...
Hedge funds as they exist today perform a very specific and very necessary role in the global financial marketplace: their managers utilize trading techniques often not available to managers of different investment vehicles that target temporary inefficiencies and dislocations in the market, effectively helping to minimize or eliminate those dislocations....
This article, first examines some of the differences within the hedge fund universe by analyzing the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices. It then explores the value of a granular classification framework in identifying the commonality that exists in the detailed classification of hedge funds. Like traditional asset classes, hedge funds as...
This paper was prepared with input from hedge fund specialists located in the European offices within the PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Alternative Investment Management Industry Group network. Compilation of such a paper, which covers up-to-the-minute developments across many European countries, requires a high degree of cross-border collaboration, and I am grateful to...
This paper discuses about hedge funds. Although there is no universally accepted definition, the term ‘hedge fund’ is frequently used to refer to any pooled investment vehicle that is privately organized, administered by professional investment managers, and not widely available to the public. While most hedge funds trade out of...
The current environment of receding interest rates could hardly be better for a convertible arbitrage strategy, but one should choose hedge fund wisely. According to hedge fund adviser, hedge funds have outperformed domestic stock mutual funds in 12 of the past 14 years. The principal attractions of hedge funds are...
With the proliferation of hedge fund databases and websites, quantitative information on hedge funds has become more readily available. Investors analyzing hedge funds for potential investment can search for funds based on any number of statistical criteria, including compound annual return, maximum drawdown and Sortino ratio. Hedge funds can use...
Henderson Global Investors is outsourcing the middle and back office services for its hedge funds to JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services. Henderson Global Investors is outsourcing the middle and back office services for its hedge funds to JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services.
LONDON -- The Global Clearing Services division of Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. announced today that Nicholas Burnham has joined the London office of its Global Securities Lending and Prime Brokerage group as a senior managing director. Mr. Burnham will be responsible for further developing relationships with global hedge fund clients....
This article attempts to uncover some of the myths around hedge funds and is designed to de-mystify the investing in hedge funds. Hedge funds suffer from negative press. The headlines over the past three years have not always been favorable for the industry. Similarities can be drawn to the airline...
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