Hedge Funds

  • Are strategic bond funds your real alternative

    Are strategic bond funds your real alternative

    With mounting concern that bond prices are in a central bank driven bubble, investors are scratching their heads over how to tweak portfolios to eliminate some of the downside risk.

  • Alternatives renaissance

    Alternatives renaissance

    Private equity, property and infrastructure are set for a renaissance in institutional portfolios, though hedge fund investors are the least satisfied in the alternatives space, according to research from Preqin.

  • Co op reveals bank debacle lost it 2 1 bn

    Co op reveals bank debacle lost it 2 1 bn

    Troubled company confirms extent of its losses

  • Update BH Global on lower fee structure

    Update BH Global on lower fee structure

    Following BH Globals proposals to invest fully in Brevan Howard Multi-Strategy Master Fund (BHMS), the hedge fund has clarified its position over the conditions of fee payment.

  • Best and worst hedge funds of 2013

    Best and worst hedge funds of 2013

    HSBC reveals the highs and lows of hedge funds in 2013.

  • Hedgies to eat into retail space

    Hedgies to eat into retail space

    Deutsche Bank is predicting a rise in the number of long-only investment vehicles being launched by hedge funds to meet growing client demand.

  • china credit bubble key risk global recovery

    china credit bubble key risk global recovery

    Rothschild WM considers many of the risks of 2012 year fading as 2013 moves into 2014 but one risk that stubbornly remains is one it feels investors are complacent over – China's unsustainable debt bubble.

  • Fund set for largest insider trading settlement

    Fund set for largest insider trading settlement

    SAC Capital is set to pay the “largest ever” amount to settle insider trading allegations.

  • royal mail  hedge fund

    royal mail hedge fund

    Chris Hohn’s activist hedge fund has emerged as the largest holder of Royal Mail shares.

  • hedge fund performance 2013

    hedge fund performance 2013

    Hedgies have posted some of their best returns for 2013 though out of favour commodity strategies are continuing to come under pressure.

  • Hedge funds recover following June wobble

    Hedge funds recover following June wobble

    Almost three quarters of hedge funds, 70%, delivered positive returns in July, while the sector as a whole grew 0.90% following a decline in the previous month.

  • Hedge funds fall victim to global market glitch

    Hedge funds fall victim to global market glitch

    Hedge fund returns fell into negative territory for the first time for seven months in June, amid speculation the US Federal Reserve was to slow down its asset purchase programme. .