Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Icahn to Return Hedge Fund Investors’ Money
By Marlene Y. SatterCarl Icahn, billionaire hedge fund manager, has headed for the exits, along with other managers who have decided that the headaches of risking other people’s money are not worth it.
February 14, 2011
Level Global to Close; Diamondback Investors to Ask for Funds ReturnLevel Global Investors, currently under investigation along with three other hedge funds for insider trading by federal authorities, told investors on Friday that it would shut down. At the same time, Diamondback Capital, which was also raided by investigators, has been asked by investors to return some $722 million by...
February 14, 2011
China Launches First Official Hedge FundWhile “hedge funds” have operated in China for some time, they have run under the official radar without licenses or regulatory approval, but on Monday the nation’s first hedge fund to gain the blessing of its securities regulators debuted.
February 11, 2011
PIMCO's Narens on the Muni Bond Trade, Part I: —Is it Time?Is the bumpy ride over in muni bonds? The current and future state of the market
February 08, 2011
Hedge Fund Managers Arrested for Insider TradingCharges are latest in broad investigation.
February 04, 2011
Hedge Funds Have a Ho-Hum January, but REITs...One alternative strategy that bucked the mediocre returns was REITs, up 3% for the month
February 01, 2011
Replication Offers ETF Investors Hedge Fund ExposureSince the mid-1980s, when a group of traders including Bruce Kovner, Julian Robertson, George Soros, and Paul Tudor Jones rose to fame by delivering previously…
January 28, 2011
Hedge Fund Manager Paulson Has Another Record Year$5 billion in profits in 2010 outpaces gains made from housing crisis.