Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Institutions Are Still Committed
By Staff WriterTwo recent surveys provide insights into the current state of hedge funds and their longer-term performance. In the first, an annual investor survey by Deutsche Bank's...
June 29, 2005
Brain Drain Continues, Speaker SaysFormer chairman of DLJ says hedge funds attracting best and brightest
June 27, 2005
Hedge Funds Break Two-Month Losing StreakCHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Eurex will add foreign exchange futures to its derivatives menu Sept. 23, using its Eurex US platform to offer 23-hour daily trading for currency-pair contracts. To encourage currency players to trade through Eurex, the exchange is waiving fees for all users through the end of the year after the...
June 27, 2005
Hedge Fund with Convert Notes Sends Saks Default NoticeBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (HedgeWorld.com)--Saks Inc. announced that it has received a notice of default from a hedge fund, which a spokeswoman declined to name, and that this notice, issued Tuesday, June 14, initiates a 60-day cure period. The default notice was triggered by Saks' failure to file with the Securities and...
June 10, 2005
Indexes Indicate Turnaround in Hedge Fund Returns; Convert Arb Remains in DoldrumsData from several index suppliers suggest that a stock market resurgence and increasing merger activity buoyed some hedge fund strategies in May. According to a preliminary release, the Van Global hedge fund index gained 1.2% for the month. That was in line with rebounds seen in the FTSE hedge fund...
June 10, 2005
Greenspan Foresees Disappointing Hedge Fund Returns but No Threat to SystemNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Low long-term interest rates worldwide are driving capital to private equity and hedge funds in search of above-average returns, but the result may be losses and a temporary shrinkage of the hedge fund industry, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told the International Monetary Conference in Beijing, China. ...
June 02, 2005
New FSA Rule May Bring New HeadachesNew government efforts to relax the flexible spending account "use it or lose it" rule could create complications for FSA holders and FSA plan ...