Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Man Plans Glenwood Transition as Overall Fund Sale
By Staff WriterLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Man Group plc* sold US$5.8 billion in funds in the six months through Sept. 30, 2003, compared to US$2 billion over the same period...
November 01, 2003
Hedge Funds Say "It's Not So Bad"The Securities and Exchange Com- mission finally released its staff report on the hedge fund industry last month, and many hedge fund managers are breathing...
November 01, 2003
Hedge Funds, Deferrals, and TaxesInvestment advisors who manage--and recommend--hedge funds need to understand the compensation arrangements of those funds. Hedge fund investment advisors routinely defer a portion of their...
October 20, 2003
Managers Funds to Buy Former Conseco FundsOct. 3, 2003 -- The mutual fund arm of Affiliated Managers Grp (AMG) said it has agreed to acquire the mutual fund business of 40/86...
October 20, 2003
DCM Mosaic Fund Open to New InvestorsSAN DIEGO (HedgeWorld.com)--Decision Capital Management reopened the DCM Mosaic Fund to new investors, after finalizing an agreement to make the fund part of the firm. Formerly...
October 17, 2003
Janus Internal Inquiry Finds Market Timing, StressNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)?Janus Capital identified special deals with 12 clients that resulted in frequent trades in five Janus mutual funds despite the company?s policy to...
October 17, 2003
Event-Driven Funds Shine in September, YearNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds returned 0.49% in September and were up 7.38% year-to-date through that period, according to the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index. The...
October 17, 2003
Alternative Approaches to Calculating Value-at-RisNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)? Fund blowups slant hedge fund performance measures, causing ?fat tails? in the distribution of returns. Methods that take account of this issue...