Northern Trust has enhanced its fund of hedge funds (FoHFs) offering with a new reporting platform that provides clients with more flexible access to key data.
Institutional investors are deepening their commitment to hedge funds, but not necessarily getting enough information from their managers, according to a study by SEI in collaboration with Greenwich Associates.
After enduring two equity market crashes in the past decade, most investors are now approaching risk management with renewed emphasis. In this new reality, pension plan sponsors are forced to assess the evolution of risk management techniques and current approaches to managing pension funding volatility. The bear market of 2000–2002 was a wake-up call to […]
Small hedge funds outperform mid-size and large funds, and young funds outperform older ones, states a PerTrac report. The report, Impact of Fund Size and Age on Hedge Fund Performance, found that funds with less than $100 million in assets under management (AUM) returned 13.04% in 2010, compared to 11.14% posted by mid-size funds ($100 […]
A new Toronto-based hedge fund has scored a win with an investment from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)—the largest pension money manager in the U.S. CalPERS has invested $100 million in seed money with Breton Hill Capital, a global macro hedge fund with investments in equities, currencies and commodity and financial futures. The […]
A growing number of U.S. pension plans are investing in hedge funds and private equity funds, reports the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). According to a GAO survey of large plans, the share of plans with investments in hedge funds grew from 11% in 2001 to 60% in 2010. Investments in private equity also grew […]
Debaters decide prices are headed up.
Research by Preqin reveals that institutional investments now makes up 61% of all hedge fund assets, a 16% jump from 2008. A survey of 60 hedge funds responsible for $95 billion in assets, found moving from an asset class predominated by wealthy individuals and family offices to an institutionally focused industry had “fundamentally” changed the […]
The hedge fund industry has finally recouped the assets it lost during the height of the credit crunch and is back to 2008 levels, according to new data from Eurekahedge. Industry assets stand at US$1.63 trillion after the value of its investments rose by $18 billion (2.27%) and investors injected a net $10.2 billion in […]
All aboard! The hedge fund express is about to take off — or is it about plunge downhill? It’s actually been moving in both directions, fairly unpredictably for most of the year. The roller coaster ride in August was indicative of how hedge funds have performed for most of 2010, said Anthony Lawler, head of […]