Seen that? - Hedging Without A Hedge Fund

Filed in archive Best of on February 18, 2010

Hedging Without A Hedge Fund The Hedge Funds Weblog

Businessweek has an interesting article about hedging without a hedge fund. Hedge funds-private investment pools that cater to wealthy investors-have gotten plenty of buzz in recent years for their sophisticated strategies and exclusive allure. Nevertheless, typical investors probably can't meet the lofty investment minimums and high fees that hedge funds demand. Enter hedge-like mutual funds (see BusinessWeek.com, 12/12/05, "Funds Made to Deliver"). Like hedge funds, these mutual funds strive for top-notch returns [...] Read More


NY Hedge Fund Manger Joins With Canadian Giant The Hedge Funds Weblog

In HedgeCo news, two established management firms have formed a mutually supportive relationship to provide Canadian alternative investors with access to the best alternative asset products globally. New York-based Fairfield Greenwich Group ("FGG"), a $16.6 billion global hedge fund and fund of hedge funds management firm has formed a cooperative venture with sceptre Investment Counsel Limited, one of Canada's leading independent money management firms. Richard L. Knowles, Sceptre's President and CEO said, [...] Read More


Single Family Offices Investing in Hedge Funds The Hedge Funds Weblog

According to "On the Rise," the latest research report sponsored by CPA firm Rothstein Kass, the alternative investment sector will continue to benefit from increasing asset allocations from Single Family Offices (SFOs). The findings include that almost three-quarters of SFOs currently invest in hedge funds, with nearly 60% of this group planning additional allocations in the coming year SFOs with hedge fund allocations hold an average of 3.2 hedge funds or fund-of-funds [...] Read More


Hedge fund bonanza Sox First

How much do hedge fund managers make? A lot more than ordinary folk.According to a new study, the top 20 private equity and hedge fund managers pocketed an average $657.5 million, or 22,255 times the pay of an average US worker. The top four each pocketed over $1 billion.According to the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy study, chief executives made 364 times the pay of [...] Read More


The hedge fund, the stripper and the missing millions Sox First

There are some real doozies around but this one is too good to ignore.In Canada, a hedge fund manager Paul Eustace made the wrong call on US interest rates, lied to investors, lost $208-million, stole about $2 million of client cash, cheated on his wife with a stripper for years and used investor money to give that stripper $1-million worth of gifts including breast augmentation surgery. Now with a few [...] Read More