Introduction to Hedge funds
Hedge funds are specialised investment schemes that can follow a variety of highly specliased investment strategies. Most are seeking to provide absolute returns, regardless of the performance of financial markets in general. There are now more than 20 widely-accepted hedge fund strategies.
Articles
13/10/2005
Interview: David Smith (GAM)
David Smith is a busy man. When I catch up with him at GAM's offices overlooking St James's Street he is focused on the long position his funds currently hold in HBOS, and is trying to get an accurate figure for holdings across the group.
01/10/2004
Introduction to Hedge Funds
Hedge funds are specialised investment funds that are rarely made available to ordinary private investors, although in reality much of the growth in this industry has come from wealthy private investors.
News
20/08/2008
AIMA welcomes Italian hedge fund proposals
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has welcomed the proposals set out in last month's industry report on the state of the Italian mutual fund industry.
28/06/2007
GLG in merger deal with Freedom
GLG Partners, the UK-based hedge fund giant with gross assets under management of over $20 billion, said it was planning to access the public markets through a reverse acquisition transaction with Freedom Acquisition Holdings.
30/01/2007
Hedge fund broker's clients outshot US stock-market indices last year
Emerging managers are hungry for success, and it shows in their performance numbers, according to one US securities firm.
19/09/2006
Barclay acquisition creates market-leading hedge fund database
The Barclay Group, a major provider of hedge fund performance data, has announced its acquisition of the Alternative Asset Center's hedge fund database, consolidating what are effectively two of the industry's largest hedge fund data collectors.
01/09/2006
Asia-Pacific asset growth slows to 12% in the 1st half of 2006
The Asia-Pacific hedge fund market posted solid overall growth in assets of around 12% during the first half of 2006, according to the latest mid-year industry assets by AsiaHedge (asiahedge.com).
