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From Barron's: HFR Launches Family of Indexes Tracking U.S. Hedge Funds
From Financial Times: Macro hedge funds toast blowout year that peers are keen to forget
From Yahoo Finance: Hedge funds got their 'hedge' back in 2022
From Financial Times: Hedge funds bet on further gains for the dollar
From Wall Street Journal: Abrdn Launches First Hedge-Fund Index Trackers
From Financial Times: Quant hedge funds reap windfall during 2022 market ructions
From CNBC: Hedge funds attract the biggest inflows in 7 years on the back of market volatility
From Financial Times: Melvin Capital backtracks on plan to reinstate performance fees
From Valor: FT: Market turmoil divides hedge funds into macro winners and tech losers
From Financial Times: The widening gap between hedge fund winners and losers
From Expert.ru: Macrohedge funds hit a record high on crises
From Finews.ch: Surprising tailwinds for hedge funds
From Institutional Investor: Hedge fund Launches Went Through the Roof Last Year – Here’s Why
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund launches in 2021 are highest since 2017 – HFR
From Reuters: Hedge fund launches reach highest level since 2017
From Business Inquirer: Why we need more female fund managers
From Institutional Money: Which hedge fund strategies are benefitting from the Russia Ukraine conflict?
From Les Echos: War in Ukraine: short sellers facing the “Russian fortress”
From Reuters: Macro funds lead broader hedge fund recovery in February -HFR
From Financial Times: Hedge fund Caxton raises fees as inflation bets pay off
From Fonds Professional: Number of the day: 4,010,000,000
From Institutional Money: Hedge fund strategy update: High January volatility, global macro up
From Reuters: Hedge funds broadly down in January, macro funds bucking trend – HFR
From Boursier: Managers and investors position themselves for inflation and rising interest rates
From Insider Monkey: Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News
From Institutional Investor: Macro Funds Are Designed to Outperform When Markets Tank. January Put Them to the Test.
From Reuters: Hedge Funds Generally Fell In January, While Macro Funds Bucked The Trend – HFR
From Boursier: Managers and investors are positioning themselves in the face of inflation and rising interest rates
From Expansion:The turbulence of the market leaves the cattle hunters of the Stock Exchange in a bad place
From Reuters: Macro funds a rare plus in negative January for hedge funds -HFR
From HedgeWeek: Macro hedge funds gain in volatile January, says HFR
From Wall Street Journal: Bill Ackman Scored on Pandemic Shutdown and Bounceback
From Institutional Investor: Newly Cautious Investors Drive Hedge Fund Growth
From Panorama Crypto: Performance of the main cryptoassets is higher than that of main funds
From Reuters: Global hedge fund industry assets top $4 trillion for the first time
From Reuters: Hedge funds end challenging 2021 with 10.3% gain -HFR
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund managers return 10.3% in 2021, below 2020's performance
From Mondo Visione: HFRI Gains To Conclude Strong 2021
From Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide: Hedge funds end challenging 2021 with 10.3% gain -HFR
From Institutional Money: Hedge fund indices rise again at the end of 2021
From Strefa Inwestorów: Melvin Capital, known for GameStop downfall and CD PROJEKT, the worst hedge fund of 2021 according to Bloomberg
From Portfolio: Here’s what returns professional investors made last year
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund assets under management growing
From Les Echos: Le fonds le plus performant de l’histoire gagne 31% en 2021
From Deutsche Pensions & Investment: Hedgefonds Branche knap punter 4-billion dollar marke
From Institutional Money: Hedge funds split due to ESG ahead of the COP26 climate summit
From Pensions & Investments: Graphic: Hedge funds build momentum
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund AUM increases 14.2% on disruptions
From Financial Times: Hedge funds enter private equity turf with deals for unlisted companies
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund assets near $4 trillion in Q2 – HFR
From Pensions & Investments: HFR flagship hedge fund index returns 4% in second quarter
From Institutional Investor: Hedge Fund Launches Are Surging
From Financial News: Hedge funds book largest gains since 1996 on back of US reopening boom
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund launches exceed liquidations in first quarter – report
From Financial Times: Man Group’s CIO Sandy Rattray to leave hedge fund firm
From Financial Times: US hedge fund Schonfeld enters macro trading with ex-Citadel hire
From Funds People: The Changes Introduced by Hedge Funds After the GameStop Case
From Funds People: What Changed in the Hedge Fund World After the GameStop Affair
From Institutional Investor: Hedge Fund Assets Hit Record $3.8 Trillion After Strongest Start to the Year Since 2000
From Zacks: Hedge Fund Assets Hit Record in Q1: 5 ETFs to Tap
From MarketWatch: Hedge fund assets hit $3.8 trillion after strongest first quarter in 21 years: HFR
From China Times: "International Finance" hits a record high in the first quarter, global hedge fund assets surpassed US$3.8 trillion
From Yahoo Finance: Hedge fund assets hit record $3.8 trillion in first quarter
From Institutional Investor: Hedge Funds Just Had Their Best Start to a Year in Decades
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge funds post best first-quarter return since 2000
From Institutional Investor: Here’s How Hedge Funds Fared in January’s Trading Frenzy
From Financial Times: Hedge fund industry assets surge to record $3.6tn
From Reuters: Hedge funds returns at 11-year-highs in 2020: data
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge funds chalk up decade’s best returns in 2020 - HFR
From Institutional Investor: These Were the Best-Performing Hedge Fund Strategies in 2020
From Citywire Selector: Hedge funds battle lengthy volatility to end 2020 on a high
From The Wall Street Journal: Covid-19 Caused Chaos for Investors in 2020. These Hedge Funds Earned Billions.
From New York Post: Hedge funds are setting records at the end of historically volatile 2020
From Investment Week: ASI teams up with HFR to launch passive hedge fund trackers
From Financial Times: Aberdeen Standard targets women-led hedge funds with new strategy
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge Funds Assets Regain Ground
From Institutional Investor: Hedge Funds Get First Quarterly Inflows in More Than Two Years
From Reuters: Hedge funds inflows at highest since 2018 in third quarter
From Les Echos: L'optimisme des cryptos et du bitcoin défie la crise mondiale du Covid
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge Funds Wanted After Investors Lose Complacency
From WSJ: Hedge-Fund Launches Pick Up Despite Covid-19 Pandemic
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund industry assets rebound 7.4% in Q2
From Financial Times: Multi-strategy hedge funds post double-digit gains
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund launches down in Q1 amid coronavirus pandemic
From Financial Times: Women-led hedge funds beat male rivals in coronavirus crisis
From Financial Times: Crypto hedge funds struggle to recover from 'bloodbath'
From WirtschaftsWoche: Prinzip Medizinmann
From Financial Times: The Hedge Fund Class of 2020 Is More Resilient Than In 2008
From HedgeWeek: Discretionary Macro Hedge Funds Weather Economic Turmoil
From IPE: There is still a place for multi-managers
From WSJ: Renaissance’s $10 Billion Medallion Fund Gains 24% Year to Date
From Reuters: Multi-strategy hedge funds outperformed peers as market plunged
From WSJ: An ETF of Hedge Funds (or Close to It): ASI HFRI-I Liquid Alternatives UCITS Fund, which trades on the Irish Stock Exchange, provides access to four core hedge-fund strategies, at a much lower cost.
From Financial Times: Top hedge funds post biggest gains in at least a decade: The top 20 best-performing hedge fund managers of all time made $59.3bn for their investors last year.
From Forbes: Billionaire Chris Hohn Becomes A Hedge Fund Giant: Chris Hohn's hedge fund firm, TCI Fund Management, made more money in financial markets than any of the world's most successful hedge funds
From Institutional Investor:
Aberdeen Goes Passive in Hedge Fund Markets
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund assets jump to record high in second quarter
From Financial Times: Hedge funds grasp opportunities from stocks rally
From Financial Times: Citadel adds traders to profit from central bank stimulus shifts
From Market Watch: Hedge-fund assets hit a new record high in the first half
From Bloomberg: Hedge Funds Have Stellar First Half
From WSJ: Female Hedge-Fund Veteran Has Contemplated a Comeback
From Financial Times: Chinese boom for hedge funds at risk from US trade dispute
From Financial Times: Macro hedge funds hopeful the good times are back
From Telegraph.co.uk: Hedge funds record best first quarter gain since 2006
From Financial Times: Hedge funds realise going long has its rewards
From Pensions & Investments: HFR: Hedge funds enjoy strong rally in first quarter
From Bloomberg: Hedge Funds Gain in February for Strongest Start Since 2012
From MarketWatch: Hedge funds lose money in 2018 but outperform S&P 500 by a whisker
From CNBC: Hedge funds squeak by S&P 500, topping the benchmark
From WSJ: Activist Investors Are Spending More and Shifting Their Strategies
From WSJ: Hedge Funds Are Having a Volatile 2018
From Barrons: Hedge Funds Quietly Doing Pretty Well
From HedgeWeek: Energy hedge funds surge to best gain since April 2016
From Funds Europe: Hedge funds get their mojo back
From The Wall Street Journal: Choppy Markets Grant Hedge Funds Their Wish
From The Wall Street Journal: Hedge Funds Grow Wary of Cryptocurrency Mania
From The Wall Street Journal: Hedge Funds Join Bitcoin Party
From Market Watch:
HFR kicks off cryptocurrency index, as hedge funds take shine to bitcoin
From Financial Times:
Hedge funds reap rich returns from cryptocurrencies
From Institutional Investor:
Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds? There’s an Index for That
From The Wall Street Journal:
HFR Launches Cryptocurrency Index as Fund Managers Eye Red-Hot Sector
From Ondines Digitales:
Crypto-actifs: les hedge funds lancent leurs dés
From The Wall Street Journal:
The Future Is Bumpy: High-Tech Hedge Fund Hits Limits of Robot Stock Picking.
From Pensions and Investments:
Institutional investors, money managers and a hedge fund index developer collaborated to create a series of investible risk-parity benchmarks that's catching the attention of chief investment officers, investment committees and trustees.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds Ain't Dead Yet: With an improved environment for stock picking, the average hedge fund is up an average 5.4% through August...
From Financial Times:
Female Hedge Funds Outperform Those Run By Men: Hedge funds run by women have generated returns two times higher than their male counterparts this year, piling further pressure on a sector that has been branded “male, pale and stale” to recruit more female portfolio managers...
From Institutional Investor:
Emerging Market Hedge Funds Reach Record Highs: Investors committed more money to emerging market hedge funds than they withdrew for the first time since 2015, as improving market conditions spark investor interest across asset classes...
From Barron's:
India, China Help Emerging Market Hedge Funds Surge: Emerging market hedge funds drew in $800 million in new money in the second quarter...
From Institutional Investor:
Asia Hedge Funds Are Dominating 2017: Led by India- and China- focused managers, the region's hedge funds are outperforming local equities and the global hedge fund industry.
From Institutional Asset Manager:
HFR Launches Risk Parity Indices: Strong institutional demand for comprehensive and robust performance benchmarks for risk parity products has prompted HFR to launched the HFR Risk Parity Indices, which are available to both investors and managers.
From IPE:
HFR Launches Range of Investable Risk Parity Indices: The company has today opened six indices tracking groups of risk parity funds split by three target levels of volatillity...
From Pensions and Investments:
Hedge fund flows turn positive for first time in six quarters: Hedge fund industry assets rose 1.1% in the three months and 2.7% in the six months ended June 30 to $3.1 trillion, new data from Hedge Fund Research showed.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Hedge Funds Aren't Quite Dead Yet as $6 Billion Comes In: Bounce back seen amid steady stretch for performance in first half of year with average fund up 3.6% overall.
From The Wall Street Journal:
The Man Behind Activist Investors' Biggest Bets: EnTrustPermal's emphasis on activist co-investments is aimed at helping it survive a shakeout amount fund-of-ge-funds.
From The Wall Street Journal:
India Hedge Funds Outpace Country's Hot Stock Market. They benefit by trading mainly in small-cap and midcap stocks, on a tear this year; benchmark tracks less-torrid large-caps.
From AlphaQ:
Emerging Markets and Equity Hedge Lead HFRI to 8th Consecutive Monthly Gain: Hedge funds gained in June as the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates and oil prices extended sharp declines...
From Institutional Investor:
Hedge Fund Launches Back on the Rise: Managers are raising new funds again as improved fee arrangements bring investors back into the fold.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Steven Cohen's Hedge-Fund Comeback Shoots for a Record Target: $20 Billion. Steven A. Cohen was once at rish of being banned for life from the hedge-fund industry. Now he is planning a comeback with ambitions to raise more money than he ever has before.
From The Wall Street Journal:
The Old School Hedge Fund is Going Quant. AlecLitowitz, founder of the country's largest hedge funds, raised a simple question at the firm's investment meeting: How often do mergers fall apart?
From Pensions and Investments:
HFR: Hedge funds post strong first-quarter returns. Hedge fund returns in aggregate were positive in the quarter ended March 31 with the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite index gaining 2.34% and the HFRI Asset Weighted Composite index returning 1.72%.
From The Wall Street Journal:
The World’s Largest Hedge Fund Is Building an Algorithmic Model From its Employees’ Brains. Bridgewater wants day-to-day management—hiring, firing, decision-making—to be guided by software that doles out instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Macro Hedge Funds Come Roaring Back. Increasing government bond yields made October a good month for many hedge funds.
From CNBC.com:
Investors yank $28 billion from hedge funds - biggest quarterly outflow since 2009...
From The Wall Street Journal:
Hedge-fund firm Renaissance Technologies has attracted more than $7 billion in new investor money over the past year even as peers have struggled...
From The Wall Street Journal:
Shareholder Activism Bolsters Knight Vinke’s Flagship Fund...
From Financial Times: Hedge funds bolster quantitative know-how.
Big hedge funds including Balyasny Asset Management and Tudor Investment Corporation are beefing up their computer-driven approach following seven straight...
From Pensions & Investments: Hedge fund assets up 1.5% in quarter despite outflows for all major strategies
Aggregate hedge fund assets increased 1.5% to $2.898 trillion in the three months ended June 30, showed Hedge Fund Research analysis. Growth of total hedge fund industry assets, including hedge funds-of-funds assets, was essentially flat at 0.4% in the first half of the year, according to HFR data released Wednesday. Net outflows slowed in the second quarter to $8.2 billion, compared to the net $15.1 billion in outflows that occurred in the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal: Automated Hedge Funds Make Millions in January’s Market Selloff
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