Hedge funds
13 May 2013
Hugh Hendry has backed Japanese equities to continue their stellar start to 2013, but is also boosting exposure to sovereign bonds on concerns Japan's recovery will have harmful effects elsewhere.
17 April 2013
Hedge fund supremo John Paulson has reportedly lost almost $1bn of his personal wealth since the end of last week after the price of gold crashed.
05 March 2013
Sir Paul Ruddock, head and co-founder of hedge fund Lansdowne Partners, is to step down from his role at the end of June.
28 February 2013
The trader suspended from GLG amid an FSA insider dealing probe worked on co-founder Pierre Lagrange’s European long/short fund, Investment Week can reveal.
13 February 2013
Barclays shares rose almost 9% on Tuesday and ended the day up more than 7%, buoyed by news of a £1.7bn cost-cutting plan, announced in its strategic review.
10 December 2012
Investors continue to weigh up the benefits of proactive central bank policy against the muted levels of economic growth from developed countries in a deleveraging world.
06 December 2012
A bet on the demise of the eurozone has caused sizeable losses for John Paulson, the hedge fund boss renowned for making millions from the US financial collapse.
26 November 2012
The past five years of ongoing crisis and macro driven market volatility have certainly provided plenty of headlines around the hedge fund industry. At times, it is useful to stand back and look beyond the often emotive and hyperbolic commentary to try to form a balanced and objective view of what opportunities exist today and how best to take capitalise on them.
23 November 2012
I realise it is a bit unfair to pick on the bullied kid in the playground, but it is hard not to wonder whether the ‘alternative investment’ space has lost the plot. Of course, it was not supposed to be like this. The hedge fund industry – with some notable exceptions – had a horrible financial crisis, but the halting recovery after 2009 was supposed to be kinder to the wunderkinds of the investment world.
06 November 2012
The implementation of new European Union rules on short-selling disclosures has revealed hedge funds Greenlight Capital and Odey Asset Management hold notable short positions in the UK media sector.
01 October 2012
David Harding, founder of hedge fund Winton Capital Management, has disclosed an annual tax bill of £34m and urged other higher rate taxpayers to pay their fair share.
20 September 2012
Franklin Templeton Investments has bought a majority stake in hedge fund firm K2 Advisors Holdings (K2), expanding its alternative investments and multi-asset propositions.
10 September 2012
John Paulson, the billionaire hedge fund manager, is reported to have pared losses in August after a difficult year for his strategy.
17 August 2012
Jeremiah Chafkin, president and CEO of AlphaSimplex, explains how hedge fund beta replication strategies can help stabilise portfolio volatility.
17 August 2012
Christopher Rokos, co-founder of hedge fund giant Brevan Howard, is leaving the company.
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The past five years of ongoing crisis and macro driven market volatility have certainly provided plenty of headlines around the hedge fund industry. At times, it is useful to stand back and look beyond the often emotive and hyperbolic commentary to try to form a balanced and objective view of what opportunities exist today and how best to take capitalise on them.
Jeremiah Chafkin, president and CEO of AlphaSimplex, explains how hedge fund beta replication strategies can help stabilise portfolio volatility.
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