All Hedge Funds articles
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NewsEuropean alternatives set fundraising record year
Europe now accounts for 24% of the global alternative assets industry
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News
Cerulli calls on hedge funds to partner with European investors
‘Providing additional services will be challenging for smaller managers’
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Features
Letter from US: The rise of the new alternatives
Pension funds and other institutional investors used to invest in hedge funds aspiring to outperform public stock and bond benchmarks. Now, after years of disappointing performances, they have changed their attitude. They still invest in hedge funds, but the new expectation is simply to get a few percentage points above the return on zero risk investments.
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Dutch hedge fund exodus a risk, say consultants
PMT, PME, PFZW, Fysiotherapeuten, Provisum and the staff pension fund of pension asset manager APG have all said goodbye to the asset class
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News
ABP exits hedge fund investments
The pension fund paid €331m in performance fees to hedge fund managers last year
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News
Hedge funds lag behind peers on ESG investment factors - bfinance
Many hedge funds are still reluctant to make ESG integral to their investment processes
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Features
Hedge funds: Coping with low interest rates
Historical analysis suggests portfolios of certain quant hedge fund strategies may offset some of the risk of rising interest rates
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Features
Strategically Speaking: Capstone Investment Advisors
Last spring’s exceptional market volatility proved the mettle of at least one set of strategies – volatility-focused hedge funds. The CBOE Eurekahedge Tail Risk Hedge Fund index returned a bumper 51.64% in the first three months of 2020 alone against a broad hedge fund market index return of -7.96%, and was up 34.8% for the year.
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News
European stimulus package arriving by snail mail, laments Veritas CIO
Varma CIO says investment market not reacting to vaccine delay, variations
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge funds and distressed debt: Competition for assets will be fierce
Hedge funds will have to compete with private equity and credit funds for distressed opportunities following the pandemic
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge fund performance: 2020, year of the human touch
Diversification is back in favour for hedge funds and those with a downside protection mandate delivered during the crisis
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Features
Hedge funds: ‘Real life’ portfolio evaluation
Outlining an equal volatility-adjusted approach to hedge fund management
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News
Dutch building scheme sticks to ‘expensive’ PE, hedge funds
The fund reduced management fees for hedge funds by 27% during the past five years by negotiating service fees
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Special Report
Cash, currency, hedge funds, private equity 2020
Cash, currency, hedge funds, private equity on behalf of worldwide and external European institutional clients
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News
Dutch Hewlett Packard scheme dumps hedge funds, scales back equities
These and other changes mark the completion of an asset mix overhaul by the €2bn pension fund
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Special Report
Cash, currency, hedge funds, private equity 2019
Cash, currency, hedge funds, private equity on behalf of worldwide and external European institutional clients
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News
Hedge funds warn regulators over ineffective ESG regulation
AIMA argues scope of regulation must include corporate disclosure
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Asset Class Reports
Hedge Funds - Technology: The next generation
Advances in artificial technology and computing power are opening paths to new hedge funds strategies
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News
Dutch retailer scheme to ditch hedge funds
Pension fund cites high costs, poor sustainability and lack of transparency
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Analysis
Hedge funds under scrutiny
Last year was good for hedge funds in terms of raising new money. But at the same time the industry suffered its biggest annual loss since 2011
