How Social Media Is Changing The Hedge Fund Industry
Many institutional investors are contacted by thousands of managers a year, meeting with a few hundred, have follow up meetings with fifty, and ultimately allocating to two. In this competitive environment, having a well-thought-out social media strategy is one way to achieve this.
In Turbulent Times Like These, Hedge Fund Investing Makes Sense
The hedge fund industry was launched in the early 1990s and has grown into a $5 trillion global phenomenon. These are scary times for equities as markets trend lower, caught in a vice grip of rising interest rates, inflation and war in Ukraine.
Blackstone's First-Quarter Earnings Surge 63%
Blackstone Inc said its first-quarter distributable earnings jumped 63% as a strong performance from its real estate and credit businesses offset a weak showing from its hedge funds unit.
Global Hedge Fund Investors With $812B Prefer Asia
Hedge funds focused on Asia are predicting a surge of new money from North America and Europe as investors move away from overvalued U.S. assets to tap the early pandemic recovery in China and other parts of the region.
VC Investor Sequoia Launches A Chinese Hedge Fund
Venture capitalist Neil Shen’s Sequoia Capital China is setting up a hedge fund business to leverage its record of choosing winners in Chinese technology.
A Hedge Fund Star Fumbles the Best Job In Finance
The country’s central bank, which is responsible for the fund and its management, finds itself accused of being less than transparent about how the 53-year-old, a very successful hedge fund manager, got the job when he didn’t feature on the initial list of applicants.
Jeff Vinik Says He's Ending Fund Because Investors Doubt His Strategy
Star stock picker and longtime money manager Jeffrey Vinik explained that he's shuttering his hedge fund because would-be investors balked at his investment strategy, a reluctance that ultimately capped how much his relaunched firm was able to raise.
Chip Stocks Rally Deals Blow To Hedge Funds
A favorite strategy of hedge funds that splits technology stocks into hardware and software makers has been sputtering for months. It finally blew up.
Denison University's Alts-Heavy Approach Continues To Be A Strength | David Barcus, Director Of Investments | Q&A
David Barcus, director of investments, joined Denison University in 2011. In this interview, he discusses the very successful transition welcoming their CIO, why Denison continues to have a significant allocation to hedge fund strategies, and how they plan to build a small but impactful venture portfolio.
A $90B Swedish Investor Says He Won't Touch Hedge Funds
One of Sweden’s biggest pension funds says there’s no case for using hedge funds given the cost they represent in the current environment.
This Hedge Fund Lost $139 Million Last Year, Citigroup Feeling the Pain
Three months after news first emerged of a hedge fund blowup that threatens to saddle Citigroup Inc. with millions of dollars in losses, details of the fund’s implosion are becoming clearer.