Hedge Fund Directory

Continuing the recent spate of not so positive publicity focussed on Hedge funds, Wall Street Journal has published another article “Hedge Funds Feel New Heat” on some of the recent news from the hedge funds and some prediction on the trends(To read complete article, visit www.wsj.com).
The return for the hedge funds in general have taken [...]

Brightpoint, H.I. G. Capital’s US-based Hedge Fund (over $800m AUM) is looking for a Miami-based Associate to focus on industrials and/or energy services. This long/short equities fund employs a private-equity-like approach to fundamental analysis with a substantial focus on primary research, in-depth company and industry knowledge, and detailed financial modeling. The fund’s investment strategy focuses [...]

Hedge funds have an allure that attracts all financial experts who has belief in their ability and want to reach the top (while making a buck or two in the process). But then, the path to top of the tree and being a top hedge fund manager is not easy and the beginning is especially [...]

A successful career in Hedge Funds brings in tremendous financial rewards in pay and compensation. While the number of hedge fund companies hiring people is relatively less, current and future opportunities look quite optimistic. In this note, we will share our findings on the hedge fund salaries.
The global hedge fund industry [...]

The article titled “Big hedge funds get bigger” on September 12, 2007 gives yet another estimate on the size of the hedge fund industry and the number of hedge funds in existence today. Though there is no single authorized source of information about Hedge Funds, it is helpful for the observers to keep track of [...]

Hedge Funds have been in news quite frequently over the last few months. Mostly the news coverage has been of speculative nature with regards to their role in the rough weather experienced by financial markets all around the world. It is quite natural considering their intrinsic nature. These are the funds which have more then [...]

Like many large banks on wall street Goldman Sachs offers several hedge funds. A few of these took big losses this summer and in one case with the Goldman Global Opportunities Fund the firm had to inject $3B into the fund to keep it running ($2B of their own money). “Given the market dislocation, the [...]

No one knows yet the depth of the hedge fund crisis with regard to subprime loans. But it has an impact on many city pension funds, endowments and equity investors. Bill Grayson, President of Falcon Point Capital helps us make sense of the crisis and its impact in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Many banks, especially Merrill Lynch, have been rushing to offer passive hedge fund products, aiming to tap perceived demand for lower-priced products. Most of these products are structured as index-like derivatives that trade over the counter.
And so, Stonebrook Structured Products has launched Stonebrook Alternative Beta Fund. It aims to replicate the “alternative beta” portion [...]

Hedge Funds use many different strategies to make money although broadly speaking they are often put into 3 main categories. This video details the categories and what the means are. This video covers 3 basic Hedge Fund Strategies:
1. Long-Short Hedge Fund Strategy
2. Event-Driven Hedge Fund Strategy
3. Relative Value Hedge Fund Strategy

Given the HFs are not [...]