Hedge Fund Directory

Financial Times has reported that retail investors in UK are likely to get access to participate in hedge funds very soon. Here’s their report.
“Private investors are finally to be allowed access to hedge funds through UK retail products, under changes to the regulatory regime proposed by the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority. In a [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It is being reported that the new hedge fund by Goldman Sachs has faced rough weather in January 2008. From the report on dealbreaker.com,
“The fund is down 6% for January, according to a source familiar with the results. Goldman Sachs Investment Partners fund recently raised $7 billion, according to a report in the Financial [...]

Since last year, there have been number of reports in the press on how the hedge fund industry has attracted a lot of attention from regulators. Hedge fund operators are learning that with greater exposure in press, there will come greater scrutiny from regulators. So it is no surprise that the industry decided to take [...]

As we start 2008, it is always interesting to take stock of developments so far, and see if some clear trends are visible for the near future. We ourselves keenly watched the predictions made by others about the hedge fund industry. So it was quite interesting to see the article “Predictions for hedge funds” in [...]

One of the trends in Hedge fund industry we have frequently highlighted is about big hedge funds getting bigger in coming year as investors are willing to sacrifice some returns for reduced risk and stability.
A Bloomberg article reported that as of June 30th 2007, there were 246 funds with more than $ 1 billion in [...]

Hedge fund industry, irrespective of the ups and downs it has suffered recently, accounts for more than $ 2 trillion and consists of thousands of individual funds. And most of these funds are located in exotic locations that allow the fund managers to maximize the gains. To achieve this, usual base [...]

In our previous posts, we covered how hedge funds have had it tough over last few months. As the year draw to close, it is useful to take a look back. 2007 was a mixed bag for the hedge funds.

On one hand, hedge funds are getting more investments with the larger funds being especially favoured [...]

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 [...]