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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here are the top 10 Hedge Fund Trades of 2007 as analyzed by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Trades Announces Annual List of Best, Boldest Hedge Fund Moves.
Turns out much as expected – Commodities, Alternative Energy and Industrials were the best performers.
Here are the toppers:

Atticus Management made $800 million on its holdings of Freeport McMoran.
Pershing Square [...]

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 [...]

Recently the latest F1 sensation from Britain, Lewis Hamilton, decided to move his base from the UK to Switzerland for tax purposes. It has been estimated that Hamilton will be able to save tens of millions that would have otherwise gone to the UK government. Now he will be able to race [...]

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 [...]