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Hedge funds and the managers who run them have been getting a lot of publicity lately — and not of the flattering kind.
We have massive Ponzi schemes, equally massive losses and outsized systemic risks that are enough to frighten away even the hardiest of investors.
So before you leap, you need to look — carefully and deeply into this industry. When you do, however, you’ll also find that there’s a lot more to hedge funds than has been making it into the evening news …
Hedge funds are an integral part of our financial investment landscape. They often outperform the…
26Oct2009 | Money and Markets | 0 comments | ContinuedDon’t Expect The $68 Billion Pfizer-Wyeth Deal To Lift Merger Market
When Pfizer Inc. (PFE) unveiled a $68 billion buyout offer for U.S. rival Wyeth (WYE) last week, it sparked hopes that the deal might re-ignite the moribund merger market. But when the Wall Street dealmakers take a closer look, those flames will likely be doused in cold water.
For those rooting for a revival of buyout activity, the merger of the two companies shows that corporate predators are still on the prowl and adequate financing is still available for some big transactions.
But as Money Morning reported recently as part of its ongoing “Outlook 2009” economic forecasting series, the credit crisis has put…
2Feb2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedHedge Funds Have Another $200 Billion to go to Complete Their “De-leveraging”
Hedge funds looking to slash their use of borrowed money may have to unload another $200 billion in assets to reach their objectives, a new study found, though a Money Morning expert believes the exit door could get pretty narrow should the holiday shopping season get off to a rocky start later this week.
Investors yanked $40 billion from the $1.5 trillion hedge fund industry in October, a month in which market losses slashed industry assets by an additional $115 billion, Hedge Fund Research Inc., reported. A new survey of hedge fund managers conducted by Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC found that 63%…
25Nov2008 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedHedge Fund Job Tips
Hedge fund jobs are becoming harder to get as more MBA and PhD graduates target this niche of the investment industry upon graduation. While the job market within the hedge fund industry is becoming more competitive the truth is that every hedge fund is looking for something slightly different and if you do enough research almost anyone can find one that meets their skillset.
That said, below is a list of traits, experience and education that hedge funds do typically look for in candidates.
- Quantitative experience and abilities
- CFA Designation
- Education – Ivy league, MBA, Quant focussed PhD
- Signs of loyalty, passion, and being humble
- Something extra…
The Top 50 Most Useful Hedge Fund Websites
Hedge funds are now mentioned over 1,000 times a day via blogs, newspapers, magazines and television. There are now over 15,000 hedge fund managers and over 200 different portfolio management strategies used by them. Many people learn bits and pieces about hedge funds through the media but newspapers and magazines usually have agendas or editors who cover everything that happened in finance or investments with no real background in the hedge fund industry. Here are the top 50 hedge fund websites to help you learn more about hedge funds.
- Hedge Fund Blog
- Hedge Fund Group (HFG)
- Albourne Village
- Magnum Hedge Fund Investments
- Google News on Hedge Funds
- Hedge…
Institutional Hedge Fund Investors
SEI recently completed a survey of institutional investors and their perspective on hedge funds. 100 institutions were surveyed and 47 were currently invested in hedge funds. Even the ones who were investing in hedge funds had extra due diligence steps to ensure that each allocation to a hedge fund manager is done in a deliberate and cautious fashion.
Top 5 Factors Institutional Investors Look For In Hedge Funds
- Reporting & Transparency (85% of institutional hedge fund investors reported that they would not invest in a strategy they did not understand)
- Institutional Quality Infrastructure and Operations (54% of institutional investors pointed out that better managed…
Top 5 Hedge Fund Myths
There was an interesting article posted over the weekend by the Business Times Online this week entitled “Hedge Fund Managers, Lords of Lucre.” The article discusses the general public’s view of hedge funds and how they make money. The journalist who wrote the article uses several extreme examples while depicting the hedge fund industry, this is part of why I write in this blog. There are a lot of aspects about the hedge fund industry that would be hard or nearly impossible to learn by reading mainstream media sources on the subject. To help answer the question about who hedge fund managers…
1Feb2008 | Richard Wilson | Comments Off | Continued
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