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HFR Emerging Markets Hedge Fund Industry Report for Third Quarter 2011
Emerging markets hedge funds posted strong performance gains in October, reversing sharp losses from September as emerging market (EM) economies and assets continue to experience volatility relating to the European sovereign debt crisis. The HFRX Total Emerging Markets Index gained +4.1 percent in October following a decline of -5.0 percent in September; while intra-month volatility [...]
Newly Launched HFRX Korea Hedge Fund Index gains +8.3% in October
HFR has launched the HFRX Korea Index, comprised of hedge funds investing primarily in Korea and the latest addition to HFR’s comprehensive suite of HFRX EM and Asian hedge fund benchmarks. This new index reflects the increased growth and influence of hedge funds in Asia, and specifically the growth of investors and hedge funds located in Emerging Asia. [...]
Malta Hedge Fund Launch
Prestige Asset Management has launched a new hedge fund, the Prestige Equity Options, which is allocating to three trading advisors who between them manage $500 million. “All three use a combination of both long and short volatility trading strategies and much of the trading is short and medium term in nature.” The company said, “Prestige [...]
Nordic Hedge Funds On The US Downgrade
Here’s a excerpt from an article we did with some top Nordic hedge fund managers, asking them to comment on Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. government bonds from AAA to AA+. André Havas, Head of Investor Relations Optimized Portfolio Management Stockholm AB: “The world has not recovered fully from the financial crisis that started in [...]
Hedge Fund Making A Splash In Sweden!
Stockholm – Swedish systematic fund manager ALFAKRAFT is probably best known from its energy trading business. In 2000 hedge fund manager Bengt Lindblad started trading in electricity, setting up one of the world’s first electricity (hedge) funds, According to Nordic hedge fund source. With this experience, returning in excess of 30% per year, at times [...]
Swedish SEB Fund of Hedge Funds Gets “AA” Rating By S&P
SEB’s True Market Neutral fund has become the first Nordic fund of hedge funds to receive an ”AA” rating by worldwide financial-market intelligence leader Standard & Poor (S&P). “This is a stamp of approval for the fund, which has delivered stable returns for our customers regardless of the development in the stock market,” Mikael Spångberg, [...]
Merchant Capital’s Long/Short Russia Launch
Merchant Capital Ltd , the UK asset management division of Merchant House Group Plc, has launched the Russian Phoenix UCITS Fund on its UCITS umbrella platform. The hedge fund officially launched on 2nd June 2011 with $40 million of assets under management. “Merchant Capital was an obvious partner in our pursuit of an onshore version [...]
Obama: $21 Billion In New Hedge Funds Taxes
President Barack Obama has suggested that hedge funds and oil companies should pick up the slack with a tax hike in order to cut the deficit. Obama’s proposal would raise hedge fund manager’s taxes by up to $21 billion, according to an estimation by MSNBC. “If we choose to keep those tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, or [...]
Swedish Hedge Fund Launch: DnB NOR Global Energy
Stockholm based hedge fund manager, Carlson Fund, has launched a Global Energy fund. The fund invests in traditional energy companies globally, emerging markets included. Prime investment targets are oil and gas companies as well as in the service industry. Lill Evanger Aafos and Aliya Orazalina will be managing the fund. They have 28 years of [...]
Merrant Outperforms With High Sharpe Ratio and Low Standard Deviation
Leading Swedish hedge fund investor, Merrant Alpha Select, has continued to outperform its peers, according to global hedge fund research provider Morningstar. Merrant Alpha Select has the second highest Sharpe ratio and the third lowest standard deviation of all the 2700 Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHFs)on Morningstar Direct´s global database. “The (fund) has an unbroken [...]
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