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Latest hedge fund results from Barclay Hedge are in

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It’s pretty  amazing how much some long- short equity funds have returned during the last 18 months.  Our hats off to Privet Fund, LP up 97.3% over the last 18 months with a CAR 3yr. return of 23.33.  There are many new names on the list and old standbys like Senvest Israel Partners, up 74.40% during the same time period.  What’s more outstanding is that this has been a difficult time for most long-short professional managers including ourselves.  Many names of well known fund managers are absent from this list.  Often times emerging managers can outperform their more established peers … Read more

Time to Give Funds of Funds Another Go?

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Guest Post By: Leo Kolivakis Harriett Agnew of Dow Jones Financial news reports, It’s time consultants gave funds of funds another go: Funds of hedge funds has become a dirty term since the financial crisis. The industry has struggled to shake off the mistakes of 2008: investments in funds of convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff, liquidity mismatches and underperformance. Memories of funds of funds forced to sell their best investments to stay afloat remain painful. But those who dismiss funds of hedge funds as a spent force are overlooking a far more pressing issue: the problems presented by the rapidly rising power of … Read more

Feb 2012 Hedge Fund Results

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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Indexes Performance data for Feb 2012 has been updated. Please visit our site at http://www.hedgeindex.com for further details.    Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Index Performance Index / Sub Strategies Value** Feb 12 YTD 1 Year Annl* Std Dev* Sharpe* Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index 95.93 1.31% 3.60% -5.25% 6.65% 6.70% 0.73     Convertible Arbitrage 97.78 2.34% 5.89% -4.48% 3.92% 11.38% 0.19     Emerging Markets 101.17 1.83% 3.66% 1.61% 9.75% 10.63% 0.75     Event Driven 91.33 1.47% 4.41% -10.48% 5.02% 8.24% 0.39     Fixed Income Arbitrage 100.09 0.43% 1.36% 0.26% 7.36% 8.57% … Read more

| UTAH SECURITIES FRAUD

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Thinking of investing in a hedge fund? Here are some tips for sniffing out potential fraud. Posted on March 15, 2011 by Mark Pugsley This is the text of a terrific article that appeared in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about how to sniff out potential fraud in a hedge fund: Danger! Danger! Thinking of investing in a hedge fund? Here are some tips for sniffing out potential fraud. By ROB CURRAN In the age of Madoff, small investors are rightfully leery of hedge funds with eye-popping returns and a low profile. But how do you size up the risk of fraud? via … Read more

‘s 2011 Hedge Fund Performance

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John Paulson’s 2011 Hedge Fund Performance   Despite a rather disastrous mess of 2011, Paulson has managed to keep redemptions down to just 8%..  An impressive achievement nonetheless, but is it due to belief in the strategy or belief in the brand?  Either way, his performance is a good illustration of how timing can cause even the soundest convictions to run awry.  Don’t forget the importance of a solid hedge when dealing with a timely trade..   The numbers are in for John Paulson’s Paulson & Co. The hedge fund finished 2011 with depressingly low returns reports the New York … Read more

Hedge Funds End 2011 on a Very Bad Note – NYTimes.com

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Hedge Funds End 2011 on a Very Bad Note By KEVIN ROOSE and AZAM AHMED When the history books are written, 2011 may go down as the dark ages for hedge funds. Last year was dismal for hedge fund performance, according to an index maintained by Eurekahedge, an independent information firm that specializes in hedge fund data. Amid political uncertainty, the debt-ceiling debate in Congress and mounting fears of a European financial crisis, the Eurekahedge index, which measures average returns, dropped 4.1 percent for the year. via Hedge Funds End 2011 on a Very Bad Note – NYTimes.com.

Volatility Cuts Hedge Fund Returns – Barrons.com

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Volatility Minces Returns By BEVERLY GOODMAN | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Why John Paulson—and many other hedge fund managers—did so poorly in 2011. Where have all the stockpickers gone? Even John Paulson has apologized. It’s no secret that 2011 was a tough year. But investors who sought refuge in hedge funds—especially those thought to excel in choppy markets—were sorely disappointed. Not to mention none the richer. As of Nov. 30, the 2,000 hedge funds tracked by Hedge Fund Research are down, on average, 4.5%, trailing the Standard & Poor’s 500 by almost four points. “This is only the third year … Read more

Hedge funds braced for worst year since 2008 – FT.com

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Hedge funds braced for worst year since 2008 By Sam Jones in London and Dan McCrum in New York Hedge funds are set to rack up their second-worst year in two decades after taking a beating from the eurozone crisis and an unexpected slowing in global economic growth. The average hedge fund manager has lost 4.37 per cent in the year to the end of November, according to data just released by Hedge Fund Research – losing money in six of the past seven months. Only in 2008, following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, did the industry fare worse. High … Read more

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 0.95% in November as a majority of component strategies declined.

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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Down 0.95% in November   The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 0.95% in November as a majority of component strategies declined. The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index provides the benefit of daily published index values which enable investors to track the impact of market events on the hedge fund industry. November, October and year-to-date 2011 performances are listed below and are available at www.hedgeindex.com. Index Nov 11 Oct 11 2011 YTD Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index -0.95% 1.85% -7.03% Convertible Arbitrage … Read more

Market turmoil lands hedge funds with big losses – FT.com

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Market turmoil lands hedge funds with big losses By Sam Jones Not for the first time, the hedge fund industry has failed to live up to its name. In a month that has seen equity markets around the world collapse, hedge funds too are facing billions in losses.   August, it now seems likely, will be the industry’s worst month since October 2008, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a worldwide sell-off. It will almost certainly also be one of the top five worst months for the industry since performance data started to be aggregated in 1990. According to … Read more

Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index fell less than half that of broad equity

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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Down 2.88% in August versus Losses of 7.69% for Global Equity Markets New York, September 6, 2011 – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index fell less than half that of broad equity indexes in August. Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, said, “The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index finished down 2.88% in August. Despite challenging conditions throughout the month, hedge funds appeared to be effective in providing a degree of capital preservation when compared to global equity markets, which fell 7.69% as … Read more