Keyword(s): Hedge Fund
11/11/12
05:02:42 pm, by editor of MarketObservation.com 
, 299 words 
Categories: Market characteristics, Europe, United States, Gobal
Schlumpf, Felix, Tessera, Genene and Martínez Gutierrez, Catalina , Market Risk of Real Estate (October 24, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2172299Abstract: "Direct real estate is the largest asset class without readily av… more »
11/05/12
A new paper shows the global multi-asset market portfolio 1959-2011. It represents the views of the market crowd with respect to the pricing and value of all asset classes. In 2011,for the first time in the observation period, equities no longer outwei… more »
08/23/12
The Reformed Broker: The Hottest Trade on Wall Street: European Stocks, August 22, 2012
There's a new hot trade on The Street I continue to hear about more and more that involves one of the most hated areas of the global markets: Europe. Hedge funds… more »
05/20/12
I also like this: "If you have to spend all your time as a speculator you do not have time for anything else"Kewords: Monetary Policy, Speculation more »
04/24/12
Insider Monkey: What Percentage of Hedge Fund Profits Are Pocketed by Managers? April 24, 2012
"What percentage of hedge fund profits are pocketed by hedge fund managers? Reuters published an article yesterday with the following title: “Managers Pocke… more »
04/10/12
06:32:46 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 253 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Investment
FT: Hedge fund gains are other funds’ losses, by John Chapman, April 8, 2012High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copy… more »
04/09/12
09:04:36 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 97 words
Categories: Corporate Governance, Market Characteristics, Regulation
"The AIFM directive was adopted in response to the financial crisis based on the premise that the alternative investment fund industry contributed to it. However, it is now widely accepted that the industry neither caused nor contributed to the financial… more »
04/06/12
Sober Look: Performance persistence in hedge funds, April 3, 2012
A fascinating report from Barclays Capital is shedding some light on what's known as "performance persistence" in hedge funds. If a hedge fund had a great year, what's the likelihood th… more »
03/27/12
BusinessWeek: Hedge Funds Pile Into Stocks After Missing Rally, by Devin Leonard, March 26, 2012
Now hedge funds are getting back into stocks. According to the International Strategy & Investment Group, the funds are still slightly bearish, but th… more »
03/12/12
06:41:30 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 251 words
Categories: Analysts, Investment, Academic
Jain, Sameer, Alpha Characteristics of Hedge Funds (December 19, 2011). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2014430Abstract: "Hedge Fund (HF) managers are expected to create excess investment returns (Alpha) through two primary ski… more »
02/17/12
Ardia, David and Boudt, Kris, The Peer Performance of Hedge Funds (February 7, 2012). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2000901 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2000901
Abstract:
"The Sharpe ratio is the industry standard for measu… more »
01/21/12
The hedge fund industry is currently going through difficult times. There was more money withdrawn than added to the industry in the last months of 2011:
The reformed broker: That giant sucking sound you hear… Jan. 20, 2012
Keywords: Hedge Funds, A… more »
01/18/12
The Economist: Rich managers, poor clients, Jan. 7, 2012
Keywords: Hedge Funds, Investment Returns more »
01/17/12
a question of regulation, integrity or a combination?..Dai, Rui, Massoud, Nadia, Nandy, Debarshi K. and Saunders, Anthony , Hedge Funds in M&A Deals: Is There Exploitation of Private Information? (January 2012). NYU Working Paper No. FIN-11-047.… more »
01/10/12
Find here some interesting hedge fund statistics for the year 2011:
the reformed Broker: 60% of Hedge Funds Lost Money in 2011 – HFI, by Joshua Brown, Jan. 9, 2012
Keywords: Investment Strategy, Market Volatility, Hedged Investments (..), Hedge Fun… more »
12/26/11
Bloomberg: 2011 was a year of horrors for hedge funds; Grim results for managers of wealthy investors’ money, Dec. 23, 2011
...Since 1990, there have been only two years of negative returns for hedge funds: -1.5% in 2002 and -19% in 2008, according to… more »
12/19/11
08:54:00 am, by editor of MarketObservation.com , 224 words
Categories: Valuation, Performance Measurement, Fund of Funds, Market Characteristics
Barber, Brad M. and Wang, Guojun, Do (Some) University Endowments Earn Alpha? (October 10, 2011)
Abstract:
"Using data from 1991 to 2010, we analyze the returns earned by educational endowments using simple style attribution models pioneered by Sha… more »
11/26/11
Hugh Hendry, Eclectica Asset Management and Steven Drobny, Drobny Global Advisors from LSE SU AIC on Vimeo.Nov. 25, 2011Keywords: Hedge Funds, Hugh Hendry, Financial Cycles more »
11/22/11
Source: Thompson Reuters Datastream more »
11/19/11
The Economist: Hedge funds and deleveraging;
Waiting to turn trash into treasure; Hedge funds and private-equity firms have big plans for Europe, Nov. 19, 2011
..."Up for grabs will be distressed corporate loans, property debt and non-core businesse… more »
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