02/27/2014
Fortress Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2013 Results
Fortress Investment Group LLC today reported its fourth quarter and year end 2013 financial results.
Alternative Investments
02/26/2014
Remy Trafelet reopens hedge fund after 5 years
If the name Remy Trafelet seems familiar, you might remember him and his fund Trafelet Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar long/short fund founded in 1999.
02/25/2014
Nicholas Schorsch's Shopping List
Nicholas Schorsch isn't done with the advisory space yet
02/25/2014
Broken Walls Set Course for Bitcoin’s ‘Lehman Moment’
The ongoing troubles at bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox highlight a risk for investors: where, in the virtual-currency world, are the boundaries between broker, exchange and clearing house?
02/24/2014
AIFMD: How new rules will affect the day job for private equity
With just four months to go until the AIFM Directive for the private equity industry comes in to effect, there is finally some clarity over what the new rules will mean for private equity dealmakers in practice.
02/24/2014
Euroclear Bank selected for settlement of US stocks by EuroCCP
Under the service which was launched today, transactions in US stocks listed and traded on Turquoise will be settled on behalf of clients at Euroclear Bank in any of the 54 settlement currencies offered by the ICSD.
02/24/2014
SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for February 2014 measured 3.38%, up from 2.67% in January.
02/21/2014
He's back: The best hedge fund of 2013 was...
After steep losses in 2011 and 2012, $21 billion Paulson & Co. was named hedge fund firm of the year
02/21/2014
UK giant snaps up US investment firm in $50m deal
GIA was formed in 1994 to create and market customer centric index target date fund products for the DC market and is investment sub-advisor to the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds which have $15.6bn(3) of assets.
02/19/2014
Hedge Funds Start 2014 in the Red
According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.
02/18/2014
2014 Alternative Investment Survey highlighting key trends shaping the hedge fund industry - Deutsche Bank
Allocators from 29 different countries completed the survey. Approximately half (46%) of responding investors manage $1bn+ in hedge fund AuM, and 18% manage over $5bn.
02/17/2014
BNY Mellon's Dreyfus Launches Global Emerging Markets Fund
Newton's Global Thematic Investment Approach Looks to Unveil Emerging Markets Opportunities
02/17/2014
Hedge Funds and Other Financial Institutions Target Rough Diamonds as an Investment
Investment Diamond Exchange, a Los Angeles based firm that specializes in the facilitation of rough and polished diamond transactions, recently expanded its workforce in response to the increasing number of hedge funds and other financial institutions ac
02/13/2014
SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index and Capital Movement Index
The gross return of the SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index for January 2014 measured 1.39%.
02/13/2014
Fortress Buys Back Stake From Nomura
The Fortress Investment Group, the first publicly listed hedge fund in the United States, has bought back a stake from Nomura, one of its principal investors.
02/13/2014
Winklevoss Twins Back Aalap Mahadevia’s Hedge Fund
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who achieved fame after they filed a lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, immortalized in the movie, “The Social Network," are backing a new hedge fund run by fellow Harvard University gradua
02/12/2014
Real Estate is Millionaires’ Top Investment Theme for 2014
U.S. millionaires view real estate as the top alternative-asset class to own this year
02/12/2014
Small fund manager from Taiwan beats Wall Street giants
One of the best stock pickers in America last month was a 56-year-old Taiwanese immigrant working out of a small office in suburban New Jersey, 40 kilometres from Wall Street.
02/11/2014
KKR pulls two funds in retail investor pitch setback
KKR & Co LP disclosed on Monday it would liquidate two funds targeting individual investors, in a blow to the private equity firm's efforts to widen its appeal beyond institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance firms.
02/10/2014
Thes Big hedge Funds got Crushed In January
Most hedge funds that bet on broad macroeconomic trends lost money in January, hurt by reversing equity markets and wrong-way currency bets.