A recent Bloomberg article reports that there is a growing contingent of hedge fund managers who see market chaos on the horizon. The article reports that in May, billionaire George…
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Trouble for Quant Hedge Funds
The rise in market volatility has resulted in poor results for many quant funds, according to a recent Bloomberg article that says, “They were caught flat-footed in February when markets turned…
Hedge Funds Share Best Ideas Before Dumping Stocks
A recent article in Bloomberg discusses the tendency for hedge funds to pitch their best investment ideas at investor conferences, only to then “sell pitched stocks after the conferences to…
The Tarnishing of David Einhorn
A recent article in Institutional Investor chronicles the fall-from-grace of hedge fund legend David Einhorn, billionaire founder of Greenlight Capital. “It takes a certain amount of self-confidence to think you’re…
Institutional Investor's Rich List
In May, Institutional Investor published its “Rich List” of the world’s 25 highest-earning hedge funds– which, it reports, earned a total of $15.38 billion (approximately $615 million each). In order…
A New Generation of Hedge Funds
Ralph Arndt, CIO of Australia’s Future Fund, an A$166 billion ($125.3 billion) sovereign wealth fund, sees hedge fund investment as a “necessary tool to help reduce risk while providing uncorrelated…
A Change in Hedge-Fund Fee Structure is Afoot
In a recent Bloomberg article, columnist Barry Ritholtz underscores his long-standing criticism of the traditional “2 and 20” hedge-fund industry fee structure as “expensive and unnecessary.” Expensive, Ritholtz writes, “because…
Hedge Fund Stars Losing Shine, But the Industry is Fine
Despite the fact that hedge funds have “fallen on hard times”, writes columnist Nir Kaissar in a recent Bloomberg article, “don’t shed a tear for the industry just yet.” The…
Short-Seller John Hempton Taunts Ackman
An article in The Sydney Morning Herald offers a profile on Australian hedge fund manager and “fraud-hunting short seller” John Hempton, a self-described eccentric who, while known mostly for his…
Bill Ackman Seeing Rapid Investor Redemptions
After three years of poor performance, Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management LP is losing investors at a clip and, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal,…