Oil Hedge Funds Struggling

Some of the biggest commodity hedge funds are shutting down despite a rally in raw materials during the past year, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal.…

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…

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…

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…