Hedge Fund Investors Encouraged to Push for Liquidations of Some Funds
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article discussing the growing tendency for some hedge funds to limit withrdrawal of money by investors. This practice risks permitting some managers to place improper values on the investments and continue to charge high management fees. Fund managers defend their practice of preventing investors from early [...]
The hedge fund industry may get a $50B boost via investments from pensions, family funds, and other investors. US pensions ($360B in investible assets) us private banks 216B, European private banks with 177B are the top 3 hedge fund investor segments. Insurance companies, private banks, endowments & foundations may reduce their allocations to hedge funds.
Calpers Proposes New Plan to Increase Fund’s Target for Corporate Buyout and VC Investments
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers), which manages $169 billion in public pension funds, may boost its private-equity investments by around 40 percent as slumping markets create some acquisition bargains.
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Constellation Investment Consulting Announces That Hedge Fund Managers Welcome Invasive Due Diligence
Investors Not Deterred from Hedge Funds
MARLBORO, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In a web-based survey conducted by Constellation Investment Consulting Corp., a leader in risk management for the hedge fund industry, the company today announced that in light of recent scandals, managers now expect due diligence to be [...]
Pelorus Advisors Launches Truly Independent Hedge Fund Risk Management Service To Investors
Leading Risk Management Firm Offers Operational Audit Services To Hedge Fund Investors
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb 05, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Addressing an overwhelming need by the investor community for independent and unbiased hedge fund risk due diligence, Pelorus Advisors has launched an operational risk management [...]
Tuckerbrook to Provide Daily Transparency to Hedge Fund Clients
Marblehead, MA - January 26, 2009
Tuckerbrook Alternative Investments announced today that the firm will offer its hedge fund investors daily asset transparency statements. These statements, which will be prepared and delivered to each client by the funds’ independent administrator, Citi Hedge Fund Services, will provide investors with [...]
SEI and Greenwich Associates Survey: Hedge Fund Managers Should Expect Greater Scrutiny and Transparency Demands From Institutional Investors
Institutions Also to Seek Enhanced Client Reporting and Communication
OAKS, Pa., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Institutional investors appear committed to hedge fund investing, but hedge fund managers will face wider-ranging and more in-depth scrutiny of operations and investment processes. [...]