Reuters Reports Hedge Fund Firm Profits in First Quarter
Reuters is reporting that the hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners Fund I, which lost 28% last year, is starting off this year with gains of between 6 – 8%. The hedge fund firm is run by Philip Falcone who is also starting a fund to buy CDS [...]
9-18-06 Charles Gradante on CNBC’s Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo
This interview came after Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital made comment to the Wall Street Journal regard big hedge fund returns. According to the video Mr. Cohen stated that the time of big returns to hedge funds were over - that everything has been picked [...]
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Results of 2008 PerTrac Hedge Fund Database Study Reveal 1.3% Fewer Funds and 36.1% Drop in AUM
PerTrac Financial Solutions today announced the aggregate results of the 2008 PerTrac Hedge Fund Database Study, revealing a 1.3% drop in the number of hedge funds and funds of hedge funds included in major hedge fund databases since last [...]
Mooring Intrepid Opportunity Fund Gains 222.8% at Two-Year Mark
Fund Posts 21.7% Increase YTD on Continued Deterioration in Commercial Real Estate, Corporate and Consumer Debt Markets
VIENNA, Va., March 31 /PRNewswire/ — Mooring Financial Corporation today reported performance results for Mooring Intrepid Opportunity Fund, L.P., an alternative assets investment vehicle. The Fund delivered a net gain to [...]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Launches Enhanced Chinese Version of Its Hedge Fund Index Website
HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc today announced the launch of an enhanced Chinese version of its website: www.hedgeindex.com.
The newly enhanced website updates a previous Chinese version that was launched in October 2007 and it was designed to meet client demand as the [...]
Looking Deeper: Hedge Funds Decouple as Equity Markets Continue to Decline
NEW YORK, Mar 19, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Hedge Fund Index finished down 0.88% in February, and has outperformed the MSCI World Index by 18.2% year-to-date, as hedge funds continue to decouple from equity markets. A Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index [...]
RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) returned -0.62 per cent in February 2009
Year-to-date performance is 0.63 per cent
NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of February 2009 the RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) had a net return of -0.62 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to [...]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Estimated to Finish Up 0.80% for January
New York, February 10, 2009 — Early estimates indicate that the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) will finish up approximately 0.80% in January, (based on 58% of assets reporting).
Faced with a barrage of weak corporate earnings and macro data in January, the [...]
January 15, 2009
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index confirms December performance down 0.03%. Hedge Funds finish down 19.07% in 2008.
New York, January 15, 2009 Final Performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 0.03% in December, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc.
Mr. Schupp said, “Despite a late month equity [...]