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Rasmussen and Obama team in talks about PE and HF regulations

Aides of Barack Obama, the democratic presidential nominee, and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, the former Danish Premier and now member of the European Parliament, were...

HF managers prefer lean funds says ABN Amro study

While hedge funds were never known to be managed by an excessive amount of peoplea study shows that HF managers prefer small teams, Financial...

Biggest US hedge fund industry outflow for 6.5 years

Investors withdrew USD5.9bn from US hedge funds last month. This is the biggest outflow of theindustry since October 2001, caused by the low returns...

New trend towards seed capital

With investors becoming less willing to invest into start-ups because there is no managerial track record or risk control is expensive, seed capital can...

SEB rated Best Asset Manager in Sweden

SEB has been rated Best Asset Manager in Sweden in Thomson Reuters' annual ranking of asset managers in the Nordic Region. -  It...

HF’s preparing for massive investor exodus

Hedge funds are preparing themselves for an investor exodus at the end fo the month as they expect a new wave of withdrawals at...

HF managers do come back…

While it is often said that for a hedge fund manager a bad track record is never forgiven, this might be a bit exaggerated,...

Navitor’s Nordic Hedge and OPM Omega SEK join the NHX

Two funds joined the index in June, equities fund Navitor Nordic Hedge and fund of funds OPM Omega SEK. Navitor Nordic Hedge is an...

Education crucial for HF’s retail market success

Greater knowledge of hedge funds among investors is necessary to create a functioning retail market for the funds, said Datamonitor whose data predict that...

GGHFI up 2.01% for May with HFs outperforming Equities

The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index returned 2.01% in May (YTD 0.49%), after a 1.59% gain in April. The S&P 500, the MSCI World...

PFA planning to invest directly in HFs

Danish PFA Pension which manages some EUR27bn is intending to invest directly in hedge funds.Most other pension companies try to invest indirectly via fund...

Hedge fund managers reject signing compliance code

Nearly half a year ago the Hedge Fund Working Group (HFWG) suggested a list of proposals for the industry with the intention  to raise...