Canada pension plan investments top $1.5bn
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has so far allocated $1.5bn to absolute return strategies and plans for more allocations to funds of hedge funds (FoHF) and other strategies for fiscal 2009.
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US institutions still committed to hedge funds, study finds
Nearly half of all US institutions now invest in hedge funds, according to research report released by Greenwich Associates.
Congress’s speculative trading agenda in MFA’s sights: Baker
Hedge funds fear Congress will take action to curb speculative trading strategies after the Presidential election in November, says MFA's Baker.
IT set to be the biggest cost for hedge funds
Three quarters of global hedge funds have identified technology as making up their biggest expense over the next two years, according to a poll by Ernst & Young.
HFMWeek Snapshot - 5 October
TODAY: Absolute Capital Management just can't buy a break, Merrill's writedowns are worse than expected and both London and New York just aren't 'twee' enough for hedge fund managers….
HFMWeek Snapshot - 1 October
NEWSPAPERS AND WIRES: The Daily Telegraph reports on the latest research by Hedge Fund Intelligence whcih reckons that assets under management by the world's global hedge funds totalled $2.48 trillion (£1.24 trillion) in July...
Three Rivers allocates to long/short managers
Three Rivers, a Pittsburgh-based fund of hedge funds manager, has allocated to two long/short hedge funds.
HFMWeek Snapshot – 27 September
NEWSPAPERS AND WIRES: Reuters reports that the Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC) said yesterday it has charged a San Francisco hedgefund manager with "dramatically overstating" the fund's profitability,and using it for personal expenses such a...
Sandelman moves to block redemptions
Sandelman has informed investors in its largest fund that redemptions will not be on the cards in the near future.
6TH HFMWeek HEDGE FUND ADMINISTRATOR SURVEY
The spectre of more regulation and an expected decrease in investment in funds of funds could have been taken as a sign that hedge funds are beginning to see the end of their impressive run. But results from the Sixth HFMWeek Hedge Fund Administrator ...
22/09/2010
UK: Ucits IV
This month’s HFMWeek Subscriber Club breakfast will take place on Wednesday 22 September. Join us and…
30/09/2010
US: topic to be confirmed
The next HFMWeek Subscriber Club breakfast will take place on Thursday 30 September. Topic and…
19/07/10
HFM Week US Performance Awards
Following the success of the last year’s HFM US Hedge Fund Performance Awards we...
