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A hedge fund is a private investment fund open to a limited range of investors which is permitted by regulators to undertake a wider range of activities than other Investment Funds and which pays a performance fee to its investment manager. Although each fund will have its own strategy which determines the type of investments and the methods of investment it undertakes, hedge funds as a class invest in a broad range of investments, from shares, debt and commodities to works of art.


As the name implies, hedge funds often seek to offset potential losses in the principal markets they invest in by hedging their investments using a variety of methods, most notably short selling. However, the term "hedge fund" has come to be applied to many funds that do not actually hedge their investments, and in particular to funds using short selling and other "hedging" methods to increase rather than reduce risk, with the expectation of increasing return.


hedge funds are typically open only to a limited range of professional or wealthy investors. This provides them with an exemption in many jurisdictions from regulations governing short selling, derivative contracts, leverage, fee structures and the liquidity of investments in the fund. A hedge fund will nevertheless voluntarily limit the scope of its activities via its contractual arrangements with its investors, in order to give the investors some certainty over what they are investing into.


The assets under management of a hedge fund can run into many billions of dollars, and this will usually be multiplied by leverage, meaning that their influence over markets is substantial. hedge funds dominate certain specialty markets such as trading within derivatives with high-yield ratings and distressed debt.


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Sat. November 21, 2009

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With a wave of new regulations aimed at the hedge fund industry, it's hard to predict what the state of the industry will be in a couple years. ...
BANGALORE: In what could evolve as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) dashboard for many back office firms, Mindtree, along with hedge funds service ...
We are surprised not to see more investors in the hedge fund industry use this legal action (or mechanism), especially following the wave of redemption ...
London (Reuters) - hedge fund investors stuck in products with illiquid assets are increasingly seeing interest in their stakes from ...
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - US securities enforcers are looking at some of the high frequency trading that hedge funds are doing, a top Securities and ...
A proposal to give the federal government the power to break-up large financial firms whose failure could put the economy at risk would cover hedge funds, ...
... for hedge funds last year, at least one manager believes a number of factors have combined to create an attractive environment for hedge fund investing. ...
Aladdin Capital Holdings has acquired Solent Capital Partners' collateralized debt obligations business, including its credit hedge fund. Stamford, Conn. ...
... accounts or commingled direct hedge funds, Mr. Ward said. Boeing retained Albourne Partners as a specialty consultant to assist with the hedge fund ...
Former hedge fund manager Jesper Koll joined JPMorgan Chase as head of Japan equity research. ...
... price of Hedgebay's global hedge fund Secondary market index, which tracks how much investors are paying or receiving for their shares in hedge funds, ...
investors keep a close eye on what hedge fund Titan John Paulson is trading. And given the massive profits the superstar amassed betting against the ...
Park Hill is a unit of Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) that helps private equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds raise money. ...
N) stock rose more than 3.5 percent on Wednesday after billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson told investors that he expects the stock price to almost ...
Hershey and Ferrero are considering a joint bid for Daily milk maker Cadbury that would trump Kraft and put a smile on the faces of the hedge funds, ...
Hedge fund manager, activist investor Bill Ackman made money shorting financials in 2008. He said that he takes activist position to make the company better ...
The results come less than one year after the $1.5 trillion hedge fund industry reported its worst-ever losses and investors pulled billions of dollars out ...
A hedge fund's four-year fight against an alleged Russian tax scam has taken a tragic twist with the death in prison of one of its legal advisers. ...
The Financial Services Authority is to be handed powers to demand information from hedge funds and other firms it does not directly regulate in a package of ...
The former head of Citigroup's hedge fund unit has been named head of GMAC Financial Services. Michael Carpenter was named CEO of the former General Motors ...
Israel A. Englander is known for keeping a very low public profile, even for a billionaire hedge fund manager. But recently, the founder of Millennium ...
Meanwhile, the average global hedge fund index is up 15.03% for the year. hedge funds have bounced back this from slight losses in October, ...
October was a strong month for hedge fund news, overall. There were some notable changes among the ranks of hedge fund personalities. ...
hedge funds drew the ire of the public and politicians this time last year, as they looked to profit from falling bank stocks. The UK Financial Services ...
NEW YORK â€Â" A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam. ...
Citigroup is preparing to relaunch its hedge fund business operations, after months of debate on the unit's future, The Financial Times reported. ...
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Legislation drafted by the European Commission that would tighten regulation of hedge funds and private equity firms is "poorly ...
Citigroup is preparing to relaunch its hedge fund business operations, after months of debate on the unit's future, The Financial Times reported. ...
BRUSSELS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - European Union plans to tighten regulation of hedge funds and private equity managers could choke off investments and deepen the ...
Trabulse managed two San Francisco hedge funds
Former Citigroup President Thomas Maheras, the architect of the bank's disastrous subprime exposure, has launched a hedge fund
(Video: market coach Doug Hirschhorn, phd, discusses athletes, hedge fund
“A lot of hedge funds
London (Reuters) - hedge fund
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Goffer is a former employee of Galleon Group, the large New York hedge fund
Alexander Trabulse, 62, who managed San Francisco-based hedge funds


 


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