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ITS EASY TO UNDERSTAND the allure of hedge funds during a faltering stock market. Because hedge funds can sell stocks short, these largely unregulated funds often outperform traditional long-only mutual fund investing in a falling market. Last year ... - [Read more]

LONDON (Reuters) - Polling and research group YouGov said on Monday it is aiming to raise up to $50 million (25 million pounds) for the launch of a hedge fund that will use polling data to highlight lucrative investment strategies.

LONDON (Reuters) - Polling and research group YouGov said on Monday it is aiming to raise up to $50 million (25 million pounds) for the launch of a hedge fund that will use polling data to highlight lucrative investment strategies. The YouGov Alpha ... - [Read more]

May 19 (Bloomberg) -- A commodities hedge fund advised by Brian Hunter returned 17 percent last month using a strategy similar to one the energy trader relied on at Amaranth Advisors LLC and that led to its collapse in 2006. The Peak Ridge Commodity ... - [Read more]

New York, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - SkyBridge Capital, which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds, and Challenger Financial Services Group Limited (ASX: CGF), a leading Australian financial services company, today ... - [Read more]

THE VALUE of your hedge fund is well below its high-water mark, which usually means no more juicy performance fees until it regains its previous peak. Your investors are threatening to pull out their money, meaning even the management fees that you ... - [Read more]

Hedge funds show their best performance in their first two years, and produce lower returns as they get older and larger, a study shows. The research, by Petrac Financial Solutions, software provider, includes data up to the end of last year – when ... - [Read more]

One of the first specialist hedge funds in the commercial property sector will on Monday tell investors that it has significantly outperformed the broader market recession in its debut year. The Iceberg Alternative Real Estate Fund recorded a 29.12 ... - [Read more]

Activist investor Eric Rosenfeld was particularly impressed by the buttery yeast rolls at OCharleys while dining with the companys management in December. "Its amazing food, he said, adding that "the conversation was very cordial." Longtime ... - [Read more]

Carl Icahn backed in Yahoo! fight Star hedge fund manager John Paulson has emerged as one of the key backers of activist investor Carl Icahn in his bid to dethrone the Yahoo! board as the fight for control of the search engine operators future ... - [Read more]

Concerns are mounting among Yahoo! investors that Carl Icahns rebel campaign will lead to Microsoft picking the troubled internet company up on the cheap. Eric Jackson, the hedge fund manager who represents three million people who hold shares in ... - [Read more]

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