Feb

7

Why In-House Hedge Funds Flop

February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When you have been in, attached, associated with the hedge fund business as long as I have, the idea of an in-house hedge fund is an oxymoron.  Although I understand why established firms want to set up hedge funds internally, the idea never really sat well with me.  Why?
At its core, a hedge fund is a small […]

Feb

6

Hedge Funds Take a Beating in January

February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Chicago’s Hedge Fund Research released a statement saying that January was the worst month for hedge funds since 1998 — according to their data.  While reading some of the other blog postings about this “news” I was struck not by the postings themselves, but the comments to the posts.  A number of things became apparent … first that many […]

Feb

5

Hedge Fund Seeders Want Volume, Liquidity and Talent

February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment

FINAlternatives reported that Hedge Fund Seeders are looking for three main things in emerging hedge fund managers: Volume, liquidity and talent.  This is interesting in that seeders are no longer looking for that “special something” which some might describe as exotic.  Looks like hedge fund seeding is back to basics: a solid strategy, capacity and pedigree …
It’s […]

Jan

31

Hedge Fund Blow Ups … the pain continues

January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From FINAlternatives:
Sailfish Capital Partners is reportedly in the midst of “blowing up” and is liquidating its entire portfolio as quickly as it can, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
According to the sources, the two partners of the Stamford, Conn.-based hedge fund—Mark Fishman and Sal Naro—got into a shouting match yesterday and ordered their […]

Dec

27

Get Your Hedge Fund Into Our New Database

December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Hedge Fund Launch is now ramping up its database of start up and emerging hedge fund managers!!!! Do you want to get more exposure for your fund?  Are you tired of databases that cater to established fund managers but leave start up and emerging managers as after thoughts?  Well, your wait is over.  Pop over to our […]

Dec

4

Perfect Gift for Hedgies this Holiday Season

December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Many thanks to Stuart at Nick Hotchkiss for sending us the terrific “Hedge Hogs” tie!  Once in a while, its nice to be a blogger as you sometimes get free gifts. We don’t normally get many things for free around here so when we do — we get really excited. 
When I opened the package from Stuart I was […]

Oct

24

Blogs as Indicators of Sentiment

October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Our pal Finbar is reporting today that many banks are issuing policy statements asking employees to refrain from making comments on blogs.  I don’t know if this is limited to the UK  or also prevelent here in the States as well.  From talking to many friends and colleagues at big banks here, I understand that many employees […]

Sep

28

Hedge Fund Industry Plays Whack-a-mole: Needs PR Help

September 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Criticism of the hedge fund industry is nothing new.  We’ve seen it plenty before … remember LTCM, the Asian crisis, the Flowers Fund, the Manhattan fund to name a few?  Yet, this time around, the criticism is more nasty and hyperbolic.   The industry needs a voice to counter the ridiculous and inflamatory claims made by […]

Sep

21

Hedge Fund Manager Circles the Drain

September 21, 2007 | 8 Comments

Although the New York Post refers to Timothy (”Timmay”) Sykes as a “hedge king,” I would hardly describe him that way.  In fact, aside from the humous value to this episode (which I am about to describe) there is an object lesson here - but let me set the stage first.
Timothy Sykes is a “self styled” hedge […]

Sep

20

130/30 Hedge Funds … Sound Strategy or Hype?

September 20, 2007 | 1 Comment

Gotta Love the Marketing Guys.
It seems 130/30 funds are all the rage these days.  The concept is pretty straight forward - a long short equity fund with 130% long exposure and 30% short exposure.  It’s really tailor made for institutions in that the 130/30 part is a guideline that plan sponsors and their consultants can […]

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