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More funds consider first-loss capital raising
The competition for investors is intense among hedge funds, as we still seem to be in a situation where too many funds--especially smaller funds--are chasing a limited number of dollars.
We've noted that seeding firms are active these days, including Topwater Investment. This brings some inter
Younger hedge fund managers outperform older peers
It's no secret that there's been a flight to quality among hedge fund investors ( hedge fund news). The biggest investors have shown a fondness for big-name, proven fund managers, even if those fund managers haven't exactly proven themselves as customer friendly.
The share of industry asset
Why Sallie Krawcheck really left
Sallie Krawcheck's rise at Citigroup was often described as meteoric. Of course, meteors have to crash or burn out at some point. Krawcheck crashed headlong into new CEO Vikram Pandit, the subject of a telling feature in the New York Times . The news struck some as yet another reminder of the g
David Einhorn taking some hard lumps
David Einhorn's stature soared when he laid a spectacularly winning short bet on Lehman Brothers--in full view of the world. But that glow has faded. Fortune notes that Einhorn's firm, Greenlight Capital, lost 11.5 percent in an offshore fund. Another of its funds is faring equally as bad. He'
High net worth customers can't get enough of alternatives
We've noted the long-running debate about whether the accreditation requirements for hedge fund investors ought to be lowered. For many the rules strike a paternalistic note: The non-wealthy can't comprehend the risks. That has galled many over the years in part because they think most of the publ
