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Hedge fund management fees still an issue
Most institutions understand that to get the big gains from hedge funds you have to pay the hefty performance fee. That's the game. The management fee is a slightly different bird, one that often rankles investors in hedge funds and private equity funds.
The issue cropped up again at a recent
Should more pensions get tough with hedge funds?
A few pensions have broken new ground when it came to pressing hedge funds to be more transparent about their fees and other dealings. For several years now, CalPERS has been aiming to secure better terms with all alternative investment funds.
The massive pensions tells ai5000 that it's
New Galileo hedge fund to bet on sports
There's a lot of competition out there when it comes to stock investing. Hedge funds ( hedge fund news) are looking for other asset classes with more inefficiencies to exploit. So what to make of a London firm's plans to start up a hedge fund that bets on sports?
The Galileo fund, to be run
Hidden fees in private equity deals
Breakingviews takes a look at the sort of fees that private equity companies charge their portfolio companies and reveals "just how adept the industry is at fortifying its own pockets with a laundry list of fees. Buyout barons win every time."
Specifically, it takes a look at Kohlberg Krav
More private equity firms to waive fees?
We all know the balance of power in alternative investments is swinging to investors. Given the on-going carnage, most people assume that limited partners of private equity have more standing these days to extract more from the general partners.
The move by Bain Capital to temporarily waive it
Get ready for some two and 20 tinkering
The hedge fund industry is no doubt bracing for change. Those that survive will face a new era, one in which the balance of power will reside with the institutions. You can no longer take your limited partners for granted. There will likely be some changes to the traditional--and I do mean tra
Are hedge funds more expensive than mutual funds?
The conventional wisdom holds that hedge funds , with a typical 2 and 20 fee structure, are more expensive than mutual funds, with a roughly 120 basis point expense ratio. But that may not be the case, notes AllAboutAlpha.com . It really comes down to how you apportion the fees within a fund
A winning hedge fund for Jim Simons
You probably know Jim Simons as the man, regularly described as "reclusive," who runs Renaissance Technologies, a quant shop. The firm's Medallion fund, the oldest of its three hedge funds , is on a tear right now. The New York Post reports it was up 48 percent as of the end of July. It was
