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Hedge fund compensation falls
So how bleak is the hedge fund industry right now? Glocap says that compensation for 2011 is running 10 percent lower, mostly reflecting tough markets in the third quarter. Of course, average figures mean little. What really matters is how specific funds are faring. There are plenty of winners thi
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
Carried interest tax debates ignites again
The Obama Administration's proposed jobs bill has revived the idea of raising the tax on carried interest, the portion of an alternative investment manager's income that stems from performance.
Such income is now taxed at the very low capital gains rate instead of the ordinary income rate. Man
Private equity real estate funds stage recovery
In a sign of the rising fortunes of private equity real estate funds, a Goldman Sachs $2.5 billion mezzanine fund has competed its largest deal to date.
According to Deal Journal , the fund has teamed up with GIC, a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, to loan $481 million to Blackstone Group
How far will John Paulson's hedge fund paycheck tumble?
So how far will John Paulson's paycheck tumble this year? Last year, some have estimated that the hedge fund kingpin personally made $5 billion, a nearly unfathomable amount, reflecting $1 billion in performance and management fees from his funds and the rests from his personal stake in those fund
Hedge funds fare poorly in dollar-weighted returns
The dirty little secret for a lot of investment advisors and brokerages is that it's really hard to deliver an appropriate measure of true investment return to the client. This is especially true of hedge funds, where the reported return figure, in the media especially, often doesn't even factor i
Most hedge funds are below high-water marks
It's been a trying year for hedge funds ( hedge fund news), after a solid--even spectacular--2009. Here's one way to look at the industry's woes: About 54 percent of all hedge funds are below their high-water marks, according to research firm AR.
Barring a tremendous last-quarter rebound, w
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
Supreme Court ruling to help or hurt mutual funds?
A 2004 suit filed by investors against Harris Associates, the adviser to the Oakmark Funds, was closely watched all the way to the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs held that Harris charged excessive management fees ( management fees news) and thus breached its fiduciary duty. The eye-popping claim
At Och-Ziff, more signs of rebound
Och-Ziff has been on a fund raising tear as of late. The Financial Times reports the fund firm has taken in more than $500 million in fresh client money over the past six weeks. That surpasses the net amount taken in by the group over the last six months of 2009. This may reflect a better fund
