redemptions news from FierceFinance

We noted recently that hedge funds are having an easier time at fund raising than private equity funds. In fact, hedge funds took in $54 billion in new investments in August, September, October and... Read more...

We've noted recently that hedge funds have once again reclaimed the $2 trillion mark. It's been a good year, and institutions are again turning on the spigots. Inflows have been positive for eight... Read more...

So, is this why you clamp down on redemptions? Citadel Investment Group will return millions to customers who sought--but didn't get--redemptions last year. Since then, the funds have stabilized to... Read more...

Och-Ziff was one of the few hedge funds that bucked a trend last year, that saw many other funds block redemptions. One could argue that the decision has cost the company; it's assets under... Read more...

Is the glass half full or half empty for Fortress? No doubt it had a bad 2008, when it lost $3 million. It was also forced to temporarily cease redemptions from its flagship hedge fund, Drawbridge... Read more...

Our take on hedge funds has been that while there has been lots of negative news, the big institutions still seemed quite enamored of these funds and wouldn't scale back in drastic fashion. That... Read more...

Fortress has certainly been in the news a lot recently. In the wake of the Vanity Fair article that held it up as a prime symbol of the times, it has released fourth quarter earnings, and the results... Read more...

A troubled trend in hedge fund land: Redemptions are soaring even at solid hedge funds with strong performance. Hedge funds, according to Morningstar, lost $19 billion via redemptions in November... Read more...

Reading the papers, it's tempting to conclude that hedge funds are high-risk endeavors that are prone to spectacular flameouts. But AllAboutAlpha.com notes some recent research that suggests... Read more...

What is a hedge fund firm like Citadel to do? It's top two funds--Kensington and Wellington--each fell more than 50 percent in 2008. Both were forced to clamp down on redemptions. Such losses would... Read more...