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Investment strategies: what you need to learn from Bridgewater case

Bridgewater manages $170bn in assets Bridgewater Associates with $170bn in assets under management is the largest hedge fund. Founded by Ray Dalio in 1975 out...

How to Set Up a Hedge Fund

How to Set Up a Hedge Fund Hedge funds have been a huge success for the most part ever since their conception. A large number...

Swedish fund and FX market strategy, tech and growth – Interview...

Scandinavian Capital Markets - SCMForex.com's Chief Investment Officer David Bouchahda talks with Hedgethink.com about the new Swedish fund strategy, technology and the rapid growth...

Why Create A Fund Or A Hedge Fund? Part 2 –...

In the previous post within the series on "The Pragmatic Hedge Fund Manager" we presented the Upside part of creation of Hedge Fund. As...

KKR Leads $15M Round of Funding For Alternative Investment Platform Artivest

Artivest, a cutting-edge technology platform that connects leading private equity and hedge funds with a wider audience of suitable investors, announced a $15 million...

Hedge Funds Return in First Quarter 2015

“The powerful hedge fund performance trends which emerged in late 2014 accelerated through 2015, with quantitative, trend following CTA’s posting uncorrelated gains across long...

Hedge Funds: Constant Vetting Required

by Timothy Mohr, Principal & National Financial Services Advisory leader, BDO Consulting The hedge fund industry is undergoing a period of immense and rapid change....

Top 3 Hedge Fund Strategies for 2015

The Hedge Funds Industry, once known for short selling and leverage, now uses many sophisticated strategies to earn returns for investors. Hedge funds employ...

Top Ten Strategies Hedge Funds Use to Make Huge Returns

Many people know hedge funds as the big brother of mutual funds. Mutual funds are riskier but they make more returns which is what...

Top Hedge Fund Strategies

Hedge funds are not regulated as strictly as other forms of investments, such as mutual funds. This helped it garner the attention of many...

What Are Options and Why Trade Them

What Are Options? Options are another financial instrument used by investors, day in and day out, to trade on stock and bond markets. Unlike many...

Market Neutrality Principle in Hedge Fund Strategy

What Is The Principle of Market Neutrality? Market Neutrality is another Hedge Fund Strategy that has been developed with one goal in mind, i.e. to...

Funds of Hedge Funds Defined

So far, we have discussed the various strategies that Hedge Funds use to earn profits and operate in a financial market. The main purpose...

Equity Long-Only Defined

What is Equity Long-Only Investments? There is a strong connection between Equity Long-Only Investments and Hedge Funds. Where the latter has always been in search...

Fixed Income Arbitrage Defined

  Apart from the many investment strategies define previously, Fixed Income Arbitrage is another move used by institutional traders. It is particularly popular with Hedge...

Global Macro Strategy

What is a Global Macro Strategy? Global macro is defined as a hedge fund strategy in which the fund invests and takes long and short...

Guide to Research on Hedge Funds: Part 4 Hedging Your Bets:...

Funds of hedge funds: An Alternative Investment Strategy Funds of hedge funds are an alternative investment strategy whereas the investment portfolio consists of a number...

Equity Long-Short Defined

Equity Long-Short Defined Understanding the financial and investment market requires some knowledge of basic principles of buying and selling securities. There are a number of...

Guide to research on Hedge Funds: Part 2 Essentials

Hedge funds can be categorized, not only according to the investment strategies used by them, but by the different types of the funds as...
Branding

Guide to Hedge Funds Part 5 – Branding

The 2008 financial crisis drastically tarnished the reputation of hedge funds and, as a result, the entire investment climate changed. The investment in securities...
investment risk

Guide to Hedge Funds and Branding – Part 4 Hedge Fund...

Hedge funds have thrived as an industry in the recent years due to their attractive promise of high returns, favourable policies, sophisticated strategies and...

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