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New
hedge funds worldwide raised less money in 2006, on the collapse of
Amaranth Advisors, which lost about $6.6 billion in two weeks, the largest
hedge-fund collapse ever.
Continue reading... "New Hedge Funds Raised Less Money in 2006: 86 Largest Funds Raised $31B" »
Continue reading... "Some 5.1% of the Hedge Funds Shut Down Last Year" »
A record $126.5 billion new money flowed into the hedge fund industry
last year, nearly tripling the $46.9 billion in new money they attracted
in 2005, according to Hedge Fund Research, which tracks more than 10,500
hedge funds. Hedge funds total assets under management soared 29% in 2006 to $1.4
trillion.
Continue reading... "New Money Flow into Hedge Funds Nearly Tripled to $126.5B in 2006 " »
The
top decile U.S. endowments were almost 50% invested in “alternatives”
- hedge funds, private equity, real estate, distressed debt, energy and
natural resources and venture capital -, and reported
returns in excess of 16.8% in 2006, according to the
2007 Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Educational Endowments.
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Hedge funds returned 13% globally in 2006, compared with a 15.8% increase (including dividends) by the S&P 500 Index, according to to Hedge Fund Research report today. It was the biggest gain for hedge funds since the 19.6% gain in 2003. |
Continue reading... "Hedge Funds Finish 2006 with Best Performance 3 Years, But Fall Short of S&P" »
The value of
global professionally managed assets — those for which a management fee is paid
— grew by around 15% to $49.1 trillion in 2005, with
capital inflows driven largely by growth in Europe and Continue reading... "Playing the Long Game in $49 trillion Global Asset Management - BCG Report" »
| 2004 | 2006 | 2010 | |
| U.S. institutional investment in hedge funds | $60 Billion | $300 Billion | $1 Trillion |
Continue reading... "Global Institutional Demand for Hedge Funds to Triple to $1 Trillion by 2010" »
The
biggest U.S. hedge funds are closing in on the $1 trillion mark, with
their combined assets under management hitting $984 billion on July 1,
according to the latest semi-annual
survey (pdf) published by Absolute Return magazine, a unit of
HedgeFund Intelligence.
Combined assets of firms with over $1 billion reach $984B
218 US hedge fund firms have over $1 billion under management
Top 20 firms control a third of the assets
65 firms manage $5 billion or more
Assets of the 218 hedge fund companies with more than $1 billion under management, known as the Absolute Return Billion Dollar Club, gained on average 15% since the beginning of the year, despite a rocky performance for many hedge funds in May and June.
Continue reading... "TOP U.S. HEDGE FUND ASSETS NEAR $1 TRILLION - Billion Dollar Club Survey" »
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$115 Billion |
Assets under management of Asia Pacific
invested or located hedge funds almost doubled from about $60 billion to nearly $115 billion
in 2005, according to AsiaHedge of HedgeFund
Intelligence.
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