CEO and CIO were the best-compensated positions at hedge funds of funds in 2007, according to an Infovest21 survey.
Tudor Investment clients have pulled more than $1 billion from its Raptor hedge fund after it fell 8.5% this year.
The hedge fund run by RK Capital Management of London lost 22% in November as copper prices fell.
Greenwich reported significantly smaller losses than the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indexes.
The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index fell by 1.58% in November, but remains up 11.94% year-to-date.
Despite the market's current volatility, the love affair between ultrawealthy investors and hedge funds is still torrid, according to a new survey by the Institute for Private Investors, a New York-based association for very wealthy families and their advisers.
Hedge fund assets have increased by 11% in the past six months, according to HFM.
Hedge fund returns fell November, reflecting declines in the major stock markets, the credit crunch and concerns about business slowdowns.
The regulator is investigating whether financial entities are investing in hedge funds in order to share inside information.
Investors in Bear Stearns' two collapsed hedge funds have filed arbitration claims against firm, according to Reuters.
Last year, returns at the fund topped 30% after it took over some assets from Amaranth Advisors.
Goldman Sachs is aiming to raise up to $6 billion in an effort to patch up the tattered reputation of its hedge fund business.
The now-defunct hedge fund claims that JPMorgan Chase & Co. hindered its efforts to avoid collapse.
And the index has increased 12.75% year-to-date, marking the best performance for the first ten months of the year since 2003.
The Chicago-based private-equity and hedge fund firm posted a net loss of $37.6 million, or 52 cents a share.
Timothy Sykes, the boy wonder investor, who turned $12,415 in bar mitzvah money into $1.65 million by trading stocks, started and folded his own hedge fund. Then he wrote a book about his experiences. Now he is embarking on a new venture.
Global REIT market capitalization was $764 billion as of June 30, up about 25% from the year before, according to a report by Ernst & Young.
Affiliated Managers Group today announced that it had purchased a stake in ValueAct Capital Partners.
Emerging markets took the lion’s share of the new money, as investors poured in $11.4 billion – 61% of the total.
The collapse of some hedge funds may be turning into the next cause celebre for plaintiff's attorneys who file arbitration claims on behalf of investors looking to recoup losses.
