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...Its flagship fund was down 2.1 per cent while its Alpha Strategies fund was up 2.4 per cent, according to people who have seen the figures....
...That will face a major test as Carlyle now raises new buyout funds in Europe and Asia where, as in the US, the predecessor funds have yet to earn stellar returns....
...artificially higher Sharpe ratios, alphas, and top-line returns, such as IRRs, to their trustees or other overseers....
...Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater took a hit with its flagship Pure Alpha fund down more than 10 per cent, even as its All Weather fund has recorded gains....
...the present generation of bosses to in effect sell off rights to future income breaks the sacred principle that buyout professionals only “eat what they kill”, dulling the impulse to generate elusive “alpha...
...While Tudor, Moore, Brevan Howard and Caxton have delivered so far in 2020, the flagship “Pure Alpha” fund at Bridgewater was down almost 14 per cent for the year through June, according to people familiar...
...The Renaissance Institutional Equities fund was up 14.2 per cent while its institutional Diversified Alpha fund returned 4.7 per cent....
...Financier Chinh Chu’s first solo acquisition was supposed to be a quick reorganisation and initial public offering for his newly established private fund, CC Capital Management....
...year were able to boost their earnings on the back of their own money that was invested and an increase in fees, Mr Dalio was an outlier, with Bridgewater returning only low single-digit gains in its Pure Alpha...
...He said feedback about the plans for a new fee structure in Europe had been positive, although there were discussions about what percentage of alpha — or outperformance — clients are willing to pay for....
...“Masa has brought out the Alpha male in everyone,” says one venture capital investor with offices on both sides of the Pacific....
...Mr Buxton made his name as a top-performing fund manager after running his Alpha Plus fund at Schroders for more than a decade....
...’s largest listed fund manager....
...fate [of Fannie and Freddie] have always been more likely to emerge via the political process, rather than the courts and judiciary,” said Charles Gabriel, president of the policy analysis group Capital Alpha...
...The funds that AMG is buying into span a range of investment strategy risk profiles, but are “on the alpha side of the barbell”, as far from passive management as possible, according to Sean Healey, AMG...
...The world’s 25 best paid hedge fund managers took home a combined $12.94bn, according to an annual ranking compiled by Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine, more than 10 per cent up on the $11.62bn reported...
...That ranch has legendary status among hedge fund alpha males as a place where Mr Bass’s friends go to shoot with his collection of firearms (“not more than 100”; and all registered with the Department of...
...However, RIFF was ended primarily because many investors preferred the Renaissance Institutional Alpha Funds, which was set up in 2012 and invested in futures and cash equities....
...“The pot has swollen since the oil price slumped, with new money flowing into funds,” says Wood Mac’s Luke Parker....
...At the other end of the performance scale, three macro funds, including Mellon Capital’s $871m Offshore Alpha Access fund, the $851m Rubicon Global fund and the $417m Eagle Global fund, are the worst performers...
...● Simon Brazier, head of UK equities at Threadneedle Investments, is to join Investec Asset Management in November to run equity funds consistent with his current £2bn alpha strategy....
...Institutional Investor’s Alpha calculates the earnings based on what fees the hedge fund charges its investors, which can vary from fund to fund, and also based on the stake managers hold in the management...
...Rice Energy, a shale oil and gas explorer run by Mr Rice’s son, signed a joint venture with one of the companies in his BlackRock energy fund, Alpha Natural Resources....
...Herbalife, meanwhile, has tried to turn the tables on the hedge fund, going active on the activist investor’s investors, according to Bloomberg....
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