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Funds' net short position in two-year futures is now a record 1.278 million contracts. A short position is essentially a wager an asset's price will fall, and a long position is a bet it will rise. STERLING FLIPIn currencies, meanwhile, funds ramped up their broad, net long dollar position by $5.4 billion in the week to $8.45 billion. At around 114,000 contracts, it is now close to July's 118,000, which was the biggest net short position since February 2018. The CFTC data also showed that funds flipped to a net short sterling position for the first time since April.

Persons: STERLING, Jamie McGeever, Lincoln Organizations: Futures Trading Commission, Bank of, Reuters, Thomson Locations: ORLANDO, Florida, Bank of Japan

☆ Hedge funds land bonuses despite returns below bank savings rates -Goldman
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Savings accounts currently offer interest rates of about 5.5% in the United States, and 3.75% in Europe. About 73% of the investors surveyed were based in the United States, Goldman said in the note sent to clients on Monday. Reuters GraphicsMost investors use an index compiled by Hedge Fund Research (HFR) to determine whether or not their hedge fund has performed well enough to earn a bonus or performance fee. Reuters GraphicsSome agreements between a hedge fund and their investors base fees not on a minimum threshold but on a past high the hedge fund has hit, a so-called high-water mark. Half of the investors surveyed said hedge funds met their expectations this year but only 8% said they had outperformed, the lowest proportion since 2018.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Nell Mackenzie, Elisa Martinuzzi, Dhara Ranasinghe, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, Savings, Reuters Graphics, Hedge Fund Research, Reuters, Thomson Locations: United States, Europe, Anecdotally

In the two months since hedge funds began bailing on their record net short position in S&P 500 futures their equity returns have accelerated, narrowing the yawning year-to-date underperformance versus the broader market. Against that backdrop, perhaps not, although the weekly momentum on funds' S&P 500 futures positioning is the most bullish since December 2021. Reuters ImageReuters ImageReuters ImageThe latest CFTC figures show that hedge funds' net short position in e-mini S&P 500 futures at the end of July was around 200,000 contracts, the smallest net short since March. Just two months ago, at the end of May, funds were net short to the tune of 434,000 contracts, the largest net short position on record since these contracts were launched in 1997. If equity strategy-based hedge funds are slowly turning their poor 2023 performance around, their macro fund peers continue to struggle.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Jamie McGeever, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, HFRI, Futures, Reuters, CFTC, ICE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, ORLANDO, Florida

☆ How Citadel, Millennium, Point72 and other hedge fund giants stack up as they enter the second half of a challenging year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hedge funds have reached the halfway point in a challenging year. The first half of 2023 was not how hedge fund managers drew it up. They invested heavily in global macro hiring late last year, expecting plenty more runway in the strategy's revival after a blockbuster 2022. Overall, the hedge fund industry lags far behind, gaining just 1.23% through May, according to the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index. Citadel's strength has been one of the few certainties in an otherwise uncertain year for hedge funds.

Persons: Ken Griffin's, Izzy Englander's, Here's, Steve Cohen's Point72 Organizations: Millennium, Suisse, HFRI, Ken Griffin's Citadel, Citadel Wellington, Carlson, Global Locations: Wellington

☆ Man Group CEO takes home biggest pay package since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Man Group (EMG.L), as a public company traded on London's FTSE 100 index, is a rarity among hedge funds. Large investors such as pension schemes and sovereign wealth funds use hedge funds to guard against broader market volatility. The broader HFRI Composite Index, which tracks the performance of hedge funds, rose by about 12% in 2020, according to data firm Hedge Fund Research (HFR). Over the last three years, Man Group, which uses discretionary and computer led strategies to trade, has taken in $18.7 billion of new client money and made $11.5 billion in investment gains. In 2008, Peter Clarke, the former CEO of the hedge fund, took home $14 million.

☆ As rivals surged in 2022, ExodusPoint shed assets and employees amid mixed performance. It reshuffled its business in November.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Alex Morrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

a hedge fund recruiter said, commenting on the calculus for hedge fund investors. At the end of 2021, the fund's exposure had been evenly split between fixed-income and equities, according to the investor documents. In all, more than 60 portfolio managers departed or were let go in 2022, according to the investor documents and people close to the matter. After the shakeup, ExodusPoint's income stream is now even more reliant on fixed-income trading — and that may not be such a bad thing. "The fixed income piece is doing incredibly well," another hedge fund recruiter said.

☆ Hedge funds in 2022 post worst performance since 2018, dragged down by equities -HFR data
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Carolina Mandl | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Overall, hedge funds fell 4.25% last year, according to the HFRI 500 Fund Weighted Composite Index, which tracks many of the biggest global hedge fund performances. Equity hedge funds notched the worst performance in 2022 among the four main hedge funds categories tracked by HFR. Despite their massive losses, crypto hedge funds account for a tiny part of the industry's $3.8 trillion in assets. Macro hedge funds outperformed the industry, HFR showed. Macro hedge funds trade globally a broad range of assets, such as bonds, currencies, rates, stocks and commodities.

☆ Hedge fund fees fall to lowest level since 2008 financial crisis -HFR
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Hedge fund fees have dropped to their lowest level since the global financial crisis in 2008, research firm Hedge Fund Research (HFR) said on Friday, as high inflation and recession fears hit investors. HFR said hedge fund base fees fell from the second to the third quarter of 2022 by one basis point (bps) to an estimated 1.35% and that average incentive fees tumbled 4 bps to 16.01%. Both estimated fees represent their lowest levels since HFR began publishing the estimates in 2008, a note from the firm added. The top hedge funds in their weighted composite index had a positive 10.9% return while the bottom decile averaged a negative 14.3%. The hedge funds that are easy to get into might not be the best ones to invest in, he added.

☆ Meet the 11 execs leading Bridgewater into a new era after Ray Dalio relinquished control of the hedge fund
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Alyson Velati | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Bridgewater AssociatesAs cochief investment officer, Jensen oversees Bridgewater's investment strategies and research efforts as well as its investment talent. Karen Karniol-Tambour, cochief investment officer for sustainabilityKaren Karniol-Tambour, Bridgewater's cochief investment officer for sustainability. Rebecca Patterson, chief investment strategistBridgewater's chief investment strategist, Rebecca Patterson. In 2012, she joined as the chief investment officer of Bessemer Trust, managing $85 billion in client assets. The partnership elected three directors to Bridgewater's operating board of directors, which now has control over Bridgewater after Dalio relinquished control of the hedge fund.

☆ $14 billion Schonfeld is launching a new credit unit as the hedge fund continues its growth tear
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Alyson Velati | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

$14 billion Schonfeld Strategic Advisors has rolled out a credit unit within its new macro trading business that launched earlier this year. Silverman and Aubrey joined in July and August, respectively, following Anchorage shutting its $7.4 billion hedge fund last December. The expanding credit business is part of Schonfeld's recent growth tear. In January, the firm is rolling out long/short credit strategies across the credit quality spectrum in the US and plans to add APAC and EMEA strategies over time. The HFRI Asset Weighted Index gained 1.1% for September, increasing the year-to-date return to 3.8%, according to Hedge Fund Research data.

☆ Hedge funds see $26 bln in net outflows in Q3 - HFR
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

NEW YORK, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Global investors redeemed $26 billion from hedge funds in the third quarter, in the second consecutive quarter of net asset outflows, industry data provider HFR said on Thursday. In the year, investors pulled out $33.7 billion from hedge funds worldwide, HFR showed, as poor performance has spooked pension funds, endowments and family offices. The HFRI fund-weighted composite index is down 6.66% this year through September, as portfolio managers struggle to navigate highly volatile markets. Assets in the hedge fund industry fell almost $220 billion since the end of 2021, to $3.7 trillion, hit by poor performance and redemptions. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Carolina Mandl, in New YorkOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Asia hedge fund losses grow in Q3, poised for worst year since 2008
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Summer Zhen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

“It’s a very painful third quarter for (Asia) hedge fund managers’ performance. Repeated lockdowns in many Chinese cities, a risk-off mode ahead of the party congress and geopolitical risks affected market sentiment. The magnitude of central bank policy moves and frequent macro headlines created profitable trading opportunities for macro hedge funds globally, analysts said. The HFRI Asia ex-Japan Index tracks funds that target more than 50% of their investments in the Asia ex-Japan region. Japan-focused hedge funds fared relatively well, with the HFRI Asia index that includes Japan, down just 3.3% in September and 3.9% this year.

☆ Turbulent markets jolt currency hedge funds from decade-long slumber
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Nell Mackenzie | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

But a post-crisis wash of central bank quantitative easing and developed-world interest rates barely above zero sapped the near $7 trillion-a-day global currency markets of the kind of flows that hedge funds thrive on. Similarly, HFR’s HFRI 500 Currency Index, which also tracks these funds, is up 8.29%, its best performance since 2007 and soundly beating the 3.8% rise in a broader hedge fund index. The years of muted volatility culled existing currency hedge funds and deterred the creation of new ones, a process which typically takes 7-8 months. (Currency hedge fund launches and closures )A few stuck it out. It has a $4.5 billion currency fund and a $4.4 multi-asset fund, recent public disclosures showed.

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☆ Back hedge funds to outperform equities and bonds this year, UBS says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amid this environment, hedge funds have broadly outperformed and are "well placed to navigate current market volatility," according to a new report by UBS. Research by the Swiss investment bank shows that hedge funds gained 0.4% in August while global stocks declined by more than 4%. The chart below shows how hedge funds have consistently beaten broader equity indexes this year. For example, despite a more-than 8% fall in the MSCI World Index in April and June, hedge funds returned 2.3% and -0.7% for the two respective months. In such a scenario, UBS said it prefers hedge funds that offer "macro strategies" that can trade on volatile markets.

☆ Anxious investors are piling into hedge funds
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Julia Horowitz | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

London (CNN Business) For years, the climate for hedge funds was tough. That's boosting interest in hedge funds, through which professional investors try to beat the market by deploying less-conventional approaches. Investors trying to capitalize on turmoil in commodity markets have done particularly well, according to Robert Sears, chief investment officer at Capital Generation Partners, which invests in hedge funds for wealthy families. "Until we get into the cycle of earnings going down and the Federal Reserve starting to ease policy, really you're set for an environment when hedge funds should do quite well," Sears told me. Investors see an 80% probability that the Fed will hike interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday.

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