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Merrill to Acquire
Stake in Goodman's GSO Hedge Fund (Update2)
Source:
Bloomberg
Merrill Lynch & Co., the world's biggest brokerage, agreed to
buy a minority stake in Bennett Goodman's GSO Capital Partners
LP, the firm's second investment in a hedge fund in eight
months. More...
OECD says hedge funds
highlight need for stress testing, education
Source:
MarketWatch
Hedge funds help provide liquidity and reduce volatility in
financial markets, but because of their complexity and the
growth of the structured products they often trade, portfolios
should be stress-tested for the impact of a worst-case scenario,
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said
in a report published Monday.
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Packer cashes up in hedge-fund float
Source:
The Age
JAMES Packer is expected to supply more evidence the bull market
is full of believers as early as today by unveiling plans for a
$600 million hedge fund float.
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RCG Preps Global Fund Of Hedge Funds
Source:
FINalternatives
Alternative asset management shop RCG Capital Advisors is
gearing up to launch a global equity long/short fund of funds in
the third quarter. The new hedge fund offering will start out
investing with about 20 managers, each of whom typically has a
track record of two or more years, so emerging managers need not
apply.
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Term of the Day & Related News |
Derivatives
A derivative is a financial contract whose payoffs over a period
of time are derived from the performance of assets, interest
rates, exchange rates, or indices. This performance can
determine both the amount and the timing of the payoffs. These
payoffs can be in cash, as well as be the delivery of the
underlying asset. The indices can range from a stock market
index or the consumer price index (CPI) to an index of weather
conditions.
One use of derivatives is as a tool to transfer risk. For
example, farmers can sell futures contracts on a crop to a
speculator before the harvest. The farmer offloads (or hedges)
the risk that the price will rise or fall, and the speculator
accepts the risk with the possibility of a large reward. The
farmer knows for certain the revenue he will get for the crop
that he will grow; the speculator will make a profit if the
price rises, but also risks making a loss if the price falls.
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Derivatives contracts prosper in '06
Source: InvestmentNews
Over-the-counter derivatives contracts flowered to $415 trillion
in notional amounts during the second half of 2006, a 12% gain,
the Bank for International Settlements said.
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Super Derivatives tops "Inside Market" provider rankings
Source:
Globes Online
SuperDerivatives, a developer of software for multi-option asset
pricing and risk management has won the “Best Data Provider for
Derivatives” rating by financial institutions and corporations
in investor news magazine "Inside Market" Data Awards for 2007.
The company's competitors included global news agencies such as
"Reuters" and "Bloomberg."
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Scholarly Article & Related News |
The Diversification Properties of Hedge Fund Investments
by
Eckhard Freimann
This study analyses the trade off between manager specific
and systematic risk of portfolio of hedge funds. We compare
the properties of naively constructed portfolios with those
of fund of hedge funds, in order to assess the added value
of the hedge fund managers. The results suggest that the
hedge fund investor is confronted with the dilemma of having
either a concentrated portfolio with a high volatility but a
low systematic risk or holding a well diversified portfolio
with a low volatility but a high systematic risk...
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Are You in the Right Stocks?
Source:
The Motley Fool
One thing that often gets lost in all the talk of
sizzling stocks and 20-baggers is the benefit of
diversification. It's a concept every investor can
understand and profit from.
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‘REMFs will allow
greater diversification across cities’
Source:
The Financial Express
While the RBI has asked banks to slow their exposure on
the real estate sector sensing a bubble, the sector
continues gets a slow and steady flow of investments
from private equity players. Anuj Puri, MD, Trammell
Crow Meghraj, advises investors to reposition,
redevelop, and efficiently refinance their portfolios,
which ensures converting a sub-performing asset to a
stabilised asset.
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Book of the Day & Related News |
Book Description
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China`s futures investors to have security fund
Source:
Zee News
China will set up a fund worth up to $103.9 million to
compensate futures investors in case their brokers fail
to pay back their margin, the securities watchdog said.
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ICE sees first Dubai
crude oil futures trade
Source:
Reuters
ICE Futures (ICE.N: Quote, Profile, Research new Dubai
sour crude oil futures contract saw its first trade
early on Monday in the opening salvo of ICE's battle
with the New York Mercantile Exchange for the dominant
Middle East contract.
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Fire damages London landmark Cutty Sark
Source:
The Los Angeles Times
London's famous maritime landmark, the Cutty Sark,
suffered substantial damage today after an early morning
fire engulfed the national treasure and destroyed much
of its deck and planking.
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'Shrek The Third' Tops US Box Office Sales
Source:
VOA News
A green ogre reigns atop the latest U.S. box office
list. Shrek The Third took in $122 million in its first
weekend - the best-ever debut for an animated film,
according to studio estimates. The DreamWorks production
bested the $108 million opening of its predecessor,
2004's Shrek 2.
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