Over the last few months, BHA analysts have increasingly seen investors express interest in evaluating hedge funds focused on the next wave of emerging markets, with specific interest in funds with an expertise in frontier markets in South East Asia, … Continue reading
Newly qualified BHA mandates for the month of January 2011 show 60 percent of hedge fund investors profiled during this time period having interest in hedge funds run by emerging managers having less than $200M in assets under management. This … Continue reading
For most of 2010, Brighton House analysts found it difficult to pin down investors who were interested in the private equity space. Investors, still wary of the effects from the financial crisis, did not deem the private equity fund space … Continue reading
As any fund manager throughout the last one hundred years can confirm, socially responsible investment opportunities or SRI’s have always been popular among investors. Nearly one out of every eight dollars under professional management in the United States today (12.2 … Continue reading
Hedge funds saw another profitable year in 2010 and in turn have seen inflows of capital from investors. While the year end numbers have not been finalized, according to Hedge Fund Research, hedge funds gained an average 3.2% in December, … Continue reading
Over the last quarter, the BHA analyst team has compiled over 700 hedge fund mandates, of which roughly 35% indicated interest in emerging markets, representing a 15% increase over the same period from one year earlier. The BHA analyst team … Continue reading
There are two types of emerging mangers. The first type consists of seasoned veterans in the industry who have spent most of their working careers at an established firm, running massive portfolios, building a reputation and canvassing the globe speaking … Continue reading
Alpha is a technical risk ratio used by portfolio managers to determine risk/reward profiles of potential investments. It is a statistic used to demonstrate or represent the value a portfolio manager adds to or subtracts from a fund’s return. It … Continue reading
In the past year, the investor community as a whole has taken steps in order to increase their internal or external operational due diligence process in some fashion. Investors have chosen a number of different methods in order to successfully … Continue reading
In 2010 the hedge fund industry was dominated by larger funds that were able to win an immense share of the allocations from institutional investors. A great example of this came in the third quarter, where, more than $14bn of … Continue reading