Hedge Funds Are Ready for New Boom in Start-Ups

November 10, 2009

There are tough new regulations on the horizon. There are scandals and arrests. Investors, shaken by the credit crunch, are nervous about taking risks.

Yes, there has never been a better time to polish your CV, shine your shoes and start a new hedge fund. ... (read more)

Goldman Sees Hedge Fund Rebound

November 4, 2009

Goldman Sachs sees institutions allocating more money to hedge funds, the investment bank stated in a report Wednesday. The report was on Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, one of the few publicly-traded hedge funds. ... (read more)

Hedge Funds Step Up Wall St. Talent Hunt

October 30, 2009

Megan Nicholson worked on Wall Street for three-and-a-half years for firms like Lehman Brothers and Barclays Capital, but this year she decamped for a hedge fund that has just opened its doors in Chapel Hill, N.C. ... (read more)

Hedge fund leaders gain clout

October 16, 2009

Hedge fund managers - a secretive, lightly regulated group portrayed by some as villains in last year's financial meltdown - appear to have a new degree of clout on Capitol Hill in shaping legislation that will determine how they will be regulated. ... (read more)

UBS Approached by 50 Potential Hedge-Fund Startups

October 16, 2009

UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank, has been approached by about 50 potential hedge-fund startups in the Asia-Pacific region as the industry recovers from record losses in 2008. ... (read more)

Hedge Funds Began Hiring Frenzy in Late August, Heidrick Says

October 15, 1009

Hedge-fund firms went on a hiring binge in late August and September as they sought to rebuild assets under management after the industry's worst year, according to Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. ... (read more)

Hedge Fund Hiring Bounces Back

October 13, 2009

The number of new hedge fund jobs more than doubled in September, after bottoming out in August, according to a new report.

More than 80 new hedge fund job postings appeared in September, after bottoming out at about 40 in August, HedgeFundJobList.com reports. It was the highest number of new hedge fund jobs in six months. ... (read more)

Hedge Fund Assets May Rise 10% in Second Half

October 6, 2009

Global hedge fund industry assets could recover by 10 percent or more during the second half of 2009, according to one data provider, after a tough first half in which investors continued to pull out their cash. ... (read more)