hedge-funds

Hamilton Nolan · 03/27/15 10:16AM

Why are hedge funds rushing to rebrand themselves as anything besides "hedge funds?" As one hedge fund manager explains, "Labels can create a lot of emotions."

Hamilton Nolan · 12/03/14 02:41PM

A major investor's group has proposed that hedge funds generate "gains above market benchmarks before charging incentive fees"—in other words, that they be worth the fees that they charge. Outrageous!

Hamilton Nolan · 12/02/14 05:10PM

"Hedge funds are shutting at a rate not seen since the financial crisis, as many managers post disappointing returns and an elite group of firms dominate money raising," Bloomberg reports. "Hedge funds, on average, have returned just 2 percent in 2014."

America Rewards the Deserving

Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/14 11:24AM

The business world is giddy and agog at the rip-roaring return of mergers and acquisitions. M&A is back! Just yesterday, two mega-deals worth $100 billion were announced. Some people are getting very, very rich. The deserving people, that is.

Everyone Knows Hedge Funds Are a Ripoff

Hamilton Nolan · 09/11/14 10:35AM

Hedge fund are organizations designed to take money from wealthy investors and—through sophisticated financial wizardry—use that money to enrich hedge fund managers. Shockingly, many professional investors believe hedge fund managers are overpaid.

Hamilton Nolan · 06/03/14 11:16AM

The prime achievement of Steve Fishman's new profile of Steven A. Cohen, the billionaire hedge fund titan tarnished by insider trading allegations, is this quote: "On vacation one year, he ran into a fellow hedge-fund manager: 'It's not fair,' he complained. 'Why me?'"

Hamilton Nolan · 05/15/14 02:16PM

Hedge fund manager David Tepper warned yesterday that the stock market is "dangerous right now," and advised against betting on its rise. Today, the markets are down sharply. And that's how David Tepper made $3.5 billion last year.

How Much Is Too Much to Pay a Rich Person For Being Incompetent?

Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 10:40AM

Are you rich? No? Then the servicey aspect of this post this probably doesn't apply to you. But if you're rich, you probably want to know how you can be richer, right? Here's the secret: Do less work. And the work you do, do it worse. In other words, be a hedge fund manager!

How to Make a Hedge Fund Ad

Hamilton Nolan · 02/21/14 12:09PM

Hedge funds, sophisticated financial vehicles using strategies that can—whether the market is up or down—enrich hedge fund managers, are now allowed to advertise to the public. Problem: they suck at it. Can we help them?

Hamilton Nolan · 12/06/13 05:33PM

Our condolences to all the high fee-paying hedge fund investors out there. Better luck next year.