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Sothic Capital European Opportunities Fund: Sothic Capital Management

As the European distressed cycle begins, Gertjan (GJ) Koomen, chief investment officer at Sothic, believes there will be many opportunities in distressed corporates over several years.

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Feb 2012secure

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Investors focus on risk reduction as hedge fund performance becomes secondary issue

Institutional investors are now the main money behind hedge funds. While expectations of absolute return have been scaled down, focus is on maximising risk adjusted returns through bespoke portfolios....

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Feb 2012secure

Blackstone fund of hedge funds business has net $6.4 billion inflow

Blackstone Group’s fund of hedge funds business had net inflows of $6.4 billion in 2011 despite flat performance for many funds. Assets under management grew 14% in 2011 to close to $38 billion.

Hedge Funds Review | 03 Feb 2012secure

Legg Mason targets mass-affluent investors with Permal FoHF

Legg Mason has launched a registered version of Permal’s fixed income fund of hedge funds for US accredited investors. The FoHF focuses on developed, emerging market and hedged fixed income strategies.......

Hedge Funds Review | 02 Feb 2012secure

Video: Alcentra’s Paul Hatfield, CIO, and Graham Rainbow, senior loan portfolio manager, talk about leveraged loans as an asset class

Alcentra says sub-investment grade leveraged loans are becoming an accepted asset class in Europe as the market develops. Institutional investors are the norm in Europe compared with retail in the US....

Hedge Funds Review | 01 Feb 2012 | screening image

Investable indexes: December 2011 returns

Broad hedge fund performance was down or flat for the end of 2011, with returns for the year in negative territory. There was some positive performance to be found in specific strategies.

Hedge Funds Review | 31 Jan 2012

European corporate debt restructurings likely to peak in first half of 2012

Continued challenges for European corporates will lead to more restructurings in 2012 but with few hedge funds dedicated to distress, opportunities to deploy capital to the strategy will be limited.

Hedge Funds Review | 25 Jan 2012secure

Sponsored video: Exploiting long/short credit arbitrage strategies

Credit markets are experiencing unprecedented volatility as hedge fund managers focus on liquid high-quality credits at or near the top of the capital structure and avoid riskier bonds and loans.

Hedge Funds Review | 25 Jan 2012 | screening imagesecure

Hedge funds eye European distressed debt opportunity

High-yield credit and distressed debt strategies are likely to be the best sources of alpha in 2012, according to hedge fund managers speaking at the Gaim 2012 conference in Boca Raton, Florida.

Hedge Funds Review | 24 Jan 2012secure

Institutional investors in $1bn club set to allocate even more money to hedge funds in 2012

Data and intelligence provider Preqin says institutional investors allocating $1 billion or more to hedge funds will be key to shaping the industry. Many are allocating to emerging hedge fund managers.......

Hedge Funds Review | 16 Jan 2012secure

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