Such funds throw around terms like risk parity, equity long-short, market neutral and absolute return.
The company launched four funds earlier this summer called the Rydex SGI Event Driven and Distressed Strategies Fund, the Long Short Interest Rate Strategy Fund, the Long Short Equity Fund and the Alternative Strategies Fund.
As a threshold matter, the interests of an equity investor would not necessarily be aligned with those of ACA or other noteholders, and holders of equity may also hold other long or short positions that offset or exceed their equity exposure.
There also are funds that offer one-stop-shop exposure to a variety of strategies traditionally associated with hedge funds, including long-short equity or nontraditional bond strategies.
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Its smaller Ballistic fund, which focuses on long and short equity positions, returned 9% last year and an average 20% over the past three years.
The bankers acknowledged the compensation -- they had problems with compensation, that they were taking steps on say-on-pay and on long-term equity versus short-term cash.
The universe of hedge fund asset classes is very deep and includes convertible arbitrage, distressed mortgage, long-short equity and global macro, among many other complex strategies.
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It wasn't -- it's not just about ensuring that there is -- that any compensation should be more directly tied to long-term equity versus short-term cash, but you have to make a strong evaluation about the sheer level and size of your compensation in the environment in which we exist.
He also said the sharp rally in equities on Friday may have encouraged unwinding of long gold-short equity trades.
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My final warning is not to become a CEO who sacrifices long-term shareholder equity considerations for short-term financial benefits.
Again, whether they're tying much more of their compensation, again, to long-term equity that does invest immediately instead of to short-term cash.
Indian officials argue that India's capital controls discourage short-term debt, encourage long-term inflows of equity into the country, and generally ensure that capital inflows mostly exceed outflows.
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On the other hand, private-equity firms, with their long-term perspective, have no obvious claim on the short-term trading skills needed to succeed in the hedge-fund business.
And private-equity managers in particular are too keen on short-term profits at the expense of long-term investment and employment.
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But history suggests that if the Dow isn't able to bounce back above 10K in reasonably short amount of time, the U.S. equity markets might be in for some serious, long-term, sideways action.
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