Still, UBS says the data, which is presented on a four-week average, miss a key point: Two weeks ago, based on its client data, UBS says it saw the biggest weekly net selling by hedge funds and long-only funds in this correction.
Buyers stepped in eventually of course, but it was primarily high net worth individuals and hedge funds who had years of experience with the asset class and believed that the bonds continued to be rock-solid.
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On the sell side, while the vast majority of transactions, about 43%, were made by venture capital funds, high-net worth individuals and hedge funds have begun to make their mark, taking a cumulative of about 30%.
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His flagship hedge fund posted net returns of about 30% by betting on stocks and other securities at key times.
The founder and head of Appaloosa Management guided his flagship hedge fund to net returns of nearly 30%.
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Surprisingly, given the hype surrounding the sector, there was probably a modest net outflow of money from hedge funds in 2005.
His hedge fund has posted net returns in excess of 20% for each of the last three years.
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Since individuals, mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds have all been net sellers of US stocks recently, company buying is the only reason stocks are not lots lower in.
Rather, some half of hedge funds investing in Japan had net inflows and a core growth rate of 3.8%.
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Steyer's last year at Farallon was decent enough, with his flagship hedge fund returning 11.42% net, though the performance trailed the U.S. stock market.
Caxton Global Investment returned 0.7% net of fees in 2011, better than the average hedge fund but far from the rate of return Caxton investors have been accustomed to. 2012 has been no kinder to the firm, down -3.4% net of fees through July 2012.
Hedge fund marketing has migrated far from its high net worth origins.
Many hedge funds lost serious money even with a 50% net long construct.
Hedge fund consultants and others who siphon wealth from high-net worth investors often boast that they can get their clients entry into closed managers.
Hedge funds constitute private pools of capital, with investors meeting certain net worth or sophistication requirements.
His flagship hedge fund beat the U.S. stock market, which most hedge funds failed to do, with a 21.2% net return.
According to an index from the firm Rothstein Kass, female hedge fund managers produced a return of nearly 9% through the third quarter of 2012 (based on 67 hedge funds with female owners or managers), while their male counterparts, according to the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index, choked out a mere 2.69% net return through September.
Currently the WF Asian fund is 43% net long, and although it hasn't been around for long, the hedge seems to be working.
We don't pretend to have that ability but would feel safe in recommending that a fraction of your net worth, as much as a tenth, be invested in energy producers as a hedge against your consumer exposure to energy costs.
Coming off of a tough year in 2010, this hedge fund manager introduced a new, leaner management fee of just 1.5% in 2011 and produced net returns of 9% in what would prove to be his final year in the hedge fund business.
It could launch its own hedge fund, offer new credit products or even enter asset management for high-net-worth clients.
His main hedge fund handily beat the market in 2012 and one of his funds scored a net return of 35%.
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The last full year of net redemptions in recent memory was 1994, when 1% of clients' money was pulled out of hedge funds.
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