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The sociologist Alfred W. Jones is credited with coining the phrase "hedged fund" [15] [16] and is credited with creating the first hedge fund structure in 1949. [17] Jones referred to his fund as being "hedged", a term then commonly used on Wall Street to describe the management of investment risk due to changes in the financial markets. [18]
A fund of hedge funds is a fund of funds that invests in a portfolio of different hedge funds to provide broad exposure to the hedge fund industry and to diversify the risks associated with a single investment fund. Funds of hedge funds select hedge fund managers and construct portfolios based upon those selections. The fund of hedge funds is ...
Alphadyne Asset Management (Alphadyne) is an American hedge fund management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm's focuses on global macro and fixed-income relative-value investing strategies. Outside the U.S., Alphadyne has offices in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.
At that time, it was reported to be the largest hedge fund launch. The fund was established to provide an investment vehicle similar to the company's Pure Alpha fund but with enhanced liquidity by focusing on the major markets such as European bonds. [16] The fund's launch brought the company's total assets under management to more than $100 ...
In mid-2007 HBK's assets peaked at $14.06 billion, making it one of the largest hedge funds in the world, though it subsequently suffered heavy redemptions during and following the Great Recession. [3] In 2015, Institutional Investor/Alpha magazine gave HBK an A grade and the #13 ranking among hedge funds worldwide. [6]
In 2014, Citadel rated an A grade for risk management in the annual Institutional Investor Hedge Fund Report Card. [54] In April 2015, Ben S. Bernanke, who was the United States Federal Reserve chairman for eight years, joined Citadel as a senior adviser on global economic and financial issues. [55]
Adage was ranked third among all major hedge funds in the Institutional Investor 2016 Hedge Fund Report Card citing strong scores in Alpha generation, risk management, alignment of interest, infrastructure and independent oversight. [14]
Millennium Management is an investment management firm with a multistrategy hedge fund offering. [9] It is one of the world's largest alternative asset management firms with over $70.2 billion assets under management as of October 2024. [10] [11] The firm operates in America, Europe and Asia. [12]