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In the week ending 09 September, 2016, stocks where hedge funds own a large percentage of the outstanding shares tend to outperform the S&P 500 by about 3.6% a year, research firm Symmetric said. However, a report by UBS Group AG and Campden Wealth has found that poor performance is pushing family offices away from hedge funds; a study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation showed that hedge fund and private equity allocations are driving super fees; in a new white paper, professor Pascal Gantenbein said that the Swiss banking sector needs to evolve now; a study by Preqin showed that investors prefer computer-run hedge funds over traders; and two scholars at the University of Warwick, Warwick Business School have written a paper on “the benefits of friendship in hedge fund activism.

OP Investment Management has announced plans to launch a $250m emerging hedge fund program; Tribeca Investment has launched a Cayman vehicle to compete with overseas hedge funds; and Young Capital has announced the launch of fixed-income hedge fund that promises returns 60% a month to investors.

The Brexit could drive more UCITS fund launches; and Nedgroup has launched a UCITS global property fund called Global Property Fund.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust is liquidating a Japan-focused h......................

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