HEDGE FUNDS ADVANCE +2.51% IN JANUARY Hedge Funds Post Gains as Equity Markets Rally February 8, 2012 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +2.51% in January, while the S&P 500 advanced +4.36%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased

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Guest post from the Hennessee Group. HEDGE FUNDS DECLINE -0.60% IN DECEMBER Hedge Funds Experience Worst Year Since 2008; Underperform Equity Markets in 2011 HEDGE FUNDS DECLINE -0.60% IN DECEMBER Hedge Funds Experience Worst Year Since 2008; Underperform Equity Markets in 2011 January 9, 2012 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser

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Guest white paper by Patrick J. McCurdy of Merlin Securities — The investor due diligence process has evolved with the growth of the hedge fund industry. What was once a short and rather perfunctory process has grown into one which today is highly quantitative and detailed. While there is no one-size-fits-all formula for investors, one

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Guest post from the Hennessee Group. HEDGE FUNDS DECLINE -0.96% IN NOVEMBER (Sounds like a Broken Record) Hedge Funds Get ‘Whipsawed’ Again December 8, 2011 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -0.96% in November (-3.91% YTD), while the

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Guest post courtesy of our friends at Herrick. On October 31, 2011, the SEC and the CFTC jointly adopted rules implementing Dodd- Frank’s1 systemic risk reporting requirements applicable to investment advisers to private funds, and to certain commodity pool operators and commodity trading advisors.2 The rules are intended to support the efforts of the Financial

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