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The 10 most profitable hedge funds -- that is, the 10 that brought in the most fees -- had relatively lackluster performance last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg Markets magazine.
As well as a performance fee, a hedge fund will charge a management fee, typically calculated as 1.50% to 2% of the NAV of the fund, regardless of whether the fund has generated any returns for the investor. Hedge funds may also pay fees to administrators, prime brokers, lawyers, accountants and other service providers.
Instead, they formed the Ziff Brothers Investments family office in New York City, investing their inheritances broadly across equities, debt, real estate, commodities, private equity and hedge funds. They also provided seed money to fund manager Daniel Och in exchange for a 10% stake in Och-Ziff Capital Management, which went public in 2007.
The firm was founded as Och-Ziff in 1994 by Daniel Och with financial support from the Ziff family, founders of Ziff Davis Media. The company completed an initial public offering in 2007. The firm was one of the few hedge funds and private equity companies that completed IPOs before the 2007–2008 financial crisis. [14]
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By 2004 their $3 billion in hedge fund assets included mortgage derivatives. [15] In October 2007, as the future credit performance of residential mortgages became increasingly uncertain, one of the funds is reported to have fallen in value by 22% [16] and to have temporarily suspended redemptions pending greater clarity around valuations. [17]
However, summaries of individual hedge fund performance are occasionally available in industry journals [227] [228] and databases. [229] One estimate is that the average hedge fund returned 11.4% per year, [230] representing a 6.7% return above overall market performance before fees, based on performance data from 8,400 hedge funds. [70]
Only assets in private funds following hedge fund strategies are counted. Some of these managers also manage public funds and offer non-hedge fund strategies. The data for this table comes from Pensions & Investments with data compiled as of June 2024. [1]