How do I find performance, evaluation and rankings info on hedge funds?
In Datastream, when choosing the ‘Data Category’, select ‘Unit Trusts’.
In Factiva, start a search. Click on ‘look up’ and search for ‘hedge funds’. Or click on ‘Source’ and search for ‘institutional investor’.
In Bloomberg:
- For news on hedge funds, type ‘NI Hedge’, then press Enter.
- For a listing of hedge funds tracked in Bloomberg, type ‘Hedge Fund Search’ or 'HFS' then press Enter, in the menu.
- For portfolio holdings information type 'Public Portfolio Search' or ‘PSRT’ then press Enter. Select the relevant options.
- To screen for hedge funds, type 'Fund Screening' or 'FSRC' the press Enter. This feature works like the equity screening function you may already be familiar with..
- For an overview and other options, type 'Overview of Hedge Fund Solutions' or ‘HFND’ then press Enter. Please note, we do have access/privilege to all hedge fund features in our academic subscription of Bloomberg.
