Monthly Archives: January 2012
Al Gore, Sarah Palin and Dr. Robert Gates to Speak At The SkyBridge 2012 Hedge Fund SALT Conference
New York (HedgeCo.net) – $5.7 billion hedge fund firm, SkyBridge Capital, has announced that Vice President Al Gore, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates will serve as keynote speakers at the SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT 2012) Conference May 8 to 11, […]
Red Kite Evangelicals Reap 47% on Copper Bet
Bloomberg – On a dark, drizzly November morning, Michael Farmer steps to the pulpit to deliver a stern message to fellow parishioners at St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, an 800-year-old church in the shadow of the London Metal Exchange and in the heart of […]
Hedge funds lock horns with IMF on Greek debt
Reuters – Hedge funds are taking on the powerful International Monetary Fund over its plan to slash Greece’s towering debt burden as time runs out on the talks that could sway the future of Europe’s single currency. The funds have […]
Hedge Funds Sit Out Rally With Stock-Gain Bets Near ’09 Low
Bloomberg – Rallying stocks have done little to entice professional money managers back to U.S. equities. A gauge of hedge-fund bullishness measuring the proportion of bets that shares will rise climbed to 44.5 last week from 43.9 at the end […]
Exclusive: Hedge fund Velite nabs natgas crown from Arnold
Reuters – Move over, John Arnold: the U.S. natural gas market has a new hedge-fund king, operating as skillfully and mysteriously as the ex-Enron wunderkind who once wowed the trade. For three years in a row, Houston-based David Coolidge has […]
Hedge Fund Compensation Report Reveals a Drop in Bonuses
Nrw York (HedgeCo.net) – The 2012 Hedge Fund Compensation Report revealed that hedge fund managers anticipated an increase in base salary but a shortfall in year-end bonuses. The average reported cash compensation for 2011 was $311,000, just slightly higher than last year’s […]
Hedge fund strategies need to cope with volatility and uncertainty in 2012 markets
Hedge Funds Review – There will be a few value opportunities in 2012. The structured and corporate credit spaces will be extremely interesting going forward. While structured markets have sold off dramatically recently, one can lock in good returns if one […]
Hedge Funds Resume Bullish Bets as Oil Tops $103: Energy Markets
Bloomberg – Hedge funds that exited oil markets late last year have begun boosting bullish bets as tensions with Iran and reports of U.S. economic growth sent crude to the highest price since May. The funds increased bullish positions 4.1 […]
Gold Price Hits Six Months Lowest-Hedge Funds Unloading Gold
Technorati – Gregory Meyer reported on FT.com that spot gold prices in London fell to $1,523 per troy ounce down $400 from a nominal record made last year. Gold prices are at the lowest in almost half a year. Investors are exchanging […]
Investors To Sue Hartline For Endorsing “Crony Capitalism” Hedge Fund Scam
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hartline Investment Corp is under fire for recommending a $550 million Florida hedge fund that is now subject to lawsuit filed by the SEC. Five investors followed the advisers advice and put $11.6 million into the […]
Russian investors allege $20m hedge fund fraud
BVI – A group of more than 470 Russian and Eastern European investors sued a family of hedge funds last week, alleging a $20 million “massive fraud.” Three Russian lawyers filed the lawsuit in United States federal court against the […]
Deutsche Bank and FRM partner to launch first hedge fund seeding managed account platform
The Financial – Deutsche Bank and Financial Risk Management announced a partnership to launch the industry’s first hedge fund seeding managed account platform, according to Deutsche Bank. The dbalternatives Discovery platform, based on Deutsche Bank’s established and award winning dbalternatives […]