Monthly Archives: January 2009
Education endowments put more with hedge funds
Universities and schools put more money into alternative investments like hedge funds in fiscal 2008, researchers reported on Tuesday. The Commonfund Institute, a group that polled 628 educational endowments on their investment tastes, found their appetite for alternatives increased slightly […]
New York Exec Nailed for Alleged $400 Million Ponzi Scheme
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Nicholas Cosmo, head of New York-based Agape World Inc., has been arrested for allegedly running a $400 million Ponzi scheme. His company, which marketed commercial bridge loans, was not registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]
Royal Bank of Canada Sued Over Failed Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest bank by assets, was sued by investors in Olympus United Funds who claim they lost more than $90 million in the funds’ collapse. Royal Bank, based in Toronto, “secretly managed” the […]
Caledonian Global Fund Services Achieves SAS 70 Certification
GEORGETOWN, GRAND CAYMAN – January 26, 2009 – Caledonian Global Fund Services, a provider of specialized administration services to the alternative investment industry, today announces the completion of its SAS 70 Type I certification. SAS 70, or Statement on Auditing […]
Veteran of U.S. Secret Service Heads Up AlphaMetrix’s Financial Investigations Group
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – To root out fraud and to give investors increased confidence that their assets are being managed with institutions of integrity and honesty, AlphaMetrix formally introduced AlphaMetrix Financial Investigations, LLC, run by David Fisher, a 24-year […]
dealReporter adds Laura Stavro-Beauchamp to reporting team
Journalism.co.uk – Laura Stavro-Beauchamp has been appointed as a reporter for Financial Times service, dealReporter. Previously employed as deputy news editor on weekly title Mortgage Strategy, Canadian-born Stavro-Beauchamp will put her global and financial background to good use by providing […]
SW1 Capital eyes control of hedge fund platform
Reuters – Investment firm SW1 Capital said on Friday it has bought into hedge fund platform PCE Investors and plans to build a controlling stake, cutting private equity firm Ubequity Capital Partners’ own holding. PCE runs $1.6 billion (1.1 billion […]
Death agony of Thatcher era
Asia Times Online – During the end of the 1970s into the 1980s, British Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher and the City of London financial interests who backed her introduced wholesale measures of privatization, state budget cuts, moves against labor […]
Historic closure of gold shops in Bangkok’s Chinatown
Thai News Agency MCOT – Gold traders in Bangkok’s Chinatown closed their doors at their peak annual sales period for their shops during the Chinese New Year for the first time on record due to the high fluctuation of gold […]