Monthly Archives: January 2007
Hedge Fund Defends Winning Strategy
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Multimillionaire hedge fund co-founder, Paul Marshall, defended his hedge fund Marshal Wace and its controversial strategy, which relies on investment ideas supplied by City stockbrokers, he said in an interview with the Times. Marshal doesn’t believe […]
Chief Exec and Vice President Quit after Hedge Fund Takeover
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that it has accepted the resignations of its two executives Russell J. Horner, president and chief executive officer, and Ralph Leverton, vice-president, finance and chief financial officer. The announcement of the departures […]
Record China stocks rally still not a bubble
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese taxi drivers trade stocks from their cars via mobile phones, and housewives queue at brokerages with bags of cash. But investors have coined a phrase to describe China stock market’s record-breaking bull run: a “rational bubble”. […]
HedgeOp Compliance Hosts “Excellence in Compliance†Seminar Series
HedgeCo.net — New York, New York– January 16, 2007 – HedgeOp Compliance, LLC, a leading provider of specialized compliance related products and consulting services to the hedge fund community, announced today that it will offer a new complementary educational seminar […]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Is Up 13.86% Year End
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is up 1.83% in December, finishing the year with a total return of 13.86%, according to Oliver Schupp, President of the Credit Suisse TremontIndex, LLC. “A stronger than expected year was experienced as a […]
Parker Global launches investable forex index
HedgeCo.net — STAMFORD, CT, January 16, 2007 * Parker Global Strategies (PGS), who have tracked FX managers since January 1986 in their widely published Parker FX Index, today announced the launchof their first investable foreign exchange index — PGS FX […]
Hedge Funds increasing use of Managed Cash Investments
HedgeCo.net — CHICAGO, JANUARY 16, 2006 – The world’s hedge fund managers arepaying more attention to investing their cash balances, according to arecent survey by Horizon Cash Management. Widely seen as highly aggressive, high performance investors, more andmore hedge funds […]
AIMA responds to Consultation on Investment Manager Exemption
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has responded to the proposed revision of Statement of Practice (SP1/01), which includes changes to the UK’s Investment Manager Exemption (IME) The IME plays […]
Hedge funds feel the heat as oil prices fall
Sydney Morning Herald – THE plants in northern hemisphere gardens may be confused about the unseasonably warm weather, but spare a thought for anyone trying to make a living in the oil market. On thetrading floors, the losses are rising […]
Europe faces wave of corporate shake-ups
MSN MoneyCentral – Europe could face a wave of corporate restructuring in the second half of this year or first six months of 2008, according to a survey of US and European hedge funds and otherinvestors. The survey – conducted […]
Alternative Investment Survey Shows Hedge Funds will Continue to Grow
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Deutsche Bank announced the results of its Fifth Annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted during the second half of 2006. Over 1000representatives from almost 700 institutions responded to the $1.4 trillion industry survey. “Despite a […]
Hedge funds for sale
Marketwatch – A rash of initial public offerings by hedge funds expected this year will let ordinary folk invest in the asset-management world’s raciest vehicles. But could investors end up driving lemons rather than limos? The planned U.S. stock market […]