Monthly Archives: March 2007
Credit Turbulence Puts Hedge Funds on the Spot
March 16 (Bloomberg) — Are hedge funds really the disruptive, destabilizing force their critics make them out to be? Or do these free-wheeling partnerships of wealthy and institutional investors actually reduce volatility and help make the financial markets run smoother? […]
Hedge Funds Continue Bets on Mortgage Implosions – BankNet 360
A hedge fund that has profited mightily from the downturn in the nonprime mortgage market said the implosion is just beginning and that the number of loan defaults will “skyrocket,” according to a letter to the firm’s investors. The letter […]
Germany Presses Ahead on Hedge Fund Plan
Germany is pushing major economic powers to develop a plan to mitigate risk to the worldwide financial system posed by the rapid growth of hedge funds, but it probably won’t be ready when world leaders meet this summer, the country’s […]
IceCapital Launches Alternative Fund
HedgeCo.net – IceCapital Fund Management Company Ltd. announced in a press release on Wednesday that it has launched a new non-UCITS mutual fund, IceCapital Alternative Beta, which offers hedge fund like return, in liquid and risk-transparent form. The fund is […]
Blaming hedge funds for Asian market turmoil
New Delhi – The recent turmoil in Asian equity markets has sparked a familiar cry from some investing corners: It is all the fault of hedge funds. Dozens of these funds have set up shop in Asia in the past […]
Your Money Matters: Reducing Exposure Through Hedge Funds
Last week, China’s stock market drop precipitated a snowball effect, causing a decline in most equity markets worldwide. This is the second time in 12 months that we have seen a sharp global stock market sell-off after a period of […]
Hung Up on Hedge Funds & Capitol Hill
After sitting down with Paul Atkins, a Republican commissioner at the SEC, it became clear that many in Washington D.C. are simply hung up on hedge fund regulation. Atkins, who served the SEC from 1990-94 and was re-appointed in 2002, […]
Lehman Brothers buys 20 Percent of Hedge Fund
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. announced on Tuesday that it had bought a 20% stake in hedge fund D.E. Shaw Group, which was formed in 1988 and has about $29 billion in aggregate investment capital. The hedge fund has more than […]
Hedge Fund Index up for Febuary
According to hedge fund index provider Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC., their Global Hedge Fund Index returned +0.61% in February. The Greenwich Investable Hedge Fund Index closely tracked the Global Index, returning +0.45% in February and +1.79% year to date, within […]
AIMA to Respond to IOSCO Consultation Report
HedgeCo.net -London 14th March 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association today announced that it will respond to new IOSCO valuation proposals. Following on IOSCO’s release of a Consultation Report […]
House Panel Ponders the Growth and Risk of Hedge Funds
WASHINGTON, March 13  Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, bought a 20 percent stake on Tuesday in the management companies of D. E. Shaw, a $29 billion hedge fund that is among the largest and oldest funds in the […]
Hedge Funds Share in Epics Bloody Spoils
The most famous surviving words from the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae have been “molon labe,†the defiant taunt by 300 Spartans to their numerically superior Persian adversaries. Translated, it means roughly “Come and take them,†referring to their […]