Monthly Archives: April 2007
SkyBridge Capital Invests in IronShield Hedge Fund
HedgeCo.net – New York based hedge fund investor SkyBridge Capital, announced plans to invest in Ironshield Capital Management, a London-based hedge fund scheduled to launch later this year. Ironshield Capital Management is the latest in a series of investments that […]
European Mutuals Push For Hedge Fund Access
HedgeCo.net – European mutual fund managers are pushing regulators to allow them to buy into derivatives of hedge fund indexes. Approval from regulators would allow European Union-regulated funds toput some of their $7.3 trillion of assets into derivatives tracking the […]
Predicting the next big hedge fund IPO
On the night before Fortress Investment Group became the first hedge fund to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, Wesley Edens and the other four principals celebrated in a manner that befits the firm’s intentionally low-key profile. They gathered […]
Hedge funds lead US junk sector lending
Three-quarters of loans to junk-rated US companies are now provided by hedge funds and other non-banks, according to a new report on the US leveraged loan market. The study highlights the speed with which non-traditional investors are taking over from […]
Mining fund to buy shares and sell metal
London – A new resources hedge fund aims to pick undervalued explorers and small-scale miners rather than piggyback on rising metal prices, its managers said. An unusual feature of the Blackfish-Investec Resources Special Situations fund is that it will offset […]
Hedge Fund To Separate Brokerage Arm to New York
HedgeCo.net – Top ten hedge fund firm Man Group said on Friday it is considering splitting off its brokerage arm into a new £2 billion ($3.9 billion) company. The de-merger would separate its U.S. brokerage unit and list it in […]
French Candidate Disapproves of Hedge Fund Strategies
HedgeCo.net – French Interior Minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy criticized hedge funds as an example of undesirable speculation, saying he didn’t approve of companies….”that buy up a company, sell it off in pieces, sack 25% of the staff in […]
Old Lane Hedge Fund Selects Trading Platform
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – On Thursday, Old Lane hedge fund stated that they chose Triple Point as their current trading platform. In the press release Old Lane stated that Triple Point offered the only solution that met all […]
Hedge Fund D E Shaw Enter India Markets
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – New York hedge fund D E Shaw hopes to unlock more of India’s trading potential. D E Shaw is the world’s second-largest hedge fund, the group is a specialized investment and technology development firm. […]
New Research Fills Gap In Analysis of Hedge Fund Survivorship Bias
HedgeCo.Net – New research funded by the Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research (FMDR) provides investors with vital tools for evaluating the potential longevity, or possible liquidation, ofhedge funds. FMDR is a foundation established by Managed Funds Association in 1994 to […]
The Hedge Fund Report: Getting What You Pay For
TheStreet.com – A lot has been written about “hedged mutual funds,” which use hedge-fundlike trading strategies such as short selling and leverage. Those hybrid funds resemble mutual funds in two ways: They are subject to strict regulations and they do […]
Morgan Stanley hires exec from UK hedge fund CQS
Reuters – Christopher Carter, chairman of hedge fund CQS, is to join Morgan Stanley (MS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as vice chairman ofinstitutional securities, the U.S.-based bank said on Thursday. Carter, who became chairman of CQS last November, has more than […]