Monthly Archives: June 2007
Performance Review of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
HedgeCo.net – Five of the six hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posted net-of-fees gains in May 2007. With net-of-fees returns of 3.65%, the performance of equity long/short was significantly higher than the other hedge fund […]
Scandinavian Hedge Fund Of Funds Announces Portfolio Exits
West Palm beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Petter Hoffström, CFO of Scandinavian hedge fund of funds Amanda Capital PLC announced today that several of its investment companies were sold, generating a cash flow of over EUR 1 million ($1.3 million) for Amanda. Eltel […]
Hong Kong Eases Way For Hedge Funds
InvestmentNews- Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission is simplifying the licensing agreements for overseas hedge-fund managers looking to set up shop in the territory. The regulator said that the changes, which take effect immediately, include a faster registration process for […]
Cool Regulator Won’t Stop Indian Hedge Funds
Reuters India- Indian hedge funds will grow rapidly despite a hesitant attitude from the country’s regulators, industry participants said on Tuesday, as investors keep piling money into the nascentindustry. The Indian hedge fund sector is one of the smallest in […]
Hedge Fund To Barclays: Stand Alone
Forbes – Atticus Capital isn’t the only hedge fund which wants Barclays to give up its fight for Dutch lender ABN Amro. SeacliffCapital, a hedge fund in San Francisco, had its doubts from the moment market rumors started swirling that […]
Hedge Fund Activism, Friendly or Hostile?
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- With an estimated $1.2 trillion under management, hedge funds are having an impact on the financial markets. In one of the first studies to shed light on how this is happening, researchers at Wharton and three […]
Barbarian Investments Launch Film Production Hedge Fund
West palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- “The current influx of funds from hedge funds, private equity funds and institutional investors into studio and independent distributor funds has created a considerable opportunity on the content creator side of the Hollywood equation,” says Aaron […]
Hedge Fund Search Engine Launched
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) A new vertical hedge fund search engine was launched yesterday by Institutional Investor, according to their statement, “The new beta version provides financial professionals with customized access to valuable hedge fund content.” The search engine is […]
US Treasury warns on hedge fund risk
MSNBC- Hedge funds and those doing business with them were on Monday warned by the US Treasury not to operate “under the false allusion” that systemic risk from their activities was not a “realpossibility” in spite of the increased sophistication […]
Hedge Funds Rattle Ameritrade
Street.Com – Two activist hedge funds say the time for TD Ameritrade ( AMTD – Cramer’s Take – Stockpickr ) to sell itself is now. The funds, S.A.C. Capital Advisors and Jana Partners , have taken an8.4% stake in the […]
Activists could well invest in some public relations
Times Online- The modern activist shareholder seems to be turning Theodore Roosevelt’s maxim – “Speak softly and carry a big stick†– on its head. A man with a big mouth and a Derringer is not goingto stop an army […]
Asset Alliance Launches Multi-Strategy Futures Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.net — NEW YORK, CHICAGO, June 11, 2007 – Asset Alliance Corporation, a global leader in alternative investments, today announced the launch of an SEC registered managed futures fund-of-funds– the BTOP50 Managed Futures Fund (BTOP50) — at the Managed Funds […]