Monthly Archives: June 2006
AIMA Comments on SEC Hedge Fund Rule Court Judgement
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – AIMA, the global trade association for the hedge fund industry has given a cautious welcome to the decision of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that has struck down the Securities […]
Hydra Capital Management New Fund Launch:Lodsworth Global Emerging Market Debt Fund
London- Hydra Capital Management Ltd., a London-based specialist provider of Global Emerging Market Fixed Income strategies, announces the launch of a Global Macro Emerging Market Debt fund investingin external and local market debt and currency instruments of emerging market countries.Colm […]
Lodsworth Global Emerging Market Debt Fund
London- Hydra Capital Management Ltd., a London-based specialist provider of Global Emerging Market Fixed Income strategies, announces the launch of a GlobalMacro Emerging Market Debt fund investing in external and local market debt and currency instruments of emerging market countries.Colm […]
Senate probes hedge fund ties with analysts – MSNBC
MSNBC – The Senate Judiciary Committee will on Tuesday hold a hearing into hedge funds and their use of independent analysts, an area under scrutiny following high-profile lawsuits by companies thathave been targeted by hedge fund short sellers. The issue […]
Eisenberg files for $120 million blank-check IPO –
MSNBC – Gregg Eisenberg is betting big that investors will want to bet on him. The former chairman and president of Maverick Tube Corp. is making a comeback with Boomerang Holdings Inc., a Chesterfield-based blank-check company formed to acquire one […]
SEC effort to oversee hedge funds cracked
Reuters – U.S. financial regulators took a one-two punch on Friday that might leave their efforts to regulate the $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry in shambles. “The regulatory landscape that the SEC has so carefully cultivated is now seriously in […]
Some 450 Hedge Funds Throng Energy Bull Market
Bloomberg – Everywhere you look these days, people are scrambling for energy supplies. China is scouring the world, from the oil sands of Alberta to the oilfields of Iran. Morgan Stanley and other investment banks have spent hundreds of millions […]
Hedge Fund Inspires Deutsche Certificate
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Deutsche Bank has written a euro certificate on the QAM Global Equities Fund, a Singapore-based hedge fund advised by Quant Asset Management. In an interview with AsiaHedge one of the founders, Frank Holle said, […]
Australian Hedge Fund Bets against US Dollar
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Antipodean Capital Management is a hedge fund started by a former senior foreign exchange strategist at ANZ Bank, Craig Ferguson isbetting on a 22-year high in the next 12 months for the Australian dollar. […]
U.S. Court Of Appeals Overturns Hedge Fund Registration Rule
HedgeCo.Net (West Palm Beach, FL) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring hedge funds to register. The court called hedge funds notoriously difficult to define, and […]
Court throws out SEC hedge fund rule
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — In a blow to the government’s move to regulate hedge funds, a federal court threw out a rule requiring advisers of those investment pools to register with regulators as investment advisers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Pequot denies insider trading
Jun 23, 2006  BOSTON (Reuters) – Pequot Capital Management on Friday said its trading has always been proper and denied any wrongdoing, after the New York Times reported that U.S. regulators are investigating the $7 billion hedge fund for possible […]