Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Making money from hedge funds
InvestorDaily- While Australian superannuation funds and institutional investors have discovered hedge funds, their participation is not to the extent of most of their developed market peers. But the current market downturn may change that behaviour, because the juicy returns they […]
SEC Intensifies Efforts To Rein In Short Selling
Wall Street Journal- Wall Street executives expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend the temporary limits it has placed on short-selling and expand them to cover additional stocks beyond the 19 financial companies it targeted two weeks ago. The […]
UK job laws a legal maze for US hedge funds
Wealth Bulletin- US hedge funds keen to support their European client bases are looking at expansion into London. Institutional Credit Partners Capital and Silver Creek have made the move. Despite predictions that the UK’s non-domiciled tax regime would lead to […]
Introduction Capital Announces Partner Sponsors
TORONTO – Introduction Capital announced today that HorizonsBetaPro ETFs, Felcom Data Services Inc. and JovVentures Inc. have signed onas the partner sponsors for its third annual forum for global sophisticatedinvestors interested in the Canadian hedge fund market entitled “CanadianHedge Fund […]
Falling Prices Lift Investors’ Cautious Mood
istockAnalyst.com- Investors face something of a new landscape in financial markets this week after tumbling oil and food prices eased immediate concerns about inflation, potentially freeing central banks to fight slow economic growth. The focus, however, will also be on […]
Hedge funds do the Singapore sling
FT Alphaville- New figures from Singapore’s central bank bear out the (abundant) anecdotal evidence of the quickening exodus of Asia-focused hedge funds out of Japan and elsewhere and into Singapore. Reuters reports that assets managed by fund managers in Singapore […]
Former hedge fund head files against Citigroup
MSN MoneyCentral- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
CSX Concedes Two Board Seats to Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CSX looks to be cutting some slack to the two rebel hedge funds that have been on a quest to restructure their board of directors. The railroad company said that it will give two seats to […]
Cayman Islands Sets Milestone with 10000 Registered Funds
ITNews- Recent second quarter figures from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), have confirmed the achievement of a key milestone by the Cayman Islands financial services industry, with more than 10,000 investment funds currently registered in the jurisdiction. At the […]
Hedge fund calls top of cycle
Sydney Morning Herald- The ownership structure of some of Australia’s largest mining companies could be set for a major change after New York hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners has indicated it believes commodities prices could be nearing their peak. Harbinger, […]