Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Soft commodities seen outperforming other assets
LONDON (Reuters) – Soft commodities will likely outperform other commodity asset classes over the next five years, in large part due to their ties to energy, a senior sugar trader said on Tuesday. Jonathan Boyden, head of sugar trading at […]
AQR’s Biggest Hedge Fund Fell Almost 15% Through Mid-February
Bloomberg- AQR Capital Management LLC’s largest hedge fund fell almost 15 percent this year through Feb. 15 as market swings tripped up computer models the managers use to make trades, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The assets […]
CAI’s Two New Investment Strategies
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Choice Alternative Investments, Ltd.(CAI) has introduced two new alternative investment strategies into the market. The first being the Standard & Poor’s DTI, which is a low volatility strategy that works particularly well with very large fixed […]
Hedge Funds, Private Equity Groups, Ultra Wealthy Families, Alternative Investors, And Corporate Tax Credit Buyers Discover Section 181 Deal
Imagine investing in an alternative investment where you have a guaranteed rate of return of 35%-70%, before revenues. Lets also kick in 100% Federal Tax Deductions of said investment against ordinary income that has a higher premium and same year […]
D.B. Zwirn & Co. Takes $2 Billion Hit, Forced to Close Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) – After more than $2 billion in investor withdrawls, D.B. Zwirn & Co. was forced to liquidate it’s two largest hedge funds. The firms onshore and offshore Special Opportunites Fund, which holds about $4.2 billion in […]
Five indicted in hedge fund case
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel – Five people who allegedly defrauded hedge fund investors of more than $200 million have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, authorities said Wednesday. Defendants named in the U.S. Department of Justice indictment unsealed […]
Is Clinton Hating on Hedge Funds? – New York Times Blogs
Hillary Clinton has drawn a lot of support from Wall Street moguls, including the heads of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Her daughter, Chelsea, even works for a hedge fund, the Avenue Capital Group. But at a campaign stop Tuesday […]
TCI Challenges Japanese Government On Foreign Investment Policy
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- UK hedge fund TCI has challenged Japanese attempts to control foreign investments. In a bid to boost its stake in Japanese utility J-Power to up to 20 percent, the Children’s Investment Fund, or TCI, has been […]
Tremont Hires FoHF Specialist
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Tremont Capital Management announced the appointment of fund of hedge fund specialist Susan Crotty as Managing Director of Investment Management Services. “Sue’s extensive experience consulting to a wide variety of institutions on fund of hedge fund […]
Standard Chartered Throws in the Towel on Whistlejacket
HedgeCo.Net (West Palm Beach) – UK based Standard Chartered has ditched its $7.2 billion structured investment vehicle after assets fell further and “the confines of receivership” took a toll on the fund. The Whistlejacket fund, an SIV that issued short-term […]
Ouch! The Ten Biggest Losers of Northern Rock
Financial Times – There are no winners from the British government’s decision this week to nationalise Northern Rock, the mortgage lender. There is, however, an embarrassment of losers. Northern Rock is only one of many troubled banks. Even Credit Suisse, […]
Three Canadian Men Face Charges of Fund Fraud
HedgeCo.Net (West Palm Beach) – Three men from British Columbia are being investigated after the executive director of the British Columbia Securities Commission issued a notice of hearing alleging that they defrauded investors by illegally selling millions of dollars in […]