Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team

Times Online- Pergam Finance, a Paris-based hedge fund with $1 billion (£511 million) in assets, is about to double the size of Campos Orientales, a fund that buys farms in Argentina and Uruguay, with a $60 million to $80 million […]

West Palm Baech- (HedgeCo.Net) BNP Paribas Securities announced plans to launch a mutual fund in Japan which will go after similar investment returns to those generated by hedge funds. The mutual fund will target regional banks and other institutional investors […]

Bloomberg- Atos Origin SA should be sold to a large company, Bernard Oppetit, president of Centaurus Capital Ltd., said in an interview published in Les Echos today. Atos Origin is lacking strategy and could be taken over by Centaurus and […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Reuters) – HSBC Holdings launched a climate change fund on Thursday to give investors a chance to turn a threat into an opportunity by buying into the increasing number of firms trying to tackle global warming. […]

MSNBC- Goldman Sachs raised $7bn for its latest hedge fund, making GS Investment Partners the largest fund launch ever and securing the US investment bank’s reputation as a powerhouse in the hedge fund industry. The new fund, run by Raanan […]

Caymen Net News – (Bloomberg) – US investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. faces an unusual adversary in trying to reverse a ruling denying two of its bankrupt Cayman Islands hedge funds protection from US lawsuits while they liquidate here in […]

BOSTON Reuters – Fidelity Investments will let newcomers put money into its flagship Magellan stock portfolio for the first time in more than a decade to pull in fresh cash at a time when retirees are taking savings out, the […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) Magma Fund Advisors, Ltd announced the launch of their first hedge fund, the Cayman domiciled Vesuvius Investment Fund, which opened its doors in January, 2008. The new hedge fund was formed for a select group of […]

HedgeCo.net -January 17, 2008. Fairfield Greenwich Group ("FGG"), a leading global alternative asset management firm with approximately $16 billion in assets under management, today announced the formation of a new business unit dedicated to the marketing and distribution of external […]

Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Hawaii is emerging as a focal point for Asia’s investors in hedge funds, the financial pools that have blossomed in recent years. London’s Financial Times reported this week that 10 hedge funds now operate in Honolulu and […]