Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
MGA Focuses on Energy and Emerging Markets
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Hedge fund policy intelligence advisor Medley Global Advisors LLC (MGA), has announced that it will be focusing on it’s Energy Group and Emerging Markets Group, and has hired 3 new managers. “Bhushan Bahree, Bill Farren-Price and […]
Alpha Titans Fund of Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Alpha Titans, a multi-manager hedge fund announced that it will be open to outside investors from December 1st, the fund of funds was launched on November 1st 2007. The new fund of funds was launched with […]
Gulf Arab funds eye US assets
MSN MoneyCentral- Arab investors, flush with liquidity, are considering investments in distressed US financial assets as they try to turn the turmoil in credit markets into a regional opportunity. Omar bin Sulaiman, governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, said […]
Watchdogs issue transparency guide for hedge funds
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Methods used to determine the worth of a hedge fund’s portfolio should be independently reviewed and transparent to investors, global market watchdogs said on Monday. Hedge funds, blamed by critics for causing wild swings in share markets, […]
Hedge funds Eton Park and R6 Capital to link up
Reuters- Hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management, one of the biggest and most successful in the industry, is merging with R6 Capital Management, a much smaller hedge fund, an Eton Park spokesman said on Monday. Eton Park, which manages $10 […]
The Economy’s two Trillion Worry
BusinessWeek – Banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms often borrow $10 or more for each $1 of equity they use in a transaction, according to estimates by the New York Federal Reserve. When the investments pan out, the use […]
Hedge funds not selling themselves short
Daily Telegraph – They thrive on market volatility and they gamble on failure. Short-sellers, mostly hedge funds, who bet that a share price will fall, have emerged as the biggest winners of the credit crisis. Short-selling is not illegal and […]
Northern Rock reveals cut-price bids
Daily Telegraph – Northern Rock is facing further embarrassment after revealing that all the bids submitted on Friday and over the weekend value the stricken bank at less than its current stockmarket value. RAB Capital and SRM Global, two hedge […]
U.S. could face $2 trillion lending shock
Reuters- The impact of the U.S. mortgage market crisis on the underlying economy could be “dramatic” as leveraged investors may need to scale back lending by up to $2 trillion (1 trillion pounds), according to investment bank Goldman Sachs. Read […]
Global Investment Fund Now Open
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Global Investment House has announced the Global Distressed Fund is now open for new and existing investors until the end of December. The Barclays group, the world’s largest independent hedge fund research company, ranked the Fund […]
FSA delays retail funds of hedge funds
IFAonline.co.uk- The FSA has been forced to delay a policy statement which would allow retail investors in the UK to invest in Funds of Alternative Investment Funds (FAIFs), including funds of hedge funds. The statement was due to be released later this year but […]
Losses May Wipe $2 Trillion of Lending, Goldman Says
Bloomberg – The effects will be amplified as banks and hedge funds that borrowed to finance their investments scale back lending, according to the report. The effects will be amplified as banks and hedge funds that borrowed to finance their […]