Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Hedge funds make a beeline for real estate sector
Business Standard- Global hedge funds, which are on the lookout for multi-fold returns on their investments, are slowly entering the booming domestic real estate sector. Major hedge funds operating in the Indian property markets include Och-Ziff Capital (founded by […]
Hedge funds gain ground in September
InvestmentNews- Hedge funds were on the rise September as increased market liquidity allowed most strategies to post positive returns, Hennessee Group LLC reported today. After mid-August’s lows, indexes across the board posted improvements: Nasdaq Composite Index rose 4.05%; Dow Jones […]
Ellington Freezes Withdrawals From Two Mortgage Funds
Bloomberg- Ellington Management Group LLC, the Old Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge-fund firm that focuses on mortgage securities, suspended client redemptions from two funds because it’s too hard to value their assets. Investors won’t be able to withdraw money from New Ellington […]
Tokyo Stock Exchange Has Strong Week
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Stocks rose on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this week giving the Tokyo market a strong start, catching up with U.S. and other overseas counterparts. The dollar’s upswing versus the yen, which reflects receding expectations for an […]
Painted As A Scam Artist
New York Post- Housed in a 25,000- square-foot palazzo off Madison Avenue, Salander-O’Reilly Galleries bills itself as a top-flight New York dealer that offers unprecedented access outside of amuseum to Titians, Michelangelos and other masterpieces. Roy Lennox, a senior managing […]
Achieve Transparency and Accuracy with OTC Val’s Derivative Valuation Service
OTC Valuations Limited, a provider of transparent and auditable valuation and risk reports for over-the-counter independent derivatives, has introduced a service aimed at providing primary, secondary, and tertiary valuations of both vanilla and exotic derivative instruments. OTC Val’s solution is […]
Kazakhs Rebuff Hedge Funds
The Moscow Times- Kazakhstan’s central bank said Friday that it was capable of stabilizing the country’s banking system after what it called a “speculative attack” by large hedge funds. “The National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan has … the […]
Assets managed by hedge funds in Singapore jump
Earthtimes- Assets managed by hedge funds in Singapore shot up from 7.7 billion US dollars to 16.5 billion US dollars in the first half of this year, a HedgeFund Intelligence report said on Monday. Twenty new hedge funds set up […]
Halbis launches macro fund
Reuters- HSBC Halbis Partners, the active fund management arm of HSBC Investments, has launched a global macro hedge fund and says distressed debt strategies will also offer opportunities for investors. Bill Maldonado, head of alternative investments at Halbis, told Reuters […]
Hedge funds eye minor metals
Reuters UK- For years the preserve of globe-trotting merchants and secretive financiers, the trade in rare and valuable minerals known as minor metals is now on the radar of hedge funds searching forprofits. Huge amounts of money have been ploughed […]
Bear Stearns funds target of criminal probe
Reuters- U.S. prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into two mortgage-related hedge funds at Bear Stearns that collapsed during the summer, a person familiar with the investigation said onFriday. The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, New York and the U.S. Federal Bureau […]
Prosecutors Investigating Bear Funds
CNBC – In late breaking news Dylan Ratigan says Bear Stearns is facing a criminal probe over some of its hedge funds. According to CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino, the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn has begun examining the circumstances behind the […]