Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
F&C launches climate change fund
Reuters- F&C Asset Management launched a climate change fund on Monday, the latest in a string of such funds aimed at cashing in on the growth of companies that cut greenhouse gas emissions. Rising emissions of carbon dioxide, produced by […]
Middle East Hedge Fund Summit to Take Place In Bahrain
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The third annual Middle East summit taking place on 5-7 th November at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, is the first hedge fund specific event to take place in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Developed in […]
Asset Flows Move from Long-only Equities to Hedge Funds
NEW YORK, NY September 19, 2007 – According to TABB Group in a new benchmark study, “Alternative Investments 2007: The Quest for Alpha,†actively-managed US equity mutual funds, the largest segment of the mutual fund industry as measured by assets […]
Restricted Stock Partners Secures Funding From Pequot Ventures
NEW YORK, N.Y., Sept. 19, 2007 – Restricted Stock Partners today announced that it has secured Series A funding from Pequot Ventures. A portion of the funding will be used to speed the launch of a proprietary electronic trading platform […]
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager over PIPEs
CFO.com- The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against hedge fund manager Robert A. Berlacher, Lancaster Investment Partners L.P. and eight related entities, alleging that Berlacher engaged in insider trading and an illegal trading scheme involving PIPEs  the acronym […]
Northern Rock shareholder Baillie Gifford loses £250m
Daily Telegraph- Edinburgh-based fund manager Baillie Gifford – the largest institutional shareholder in Northern Rock – is believed to have lost more than £250m as shares in the troubled bank have plunged. The fund management firm – which owns a […]
Obama Calls For Transparency From American Patriots
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- In a press release from Dispatches from the US Govenrment it was announced that Senator Barack Obama is scheduled to argue at NASDAQ marketsite that the”what’s good for me is good enough” mentality that has crept into certain corners […]
Hedge funds to run board slate at Lancaster
Reuters- Hedge fund shareholders in Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday they plan to run a slate of board candidates at the consumer products maker in the latest move in a increasingly acrimoniouscampaign, according to a […]
Hedge Funds are Software Companies
O’Reilly Radar- I recently began speculating on analogies and connections between Web 2.0 and financial markets, and that led to the development of our Money:Tech conference. Paul Kedrosky, the program chair, just turned up one more connection: As I’m working […]
The Financial Collapse of 2011 and Creation of the World Currency Unit
Having gone almost totally unnoticed, there was NO ACTION in the repo market recently and the T bill on-the-run auction was completely mispriced – two events that have NEVER happened. Why no repos? Nobody wanted to lend governments and nobody […]
Goldman Ex-Partner, Hedge-Fund Chief Sender Fight Over Church
Bloomberg- Dennis Suskind, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, plans to convert a church in Sag Harbor, New York, into a residence. Hedge-fund manager Adam Sender wants the 19th century landmark to show his art collection. The Sag Harbor […]
Swiss financiers seek to tempt hedge funds
SwissInfo- With only four out of around 9,500 hedge funds domiciled in the country, the moneymen fear a bonanza is slipping from their grasp. Surprisingly though, these specialists are pointing the finger at the tax and regulatory systems. Hedge funds […]