Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Jupiter CEO cautions on UK property
Reuters- Now is the wrong time to be looking at investing in UK commercial property, while returns from some hedge funds are set to disappoint, Jupiter Asset Management Chief Executive Edward BonhamCarter told Reuters. Speaking on Thursday on the sidelines […]
Ameritrade Refuses to Release Records
AP- The squabble between TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. and two hedge funds continued Friday as the online brokerage refused the funds’ request to examine records related to any mergerdiscussions. Earlier this week, Ameritrade gave in to one demand from the […]
More U.S. hedge funds launch in first half of 2007
Reuters- More new U.S. hedge funds were launched during the first half of 2007 than during the same time a year ago, suggesting demand for these loosely regulated portfolios is high even as returnslook less robust. Data compiled by Absolute […]
Hedge Funds End First Half of 2007 at +7.86%
New York (HedgeCo.Net)- According to early estimates at the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average was +1.40% in June 2007 and ended the first half of 2007 +7.86%. The HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average is an equal weighted average of all single manager hedge […]
EU to shield gas and electricity sector from buyouts
Guardian Unlimited- Private equity and hedge funds would be banned from taking over the gas and electricity networks of huge energy groups unless they met strict investment targets under crucialproposals for the entire EU to be adopted by MEPs later […]
Fugitive arrested in Austria
Centre Daily Times- Austrian authorities have arrested a man wanted by the FBI for failing to appear at his sentencing hearing in New York more than five years ago, police said Tuesday. Michael Berger, a 35-year-old Austrian citizen who […]
Private equity versus hedge funds
Financial Times- Hedge funds and private equity have one big thing in common. Both charge whopping fees – typically 2 per cent of assets under management (AUM) and 20 per cent of investment profits.Otherwise, the differences are huge. Private equity […]
Hedge funds eye Mexico amid US subprime woes
Reuters- As subprime worries wreak havoc in the U.S. housing market, Mexican mortgage-backed bonds are attracting growing interest from foreign hedge funds. Some international investors, who previously shunned the Mexican mortgage market because of its relatively small size, are beginning […]
New Report On Hedge Funds And Prime Brokers
West Palm Beach (Hedgeco.Net)- Bharat Book Bureau has released a report called “Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers”, the report explores the ever-changing and dynamic hedge fund-prime broker relationship through the use of a panel comprising of some of the world’s experts in […]
Hedge Fund Launches Comeback In 2007
HedgeCo.net (New York) – The Absolute Return New Funds Survey, published in the July/August issue of Absolute Return magazine, shows that new hedge fund launches in the United States so far this year are up sharply over the same period […]
Conifer Securities Apoints New Director of Sales
HedgeCo.net (New York) – Conifer Securities, LLC, a leading provider of business and operations solutions to hedge fund managers, family offices and foundations and endowments, today announced that David C. Sandrew has joined as Director of Sales in the firm’s […]
Stonebrook Capital Adds General Counsel
HedgeCo.net (New York) – Stonebrook Capital Management LLC (“Stonebrookâ€Â), a leading alternative investment firm specializing in Alternative Beta solutions, today announced that Paul A. Freilich has joined the firm as General Counsel. In this newly created position, Mr. Freilich, 46, […]