Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Hedge Fund Indice Up For May 2007
New York (HedgeCo.Net)- The RBC Hedge 250 Index for the month of Mat, 2007, had a net return of 1.70%. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 6.35%. These returns are estimated and will be finalized by the […]
Dow Jones Epac Select Dividend Index To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund
HedgeCo.net – â€â€Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index has been licensed to Barclays Global Investors to serve as the underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The iShares Dow Jones […]
China Deal May Embolden Hedge Funds
Wall Street Journal- Hedge funds, known for flexing their financial muscles around the globe but still largely shut out of China, hope the quickening pace of Beijing’s reformswill open new gateways into the world’s fourth-largest economy. Chinese officials remain suspicious […]
JP Morgan Recommends Emerging Markets
Reuters- JP Morgan is recommending investors take advantage of the latest emerging markets sell-off to add exposure to the asset class, despite the risk of a possible interest rate rise by the U.S.Federal Reserve later this year. The bank argued […]
Hedge Fund Manager Faces Prison Time
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- In an investigation conducted by the FBI, the US Postal Service and the SEC, hedge fund manager Joseph Ferona now faces prison time after pleading guilty to a fraud charge. His sentencing is scheduled for Aug. […]
Hedge Funds Warn Against Manipulation of Subprime Debt
New York- A group of hedge funds is telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be on the lookout for manipulation of bonds backed by subprime mortgages. Paulson & Co., a hedge fund based in New York, told the […]
Citi Catches Up in Targeting Hedge Funds
Although Citi decided this month to restructure its global fixed-income sales business, creating three hedge fund dedicated coverage groups, rivals have been left surprised it had not done so sooner. The increasing desire to sell securities to hedge funds, coupled […]
Hedge Like Funds Can Reduce Risk
Individual investors who want something more than a plain-vanilla investing plan are increasingly trying out a new option: mutual funds that use hedging strategies. While a standard mutual fund looks for companies with good financial performance and waits for those […]
Hedge Fund Rankings
Every local TV news channel has some segment that helps some consumer in distress–someone wronged by a renegade dry cleaner who made a hole in a beloved cashmere sweater, or a pet owner who bought amutt instead of a pedigree […]
Specialized China Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Hong Kong and London based fund of hedge funds manager KGR Capital announced that it has launched the KGR Capital China Absolute Return Fund focused specifically on hedge funds invested in greater China. The Cayman Islands […]
Hedge Fund Activism, Friendly or Hostile?
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- With an estimated $1.2 trillion under management, hedge funds are having an impact on the financial markets. In one of the first studies to shed light on how this is happening, researchers at Wharton and three […]
Hedge Fund To Barclays: Stand Alone
Forbes – Atticus Capital isn’t the only hedge fund which wants Barclays to give up its fight for Dutch lender ABN Amro. SeacliffCapital, a hedge fund in San Francisco, had its doubts from the moment market rumors started swirling that […]