Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Electronic Tracking For Cayman Domiciled Funds In Place
HedgeCo.net – As domicile for approximately 80% of the world’s hedge funds, the Cayman Islands have now implemented a mechanism for the electronic submission of annual returns for all funds licensed, registered and administered in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman […]
Funds take the fight to private equity firms on three fronts
Hedge funds are threatening to outmanoeuvre private equity on three fronts and force their rivals to seek safety in sophistication. Private equity firms are fighting over public company ownership, the search for talent and competing for assets under management, but […]
Big US pension funds have little in hedge funds
Boston – The largest U.S. public funds are investing less than 1 percent of the $2.4 trillion they manage in hedge funds, suggesting that conservative investors are not fully comfortable with these loosely regulated funds. A new survey released on […]
CNBC’s Cramer boasts of manipulating markets
CNBC TV host Jim Cramer has made a name for himself telling viewers how to make money in the stock market. Here’s one time he might wish he’d kept quiet. In a video originally broadcast on trading website TheStreet.com on […]
Northwater Capital Management Inc. Launches two Innovative …
New York – Northwater Capital Management Inc. announced today the launch of the Northwater Portable Alpha U.S. Bond Fund and the Northwater Portable Alpha U.S. Equity Fund. Both funds are structured as portable alpha offerings, with investors choosing a targeted […]
European Mutuals Push For Hedge Fund Access
HedgeCo.net – European mutual fund managers are pushing regulators to allow them to buy into derivatives of hedge fund indexes. Approval from regulators would allow European Union-regulated funds toput some of their $7.3 trillion of assets into derivatives tracking the […]
SkyBridge Capital Invests in IronShield Hedge Fund
HedgeCo.net – New York based hedge fund investor SkyBridge Capital, announced plans to invest in Ironshield Capital Management, a London-based hedge fund scheduled to launch later this year. Ironshield Capital Management is the latest in a series of investments that […]
San Diego retirement fund sues failed hedge fund firm
New York – Amaranth Advisors has been sued by the San Diego County retirement fund for securities fraud, a step that the hedge fund firm said might delay refunds to clients hurt when Amaranthcollapsed under $6.6 billion in losses in […]
Hedge funds set to face 2-year lock-in
New Delhi – The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has told several hedge funds wanting to invest in India that they should agree to a lock-in period of two years as a cushionagainst sudden withdrawal under adverse circumstances. […]
Campbell & Company Appoints Terri Becks President & CEO
HedgeCo.net – Towson, MD, April 3, 2007 — Campbell & Company announced today the appointment of Terri Becks to the position of President & Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Bruce Cleland, who will become Vice Chairman. Keith Campbell, founder and Chairman […]
IMA proposes sensitive data sharing between fund firms
London – A controversial plan to enable investment houses to share data on each other’s fund flows and analyse intermediary activity is under development by the Investment Management Association. The Data Exchange project is intended to improve transparency between IMA […]
Hedge Fund To Separate Brokerage Arm to New York
HedgeCo.net – Top ten hedge fund firm Man Group said on Friday it is considering splitting off its brokerage arm into a new £2 billion ($3.9 billion) company. The de-merger would separate its U.S. brokerage unit and list it in […]