Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Over 450 hedge funds closed down in 2006
Reuters – Over 450 hedge funds went out of business in 2006, capping a year during which Amaranth Advisors LLC liquidated after bad bets on natural gas cost the firm $6.6 billion, the biggest singleloss ever at a hedge fund. […]
Germany starts softening stance on hedge funds
Turkish Daily News – European Union and G8 president Germany backed away from proposing regulation of the $1.7 trillion hedge fund industry, after opposition from some EU states and the bloc’s topfinancial regulator. German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck told a […]
$200000 penalty for actor’s mother
Chicago Tribune – The mother of actor Vince Vaughn must pay a $200,000 civil penalty as part of an agreement reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the management of her Lake Foresthedge fund company, Directors Financial Group Ltd. […]
Harcourt launches Belmont Latin America Ltd.
Harcourt Investment Consulting AG has launched Belmont Latin America Ltd, a fund of hedge funds fully dedicated to a Latin American investment focus. The fund was launched in October 2006 and allows investors to benefit from exposure to Latin American […]
GFI Launches Equity Research Offering US
HedgeCo.net – New York, February 1, 2007 — GFI Group Inc. (Nasdaq: GFIG), a leading inter-dealer broker specializing in over-the-counter derivatives products and related securities, is offeringequity research to US-based hedge funds, mutual funds and other institutional money managers. GFI’s […]
Study Shows Hedge Funds Want More Individualized Research Products
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Institutional money managers and hedge funds are paying more for individualized research products and services from Wall Street, according to a newsurvey. Instead of the “traditional†buy/sell/hold research reports from analysts, hedge fund investors are looking […]
Rosseau Ranked No.1 Global Event-Driven Hedge Fund for 2006
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Rosseau Limited Partnership, the $200 million hedge fund, ranked No.1 globally in the Event-Driven category by the Lipper/TASS Database for 2006.The hedge fund showed a 121.7% return. The hedge fund’s offshore equivalent, G-10 Rosseau Special Situations […]
HedgeCo Investments Seeks Emerging Hedge Fund Managers with Intellect, Aptitude and Capacity
Holding Capital Group and HedgeCo form joint venture focused on incubation and capital introduction for gifted, early-stage investment managers New York, New York– January 31, 2007 – HedgeCo LLC, an industry leading financial services and information company, and Holding Capital […]
Obstacles drag down ‘investable’ hedge fund indexes
NEW YORK  An investment product designed to copy the performance of the high-stakes hedge fund universe is struggling to live up to its copycat billing. Responding to the growing popularity of hedge funds, investors have gravitated to index funds […]
Pensions pile into commods amid volatile oil
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Institutional investors expected to pour another $25 billion into commodities this year are steadily building new long positions in energy markets amid selling pressure from hedge funds and other speculators. An infusion of cash by pension […]
ECB’s Weber calls for hedge fund code of conduct
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – A voluntary code of conduct by the hedge fund industry would be an important first step towards better oversight of this fast-growing segment of the financial markets, European Central Bank Governing Council member Axel Weber told […]
MARHedge Holds Hedge Fund Conference In San Francisco and Switzerland
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – MARHedge is holding the 13th Annual Institutional Investment Conference, April 15–17 in San Francisco. The conference is designed to assistinvestors in exploring hedge fund strategies that can be employed to meet their investment objectives. MARHedge boasts […]