Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Chief Exec and Vice President Quit after Hedge Fund Takeover
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that it has accepted the resignations of its two executives Russell J. Horner, president and chief executive officer, and Ralph Leverton, vice-president, finance and chief financial officer. The announcement of the departures […]
Hedge Fund Defends Winning Strategy
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Multimillionaire hedge fund co-founder, Paul Marshall, defended his hedge fund Marshal Wace and its controversial strategy, which relies on investment ideas supplied by City stockbrokers, he said in an interview with the Times. Marshal doesn’t believe […]
Hegde Fund Offers to Buy Out Near-Bankrupt Company
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The hedge fund Farallon Capital Management, which owns 11% of shares in The Mills Corp., proposed pumping $499 million into the mall developer tohelp ease the company’s heavy debt and avoid putting it up for sale […]
Liquidity Continues Flowing Upstream
Sometimes the markets don’t reflect what happened (a.k.a. the fundamentals), but who is buying and selling (a.k.a. supply and demand.) Tuesday’s rising Treasury bond prices and falling yields were more the result of Asian central bank-buying than a weak New […]
Hedge fund’s co-founder defends pursuit of ideas
TimesOnline –Paul Marshall, the multimillionaire co-founder of hedge fund Marshall Wace, yesterday defended its controversial methodology, which relies on investment ideas supplied by City stockbrokers. In an interview with The Times, Mr Marshall, who is also a Liberal Democrat donor, […]
Alternative Investment Survey Shows Hedge Funds will Continue to Grow
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Deutsche Bank announced the results of its Fifth Annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted during the second half of 2006. Over 1000representatives from almost 700 institutions responded to the $1.4 trillion industry survey. “Despite a […]
Europe faces wave of corporate shake-ups
MSN MoneyCentral – Europe could face a wave of corporate restructuring in the second half of this year or first six months of 2008, according to a survey of US and European hedge funds and otherinvestors. The survey – conducted […]
Hedge funds feel the heat as oil prices fall
Sydney Morning Herald – THE plants in northern hemisphere gardens may be confused about the unseasonably warm weather, but spare a thought for anyone trying to make a living in the oil market. On thetrading floors, the losses are rising […]
AIMA responds to Consultation on Investment Manager Exemption
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has responded to the proposed revision of Statement of Practice (SP1/01), which includes changes to the UK’s Investment Manager Exemption (IME) The IME plays […]
Hedge Funds increasing use of Managed Cash Investments
HedgeCo.net — CHICAGO, JANUARY 16, 2006 – The world’s hedge fund managers arepaying more attention to investing their cash balances, according to arecent survey by Horizon Cash Management. Widely seen as highly aggressive, high performance investors, more andmore hedge funds […]
Parker Global launches investable forex index
HedgeCo.net — STAMFORD, CT, January 16, 2007 * Parker Global Strategies (PGS), who have tracked FX managers since January 1986 in their widely published Parker FX Index, today announced the launchof their first investable foreign exchange index — PGS FX […]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Is Up 13.86% Year End
The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is up 1.83% in December, finishing the year with a total return of 13.86%, according to Oliver Schupp, President of the Credit Suisse TremontIndex, LLC. “A stronger than expected year was experienced as a […]