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HedgeOp Compliance, LLC Introduces Update to Web-Based Compliance Tracking, Monitoring and Reporting System

New York, New York– November 27, 2006 – HedgeOp Compliance LLC, a leading provider of specialized products and services to the hedge fund community, today announced the launch of their updatedComplianceTrak software system.  Powered by the latest development technology, ComplianceTrak […]

Conifer Securities Opens British Virgin Island Office

SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2006 – Conifer Securities, LLC, a leading provider of business and operations solutions to hedge fund managers, family offices, foundations and endowments, today announced that it has opened an office in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), […]

CDC Appoints General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

HedgeCo.net ( New York )  – CDC Group plc (“CDC” or “Group”), the UK Government-backed emerging market private equity fund of funds investor, today announces that it has appointed MarkKenderdine-Davies as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.  Mark will be […]

London tightens grip as European hedge funds boom

HedgeWeek – Less stellar returns over the past couple of years have done little to brake the enthusiasm of European hedge fund managers and their institutional investors, with both the number of newfund launches and the level of total fund […]

India as Asia’s best Performer

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – India’s benchmark BSE index is up nearly 45% this year, making it Asia-Pacific’s best performer. It rose 42 percent in 2005, 13 percent in 2004 and 73 percent in 2003 as investors poured money into stocks […]

Hedge Fund Blog Celebrities

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Tyler Cowen, an economics professor at the George Mason University started a blog three years ago with colleague Alex Tabarrok. The blog, called Marginal Revolution, has had more than 6 million visitors, Cowen has become an […]

US insider trading bill takes aim at hedge funds

International Herald Tribune – Draft legislation being circulated by Senator Arlen Specter, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and written to prevent insider trading, would require hedgefunds that accept pension-fund money to register with federal regulators. The proposal would […]

Gottex test markets fund of hedge funds

CityWire.co.uk – US hedge fund giant Gottex Fund Management is test marketing its flagship fund of hedge funds (FoHF) in the UK. Citywire understands that Gottex hopes to launch its Market Neutral (MN) FoHF in the UK during the first […]

Ex-mayor held as theft suspect

Cincinnati Enquirer – A former Loveland mayor who once was a successful investment broker will return to Cincinnati in the next few days to face theft charges, accused of stealing money from clients he persuaded to invest in his hedge […]

Hedge funds Centarus, Paulson meet Ahold

Reuters – Hedge fund shareholders Centaurus Capital and Paulson & Co., which has put pressure on Ahold to sell its U.S. assets, met the Dutch retailer earlier this week, a spokesman for the fundssaid on Wednesday. “I can confirm that […]

Asia hedge funds seen doubling in size in next 3 years

Forbes – Assets managed by hedge funds in Asia are expected to double in size over the next three years from 130 bln usd currently based on market estimates, BNP Paribasregional head for Southeast Asia and India Jean Pierre Bernard […]

Executive at Stock Unit Said to Leave Hedge Fund

New York Times – The head of global stocks at the Citadel Investment Group, a $12 billion Chicago-based hedge fund, has left the firm, according to a person briefed on the situation. The executive, Anand Parekh, formerly head of the […]