Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Energy & Environment Capital Management Launch Offshore Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Energy & Environment Capital Management LLC (EECM) and Coastal Partners, Ltd. have joined forces to launch an offshore version of the Energy & Environment Fund, afund of hedge funds that seeks to provide superior returns with […]
Hedge Fund Investors Warned of Energy Risks
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Energy Hedge Fund Center recently observed an increasing investor risk, due to the collapse of at least one energy commodity trading hedge fund, and also large reported losses at other funds and banks trading in […]
Hedge funds meet Ahold shareholders on split plan
Forbes – Paulson & Co and Centaurus Capital, the two activist hedge funds calling for a break-up of Dutch supermarket company Ahold, have been meeting with some of Ahold’s biggest shareholders in the Netherlands this week to garner support for […]
Henderson Group Profit Rises 30% on Hedge Fund Flows
Bloomberg – Henderson Group Plc, a London-based money manager, said first-half profit advanced 30 percent as it sold more high-fee investments such as hedge funds. The stock jumped 5.8 percent. Net income rose to 35.4 million pounds ($66.8 million), or […]
It is all Double Dutch, says Fund of Hedge Funds specialist
Easier.com – Francois Barthelemy, partner at F&C Partners LLP, the fund of hedge funds business, has expressed surprise at comments made this week by Joop Wijnt, the Dutch minister for theeconomy. In an outburst on Dutch radio Joop Wijnt accused […]
Pegasus warns investors not to transfer warrants
Biloxi Sun Herald – Fremont-based Pegasus Wireless Corp. (PGWC), a wireless solutions provider, issued today a notice to shareholders who are eligible to receive a previously announced propertydividend that the warrants are not transferable. Earlier this month, Pegasus announced a […]
Cayman financial sector receives high praise
Cayman Net News – The leading finance industry publication The Banker has given a ringing endorsement to the Cayman Islands as an international financial centre, and outlined an upbeat assessment of the jurisdiction’s outlook across a range of sectors. A […]
Mosaid rejects hedge fund demand that the company be sold promptly
Canada.com – Memory-chip maker Mosaid Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) has rejected a dissenting U.S. shareholder’s demand that it immediately put itself on the auction block and warned Wednesday it’s ready for a fight if that’s what Loeb Partners Corp. wants. In […]
Commodity investors “should look to hedge funds”
Reuters – Investors in commodities should look to actively managed hedge funds rather than passive indexes to get exposure to the asset class, UBS Wealth Management said on Wednesday. Actively managed funds can time buying and selling of securities to […]
Hedge fund move finds Dutch leery of predatory Anglo-Saxons
Raw Story By Rohan Minogue, Amsterdam- The Netherlands is not new to foreign capital, but concerns were raised when it became known that US and British hedge funds had joined forces to pressureAhold, a grocer with a tradition stretching back […]
Dubai Hedge Fund Targets 25% Return
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Argent Group manages about $2 billion in assets globally and is aiming for 15-25% returns from investments. The launch of its Dubai fund represents the opening of the regulated hedge fund business in Dubai’s financial […]
Cumulus Energy Fund To Launch On October 1st
(LONDON, 24 August 2006) — The London-based investment management team at Cumulus Weather Fund, on the PCE Investors Limited platform, is launching the Cumulus Energy Fund on October 1st. The Cumulus Energy Fund will replicate the successful energy trading strategy […]