Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
India-focused hedge funds under strategy spotlight
Reuters – Funds using a hedge fund banner to charge higher fees while only betting on India’s rising stock market are likely to come under the spotlight at a conference in Geneva later this month. About 20 hedge funds focus […]
The Long And Short Of Hedge Funds
Motley Fool UK – Hedge funds are supposed to make money for their investors regardless of market conditions, right? But all is not well at the moment. In May, hedge fund managers reportedly gave up about half of this year’s […]
Foundation For Managed Derivatives Research Appoints Damian Handzy To Board Of Directors
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 6, 2006 — The Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research (FMDR) announced today that Damian Handzy has been appointed to serve on its Board as a director. Mr. Handzy joins the FMDR Board to replace Randy Warsager, who […]
Dow Jones Indexes to change Dow Jones Target Date Series
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a change to the Dow Jones Target Date Index series, the first of its kind that seeks to measure the performance of balanced and […]
Vilified by some, activist investors promote market efficiency
Greenwich Time – In the buttoned-up world of Wall Street, some of the most entertaining reading emerges from the regulatory filings of hedge fund activists. Take the recent musings of Stamford-based Dolphin Limited Partnership in its unsuccessful quest to oust […]
Don’t panic when faced with a fund slump
Asbury Park Press – Nothing chills congenial feelings between a money manager and his investors faster than a cold streak. Years of admiration and satisfaction can fade in an amazingly short time when the manager’s performance falters … even if […]
That Hedge Fund May Be More Than a Flash in the Pan
New York Times -CAN hedge funds beat the market? Many of them do so for short periods, of course, but a number of academic studies have generally found that such market-beating funds rarely stay at the top of the rankings […]
Fimat to stay with hedge funds in emerging markets
Reuters – Hedge funds will not walk away from the potential of emerging markets despite the recent rout, and neither will the banks who facilitate their trading, FIMAT International’s head of primebrokerage told Reuters. Banks’ prime brokerage divisions offer custody, […]
Inside Wall Street\’s Culture Of Risk
BusinessWeek – On the 31st floor of a skyscraper overlooking Times Square one recent spring day, a dozen or so of Lehman Brothers Inc.’s (LEH ) top executives filed into a conference room to run through risks, relive past financial […]
Hedge fund firm sues to recover money for investors
Bayou Group, a collapsed hedge fund company whose founders pleaded guilty to fraud, has sued to recover funds for investors who lost money during the crime. The company has filed four complaints against investors who received payments from phony profits […]
Mirant should put itself up for sale, $2 billion activist hedge fund
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Pirate Capital LLC questioned Mirant Corp.’s efforts to acquire rival NRG Energy Inc. and said the company should instead put itself up for sale, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the activist hedge […]
Global Advisors opens new commodity funds
LONDON (Reuters) – Investment manager Global Advisors has launched two new commodity futures funds to meet strong demand from institutional investors, who now see the sector as a separate asset class. Commodity markets have slipped in the past couple of […]