Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Companies advised to heed hedge fund demands
Reuters – Hedge funds, whose huge stock bets can cause big market swings, are feared and reviled by many corporations that prefer more control over their fortunes. But companies willing to open their doors to hedge fund scrutiny could gain […]
Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Top 25 highest paid hedge fund managers earn $363m on average, according to the Institutional Investor’s Alpha magazine list. Up 45 per cent from the $251maverage in 2004. The top slots are an […]
Rockwater Hedge hires New CFO
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Rockwater Hedge, LLC, an investment management firm that offers sophisticated municipal bond investing strategies to institutional and high net worth investors, today announced that it has hired John E. Hapke as Chief Financial Officer. […]
Hedge Fund Services Bolstered by VanthedgePoint
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – VanthedgePoint Group LLC, an integrated financial services company focusing on small hedge funds has chosen a margin advisor to enhance service to customers and reduce risk. SunGard has announced that Vanthedge has chosen their […]
Volatility cools appetite for Asian IPOs
Financial Times – Companies seeking to tap Asia’s equity markets may be forced to reconsider their plans amid signs of growing nervousness among big investors, including hedge funds. Investment bankers said recent market volatility was affecting the risk appetite of […]
World markets pull back from highs
Buffalo News – Many investors have been pushing their “sell” buttons in recent weeks, shedding global stocks, debt and other assets on fears of rising inflation, higherinterest rates and slower economic growth this year. This marks a reversal for hedge […]
Start-ups turning to hedge funds
When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology venture financing in […]
Hedge funds: Mere mortals after all?
Chicago Tribune – Hedge funds are thought to be the wealthy investor’s Superman–funds that are able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to make investors richer, even when the stock market isacting the villain. But are they Supermen, […]
Start-ups turning to hedge funds
Boston Globe – When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology […]
Hedge funds in a spin
Independent – Man Group, the world’s largest quoted hedge fund, unveils annual results this week that are expected to be its best ever. Like the entire hedge fund industry, it has been on an amazing run. In 2000 Man had […]
Tread carefully in the world of hedge funds
Globe and Mail – You won’t find a better stress test for a hedge fund than the miserable month of May on the stock markets this year. “May will be a very good indicator,” said Tony Sanfelice, president and CEO […]
Hedge funds push copper back up
Australian – HEDGE funds wreaked further havoc on base metal prices last night, sending copper higher in early London trade after two days of heavy losses fuelled by supply concerns from Mexico. The price of copper on the London Metal […]