Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team

MSNBC -James Simons of Renaissance Technologies and T. Boone Pickens Jr of BP Capital Management raked in $1.5bn and $1.4bn in 2005, putting them at the top of the Institutional Investor’s Alphamagazine list of the Top 25 highest paid hedge fund […]

Reuters – Commodity hedge funds may have a harder time finding investors as prices of raw materials yo-yo after months of gains, but they remain the best bet for extraordinary profits, an industryexecutive said this week. “There’s no other sector […]

Turkish Daily News – The recent rout in financial markets has once again sparked talk of possible hedge fund failures and the threat they might pose to financial stability. European stocks have tumbled more than 10 percent since May 11, […]

Global Investor – Asia Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) chairmen went head to head in a battle for hedge funds at Terrapinn’s annual Fund of Funds World Asia conference held in Singapore this week. Representing Australia, Kim Ivey, director of […]

Reuters – Hedge funds tend to concentrate their holdings in small- to medium-cap stocks, which may be one reason such stocks continue to outperform larger companies, a recent Goldman Sachs (GS.N:Quote, Profile, Research) analysis of hedge fund holdings found. Furthermore, […]

MarketWatch – Gartmore Investment Management, a $45 billion asset manager, agreed on Thursday to be acquired in a management buyout backed by private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, in a move designed to help expand its hedge-fund business. The value […]

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 […]

Bobsguide – Food-making giant HJ Heinz has rejected recommendations made by hedge fund Trian Fund Management concerning the way in which its business is conducted. The Cayman Islands-based fund, managed by billionaire Nelson Peltz, initially urged the company to make […]

Motley Fool – First things first: I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Fool and, not coincidentally, a buy-to-hold investor who absolutely believes that the best place for long-term money is the stock market. Noother investment vehicle — not real estate, not bonds, and […]

Edmonton Journal – Canadian Tire Corp. shares soared Wednesday after a well-known U.S. hedge fund manager lauded the company at a prestigious New York investment conference. The stock rose on much heavier than average volume after William Ackman, managing partner […]

Independent – Man Group, the world’s largest quoted hedge fund manager, fuelled fears yesterday that some of its smaller competitors may be in serious trouble after revealing that some of its futures funds have made substantial losses this month. The […]

New York Times – Grumbling sounds are coming these days from stockholders of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s parent, Deutsche Börse, about hedge funds. The long-term plans laid by the Children’s Investment Fund, better known as TCI; Atticus Capital; and other […]