Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Stratton Street Capital launched HX2 Hedge Fund
Stratton Street Capital announced the launch of HX2 Fund from thebeginning of April. It will be managed by Dominic McEwan and JeffAtherton, who together have over 40 years combined experience in theJapanese market. McEwan has managed the fund since its […]
Dow Jones Indexes, AIG Financial Products Corp. Announce New Family Of Single Commodity Indexes
NEW YORK and WILTON, Conn. (April 4, 2006)â€â€Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and AIG Financial Products Corp. (AIG-FP), a leader in financial derivatives products and a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), today announced […]
Private equity battles with hedge funds in Japan
TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Private equity firms struggling to find reasonably priced assets in Japan are increasingly settling for smaller stakes in companies — pitting them against souped-up hedge funds in competition for deals. While buyout funds are usually loath […]
Reach of hedge funds worries regulators
The Dallas Morning News – Hedge fund investors aren’t your typical investors. In fact, you need to qualify as an “accredited investor” before you’re able to invest in many funds of hedge funds – investment companies that invest in hedge […]
‘V’ Is for SEC In Eyes of Hedge Funds
No one in the hedge fund community would risk saying it publicly, but some hedge fund money managers are claiming the Securities and Exchange Commission is on a vendetta against the $1.2 trillion industry. In the past few weeks, the […]
Deutsche Boerse Ex-Chief Seifert Attacks `Locust’ Hedge Funds
April 3 (Bloomberg) — Werner Seifert, who quit as chief executive officer of Deutsche Boerse AG less than a year ago, compares the investors who pushed for his departure to a plague of locusts in a book published today. Seifert […]
Fledgling hedge funds struggle to raise assets
Finance Asia – Morgan Stanley’s survey of institutional investors finds they are pickier about hedge fund managers – and keener on Asia and Japan strategies. Growing up is never easy. A Morgan Stanley survey of global hedge fund trends, based […]
Hedges provide a less bumpy course
Many investors would say that venture capital trusts are lower risk than hedge funds, but they would be wrong. A fund of hedge funds, run by an experienced fund manger who knows how to balance levelsof risk, can be far […]
Man Group profit to top forecasts on performance fees
Investors Business Daily – Man Group, the world’s largest publicly-traded hedge fund manager, said Friday that its pretax profit will outpace analyst estimates thanks to stronger-than-forecastperformance fee income. Man Group (EMGEMG) said profit before tax and exceptional items for the […]
New Star Asset Mgt profits beat forecasts
Reuters – British fund firm New Star Asset Management (NSAM.L: Quotazione, Profilo) said on Friday its full-year earnings rose 82 percent in 2005, beating most analysts’ forecasts. The firm, founded by John Duffield in 2000, said operating earnings before tax, […]
SEC commissioner criticizes hedge fund rule
Boston Globe – A new hedge fund registration rule has created extra burdens for the Securities and Exchange Commission without protecting investors, one of the agency’s Republican commissioners saidyesterday. The new rule has proven ”costly and ineffective,” commissioner Paul S. […]
SEC claims hedge fund falsified returns
MarketWatch – The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged securities broker and investment adviser Global Crown Capital LLC with fraudulently hiding from investors the trading losses of hedge fund Cogent Capital Management. The agency alleges that Rani Jarkas and […]