Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Regulator clips hedge funds’ wings
The Post.ie – The glitzy but complex world of hedge funds found itself at the receiving end of unwelcome attention from financial regulators in Ireland and Britain last week. The Irish Financial Regulator showed its teeth to the industry with […]
Combined hedge funds and emerging markets are risky
Big money is working its way into small places. Deep-pocketed pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors are pouring money into a place they’ve avoided for years: emerging-market hedge funds. In December, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or Calpers, […]
FSA mulls hedge funds for retail investors
Reuters.uk – The Financial Services Authority said it was considering letting retail investors have access to hedge fund investments and would consult next year on how to help consumers understandthe risks. Allowed investments will probably include funds of hedge funds […]
PensionRiskMatters.com Will Address Issues Affecting $10 Trillion Pension Industry
HedgeCo.Net – Valuation and risk professional Dr. Susan M. Mangiero has launched the first blog devoted exclusively to the topic of pension financial risk and fiduciary implications. The blog(http://www.pensionriskmatters.com) will serve as a resource for trustees, board members, consultants, money […]
Rockwater Hedge Adds FInance Veteran to their Board
HedgeCo.Net – Rockwater Hedge, LLC, an investment management firm that offers sophisticated municipal bond investing strategies, today announced that Dr. George Handjinicolaou, a veteran in financial markets, has joined as an Advisory Board Member. “George’s expertise, namely in financial engineering, […]
New fund could free investor from paying for bad management
Allentown Morning Call – Critics of mutual funds have long maintained that one big problem with the entire investment genre is that the money manager gets paid even when the fund falls short of expectations. So while management can talk […]
Thomas Lee leaves firm he started, to run new ventures
Boston Globe – Billionaire Thomas Lee, who founded the Boston buyout firm Thomas H. Lee Partners LP 32 years ago, has stepped down to start another private-equity venture and expand his hedge fund. ”We’ve separated amicably, and I intend to […]
Kroll’s on the case
Rocky Mountain News – A private eye known for uncovering the hidden riches of Saddam Hussein may try to hunt down millions of dollars – including investments by former Denver Broncos – in an allegedhedge fund fraud. Kroll Inc., whose […]
Helping hedge funds go mainstream
Financial Times – London’s rapid emergence as a hedge fund capital to rival New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, owes much to the friendly approach the Financial Services Authority has adopted to this industry. Yesterday’s proposal from the FSA that it […]
Allstate looks to hedge funds to boost returns
Reuters – Allstate Corp.’s $125 billion investment fund is joining a growing list of pension funds that are investing in so-called portable alpha strategies in a move to boost overall returns, theinsurance giant’s chief investment strategist said this week. As […]
Hennessee hedge fund group hit by ex-employee suit
Reuters – A prominent hedge fund consulting group being sued by former clients for having led them into the collapsed Bayou Group fund is now being sued by a former top executive, legal documentsshow. Leeana Piscopo filed a lawsuit in […]
FSA to investigate hedge fund incentives
Reuters.uk – The Executive Committee of the fifth annual fundraiser sponsored by Hedge Funds Care and the San Francisco 49ers Foundation have raised their highest amount of funding to date.Approximately $864,980 was raised to support community-based nonprofits with services focused […]