Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Hedge-like funds to be ranked
Pioneer Press – The hedge-fund industry has achieved considerable success selling investments designed to make money no matter how the stock market fares. So far, the relative handful of mutual funds using hedge-fund strategies has not made market inroads, although […]
Hedge Funds Raise Fees as Returns Decline 50 Percent From 1990s
Bloomberg – Hedge funds earned a record $16 billion in fees last year as the returns on investment dwindled to almost half of the average a decade ago. The loosely regulated $1.1 trillion industry increased management fees to 1.44 percent […]
New Fed chief has two tough acts to follow
St. Paul Pioneer Press – Imagine that you wake up one morning with the power to rattle or rally financial markets across the globe, determine the strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar and encourageor discourage the purchases of cars […]
Burger King owners relish a highly profitable float
THE three private-equity firms behind the Burger King fast-food chain expect a whopper of a payout as they prepare for a potential $2.5 billion (£1.3 billion) flotation. Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, the buyout shops […]
Glazer’s hedge fund backers mirror pitch problems of Man Utd
Backers of the Glazer family’s controversial £690m takeover of Manchester United are having as much trouble off the field at the club is having on it. In the seven months since the Glazers assumed control, Man Utd has lost its […]
US expert predicts big future for hedge funds
BEIJING, Jan. 14 — China will see a more favourable environment including more openness, liquidity and interest from the investing public – for the development of hedge funds over the next three years, predicts a US expert. Hedge funds are […]
UBS fined $49.5 million for market-timing for hedge fund clients
San Diego Union Tribune – UBS Financial Services Inc. was fined $49.5 million Thursday by the New York Stock Exchange and state regulators in New Jersey for improperly trading mutual funds on behalf of hedge funds and other clients. According […]
CMA Works with JPMorgan to Structure and Issue a Leveraged Certificate
HedgeCo.Net – Capital Management Advisors (CMA) has recently worked with JPMorgan to structure a three times leveraged certificate with a notional of EUR 15,000,000 linked to the Caravela Fund and the original CMA Multi-Hedge fund of funds. The certificate was […]
AIMA responds to Consultation on Investment Manager Exemption
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has responded to the proposed revision of Statement of Practice (SP1/01), which includes changes to the UK’s Investment Manager Exemption (IME) The IME plays […]
PARKER GLOBAL LAUNCHES INVESTABLE FOREX INDEX
HedgeCo.net – STAMFORD, CT, January 16, 2007 * Parker Global Strategies (PGS), who have tracked FX managers since January 1986 in their widely published Parker FX Index, today announced the launch oftheir first investable foreign exchange index — PGS FX […]
New AIMA Appointments
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association, announces the appointment of a Director of its Hong Kong branch and a Research Consultant in London. Tim Kay has been appointed as a […]
Man Group Gains $700 Mln of Hedge Fund Investments
Bloomberg – Man Group Plc, the world’s biggest hedge fund company, said the amount of money added by customers in the fiscal third quarter more than tripled after it opened a new fund. Investors added a net $700 million in […]