Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
10 Thousandth Hedge Fund Registered In Cayman
A Hedge Fund called the Rutland Fund recently became the Cayman Islands? 10,000 registered fund authorized by the Monetary Authority to operate in the Cayman Islands. Since the passage of the Mutual Funds Law back in 1993 The registration of […]
Hedge Funds Buy Life Insurance Policies to Ply New Profit Path
Bloomberg – For Michael Mandell, running a hedge fund is a matter of life and death. After investors pulled 90 percent of the $80 million in his New Aquarian funds starting in 2004 amid bruising competition in the industry, Mandell […]
‘Easy’ days over for hedge funds?
International Herald Tribune – During the past decade, hedge fund managers have emerged as masters of a secretive, $1.08 trillion universe. They rode the 1990s bull market, bet on declines as the Nasdaq collapsed and made – and sometimes lost […]
Private investors crowded out as hedge funds grow
Reuters – The world’s super-rich will soon become marginal financiers in the hedge fund industry as the business they invented is increasingly dominated by large institutional investors, fundmanagers say. Billionaires and other individuals rich enough to spend most of their […]
DE Shaw, Bridgewater Top List of World’s Biggest Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – During the past decade, hedge fund managers have emerged as masters of a secretive, $1.08 trillion universe. They rode the 1990s bull market, shorted stocks as the Nasdaq collapsed and made — and sometimes lost — vast fortunes. […]
20% of UK schemes invest in hedge funds
IPE.com – UK – Around one in five large UK pension funds have some exposure to hedge funds, the National Association of Pension Funds says. The NAPF’s annual survey – which asked about hedge funds for the first time due […]
More Treasuries investors turn bearish in week
Reuters – An increased number of investors were bearish on Treasuries in the latest week, with expectations of further U.S. interest rate hikes, according to a poll released on Tuesday. Investors who said they were short on Treasuries rose to […]
Hedge Fund Bankruptcy Role Seen Probed
CFO.com Magazine – The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the increasing role played by hedge funds in bankruptcy proceedings and whether fund representatives are lying about the size of their stakes to gain critical, sensitive information, according to Bloomberg. […]
Hedge funds betting Asia will boost gold reserves
Hedge funds, after pushing gold prices to 18-year highs, are looking to China and other Asian central banks as the next big drivers of the metal. This month Russia, Argentina and South Africa decided to increase the amount of gold […]
DOW Jones Indexes Announces 2006 Reweighting of DOW Jones-AIG Commodity Index
Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, announced new target weightings for commodity futures in the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity IndexSM that will become effective in early January 2006. The new target weights, which were determined, approved and previously announced […]
European Fund Management Lobby Urges Simpler Hedge Fund Laws
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Fund and Asset Management Association Monday called for harmonization of rules governing European Union hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, warning that failure to regulate the market is stifling Europe’s economic growth. In a […]
SEC Investigates Bankruptcy Committees in the U.S. Over Hedge-Fund Fraud
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the growing role of hedge funds in bankruptcy proceedings on concern money managers are overstating their bond holdings to get access to inside information. SEC officials are trying to determine […]