Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team

The Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre releases research that is critical of the existing ratings systems: In 2002, EuroPerformance, which is the leading French firm for the dissemination of mutual fund data, approached the Edhec research centre to […]

CSFB/Tremont Engages Ernst & Young; CSFB/Tremont Investable Hedge Fund Index Values Verified Since Inception NEW YORK, NY, May 3, 2005 — To further enhance transparency in its index calculation, CSFB/Tremont has engaged Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) to […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds have always been blamed when things go wrong in the markets, for instance hedge funds have been blamed for the skyrocketing oil prices. Buteconomists from the Federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission {CFTC} […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds that have purchased interest in the collateralized debt obligation in both the U.S. and Europe worry about the performance of that market. Severalmanagers with positions in such market believe that the returns […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Albourne Partners, an adviser to hedge fund investors, has noted that hedge funds are vital for exploring market inefficiencies. According to the statement,hedge funds have carved out a position for themselves in the investment […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge Funds assets have grown by additional $27.6 billion during the first quarter of 2005, according to new data released by the Chicago based Hedge FundResearch {HFR}. The global hedge fund industry currently stands […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Japanese Institutional investors are ahead of their international counterparts in hedge fund investments, according to the UK based hedge fund manager,Gartmore. Charles Beazley, head of institutional and alternative investments at Gartmore said, “I think […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A new study conducted by Northern Trust shows that affluent investors are not adequately diversified in their investment portfolios. The study also revealedthat a �substantial number of millionaires have overly-optimistic expectations about the performance […]

AIMA COMPLETES FIRST GLOBAL SURVEY OF HEDGE FUND ASSET PRICING AND VALUATION PRACTICES Recommends Enhancing Industry Practices to Serve Investors, Industry   LONDON, 27 April 2005 — The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The SEC�s mandatory hedge fund registration laws due to start in about nine months is causing major challenges for hedge fund managers and advisors. Accordingto Buchanan Associates many managers will have to spend countless […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Chief Investment Officer of Emergent Asset Management, David Murrin has predicted that the global equity markets will see additional declines in 2005, suchdecline, may send equity indexes down by about 20 to 30 […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – More European Pension Fund managers are switching to hedge funds. The Pension fund managers of Nestl�s, Jean Pierre Steiner said such strategy is a good onebecause according to him, equity markets have not kept […]