Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
SEC Director not worried about Hedge Fund loophole
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Paul Roye, director of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management said he is not concerned about the much talked about loophole in the new SEC hedge fundlaws. Under the new passed laws, funds with […]
High Fees may dampen investor’s appetite for Hedge Funds new Tremont report suggest
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Analysts and hedge fund industry participants fear that the growth of new assets for the hedge fund industry may slow down in 2005. Such slowdown may resultfrom high hedge fund fees, which may force […]
Next Phase of the New Hedge Fund laws starts in March
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – US based hedge fund managers continues to nervously await the full implementation of the new SEC laws early next year. But the next phase of the new regulationwill begin in March 2005, when hedge […]
SEC freezes assets of the Principals of Chicago based Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Principals of the Chicago-based money-management firm Northshore Asset Management were named in an SEC emergency enforcement action for misappropriatingabout $37 million from two hedge fund portfolios, which they acquired in 2004. According to […]
Nexa Technologies unveils its new trading Software for hedge fund managers
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Nexa Technologies has unveiled its latest trading software for hedge fund managers, according to the release. The new Spinnaker trading package is acomprehensive execution gateway that integrates low-latency live and historical market data, offering […]
More Japanese institutions look to invest in hedge funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Growing number of Japanese institutions are showing greater willingness and interest in hedge funds, according to Nikko Asset Management’s alternativeinvestment division. Such renewed interest was necessitated by the desire to achieve investment returns in […]
Eze Castle unveils new Disaster Recovery solution for Hedge Fund Managers
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Eze Castle Integration, Inc., has announced the introduction of its latest Internet based disaster recovery solution for hedge fund managers and otherinvestment managers. The new product, called vSite, an acronym for {Virtual Site} �provides […]
Hedge Fund bubble soon to burst?
Sure not – Hedge Funds are a long-term growth story and institutional assets continue to flow into Hedge Funds and especially Funds of Funds. It is estimated that Funds of Funds account for about 40to 50% of the Hedge Fund […]
Fidelity to experiment with Hedge Funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Fidelity Investments is set to offer two new products, which the company is not calling hedge funds, but the new strategies, Fidelity Active Strategy funds, orFAST will be utilizing hedge fund like strategies for […]
Everest Capital Ltd. to launch new Hedge Fund in Australia
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Everest Capital Ltd., has launched a new hedge fund in Sydney, with the assistance from Australian investment and advisory firm, Babcock & Brown Ltd. Thenew fund was launched with an initial public offering for […]
More Mutual funds copy Hedge Fund trading tactics
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A growing number of traditional mutual fund companies now offer hedge fund type portfolios according to news reports. Such change in tactics resulted from manyyears of poor market performance by mutual fund companies, following […]
Hedge Fund risks lower than those of the S&P 500
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – New research conducted by Roger Ibbotson, the Yale University finance professor, and hedge fund partner and chairman of the Chicago-based research firm, hasshown that hedge fund risks are actually lower than those of the […]