Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
CalPERS to boost Hedge Fund investments
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The California Public Employees Retirement System [CalPERS] may boost its hedge fund investments to as much as US $5.2 billion, according to published reports.Such an allocation when made, will make CalPERS the largest known […]
Ramius Capital Group implements new Cogency software for Hedge Fund management
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Cogency Software, Inc., provider of software solutions for the financial services industry has announced the release of its new product, the Cogency AlternativeInvestment(TM). The software was implemented at the New York-based Ramius Capital Group, […]
List of World’s largest 100 Hedge Funds unveiled
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The New York City based Alpha publication has released its study of the world�s largest hedge funds by assets. According to the results of the newly released data,Caxton Associates, a New York City based […]
Thomson Financial unveils new Hedge Fund Portfolio Analytics Software
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Thomson Financial, one of the leading providers of information and technology solutions has released it latest Portfolio Analytics Software, the Thomson OnePortfolio offers a �comprehensive portfolio analytics solution that provides industry-leading performance attribution and […]
CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index down 0.58% for April…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is down 0.58% for April 2004, according to Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont Index LLC. �Several factors in the world economy contributed to the negative return […]
Canadian Hedge Fund firm reaches 5-year milestone, to open additional capacity
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Preservation Trust hedge fund company has announced plans to open additional capacity through the launching of a new hedge fund vehicle this summer accordingto a new press release. Preservation is one of the […]
RAB Capital appoints Nick Reid as Senior Portfolio Manager
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – RAB Capital plc, the hedge fund manager, has appointed Nick Reid as a Senior Portfolio Manager to co-manage its new Japan long-short equity hedge fund. Nick wasformerly a Senior Japanese Fund Manager for a […]
Economics Professor questions reliability of Hedge Fund data
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Burton Malkiel, an economics professor at Princeton University, and an author of an acclaimed financial market book, �A Random Walk Down Wall Street,� hasquestioned the reliability of most hedge fund performance data, which are […]
SEC clears Clinton Group of wrongdoing in pricing dispute
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has cleared the Clinton Group, of any wrongdoing in the mutual fund pricing scandals of late 2003. The conclusion wasreached following a 7-month long investigation of the hedge […]
Assets in Mellon HBV Event Driven Fund surpasses US $100 M
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Mellon Financial Corporation has announced that investor assets in one of its subsidiary fund, Mellon HBV European Event Driven Alternative Strategies LLC, havesurpassed the US $100 million mark. According to the press release, �The […]
OMAM launches US Equity Hedge Fund & US Select Equity Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Old Mutual Asset Management [OMAM] has announced the launching of a host of funds, a US equity hedge fund, and a US select equity fund according to publishedreports. Terry Ewing and Ann Hall […]
SSGA unveils two new Commodity Funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – State Street Global Advisors [SSGA] has unveiled two new commodity related investment vehicles. The first fund will be tracking the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index[GSCI], and the second vehicle will be an actively managed fund, […]