Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies

IndexIQ Launches New Hedge Fund ETF

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Index-based alternative investment provider Index IQ has launched a new hedge fund replicator fund, the IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF (QMN). The new ETF fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the IQ Hedge Market […]

Teen Fashion Retailer Wet Seal Acts like a Teenager in Response to Clinton Partners acting like a Hedge Fund

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – You would think that a teen-focused retailer that has Carly Rae Jepson as a “spokesmodel” is used to dealing with drama. This week, South Florida based retailer, Wet Seal, focused their teenage angst onto hedge fund Clinton Partners. The kerfuffle began when […]

Hedge Fund Acquisitions: Capital Trust To Sell Investment Management Platform To Blackstone

New York (HedgeCo.Net) . An affiliate of hedge fund investor giant Blackstone has acquired NY Capital Trust, Inc’s investment management business, operated through its subsidiary, CT Investment Management Co., LLC.   Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone will acquire CTIMCO and its fund co-investments […]

Four Top Hedge Fund Managers Join AIMA Board Of Directors, Six To Retire

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Former SEC commissioner Kathleen Casey was appointed the new Chairman of the hedge fund industry association (AIMA) last week. Joining her on the Council is Olwyn Alexander, Partner, PwC; Mark O’Sullivan, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP; […]

Mitt Romney 2011 Tax Returns Reveal No Hedge Fund Secrets

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After months of debate as to what is in Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s 2011 tax returns, they were made public on the campaign website. Expecting a bevy of hedge fund secrets, journalists and blogers were […]

SF Hedge Fund Manager To Build $490 Million Sports Arena In Seattle

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – San Francisco hedge fund manager Chris Hansen is planning a $490 million basketball and hockey arena, pledging $290 million of his private money to the Seattle project, local papers report. Seattle City Council members voted 6-2 on Monday, approving the project after a […]

Cayman Side Letters in the Spotlight

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Guest post by Tony Heaver-Wren, Counsel at Appleby (Cayman) Ltd – Side letters have become a common feature in the landscape of hedge fund investment but with them has come considerable debate and uncertainty about their practical […]

UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index up +0.39% in August 2012

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After four consecutive negative months, the UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index posted a gain of +0.39% for August 2012. A few days into the month the UCITS HFS Index started to gain momentum and cumulated gains of +0.44% […]

Al Gore’s Generation Becomes Largest Hedge Fund Holder Of Jones Lang LaSalle Stock

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund Generation Investment Management, which was founded in 2004 by former Vice-President Al Gore and David Blood, has increased its stake in $3.2 billion market cap manager of real estate and investments, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, to 2.3 […]

Hedge Fund Founder Sponsors Free Science Repository ArXiv For Five Years

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – James Simons, the founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and his wife Marilyn Simons, both Ph.Ds, have decided to fund open access scientific repository arXiv through an operating grant from the Simons Foundation. The arXiv preprint server at […]

SEC Invites Public Comment On Hedge Fund Advertising

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC commissioners voted 4-1 to invite public comment for the proposed rules for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or JOBS Act. Included is Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act, which will eliminate […]

Gawker Publishes Mitt Romney’s Offshore Hedge Fund Holdings

New York (HedgeCo.Net) –  More than 950 pages of hedge fund audits, statements, and investor letters have been published by online magazine Gawker, naming over 20 entities the presidental hopeful has invested in. Gawker reveals: “Romney had invested—at minimum—more than […]