Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Former Associate Dean of MIT Sloan School and His Harvard MBA Son Agree to Plead Guilty in Hedge Fund Scam
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Two Boston-area hedge fund managers were charged today with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, wire fraud and obstruction of justice. Gabriel Bitran, 69, of Newton, a former professor and associate dean of the Massachusetts Institute of […]
Finding the Balance on Personal Securities Compliance
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – On February 6, 2014, Matthew Martoma, a former trader at SAC Capital Advisers, a hedge fund founded by billionaire Steve Cohen, was found guilty in federal court for illegally trading on material nonpublic information. His former […]
White Paper: Financial services firms subject to data attacks
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Can acquisitions or investments lead to data attacks? The financial and reputational risks associated with security breaches and the ever-increasing sophistication of attacks are a critical issue for financial services firms today. It is no longer a […]
SEI Announces Board Members for Alternative Strategy-Focused Advisors’ Inner Circle Series Trust
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) announced today four independent board members for itsrecently-launched new series trust, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund® (AIC) III, which addresses the rising demand for alternative strategies packaged as mutual funds. The board members, […]
Lexington Partners Acquire a Portion of JP Morgan Chase’s Interest in One Equity Partnership
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Lexington Partners (“Lexington”) together with AlpInvest Partners (“AlpInvest”) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JPMorgan Chase’s interests in approximately 50% of the portfolio companies currently held by One Equity Partners […]
SEC: Brokerage Firm Worked With A Hedge Fund To Hide $45 Million
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund manager Nikolai Battoo is again under investigation, this time for his inappropriate business dealings with Bahamas-based brokerage firm Alliance Investment Management Limited. The SEC alleges that Julian R. Brown and his firm Alliance Investment Management Limited […]
Hedge Fund People: Patrick Henry Named New Leader of Deloitte’s Investment Management Practice in US
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A partner with top hedge fund service provider, Deloitte & Touche LLP has been appointed vice chairman and leader of the cross-functional investment management practice in the United States. Patrick Henry succeeds Cary Stier, who has expanded […]
HedgeCoVest Named as a Presenter at the National Finovate Fall Conference in New York
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – HedgeCo Networks, LLC, a preeminent service provider to the hedge fund industry will unveil HedgeCoVest, their new, real time hedge fund replication platform, at the national Finovate conference on September 23-24, 2014 in New York. Finovate […]
Bruce H. Lipnick to Speak at the Summer NYC VC & Angel Conference
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Soho Loft and VC and Angel Network FundingPost have invited Bruce H. Lipnick, CEO and Founder of Asset Alliance Corporation, CrowdAlliance and Ver-On-Demand to speak in a Crowdfunding Panel at the Summer NYC Venture Capital & Angel […]
In Defense of Carried Interest Tax Treatment
New York (HedgeCo.Net) -By Andrew Lerner, Managing Partner, IA Capital Group. Private equity professionals, venture capitalists, real estate investors and hedge fund managers share in the appreciation of the assets they manage, in the form of carried interest. Controversially, carried interest […]
1,400 Hedge Fund Leaders Expected At The 2014 Rocktoberfest
New York (HedgeCo.Net) -A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) is hosting their 11th Annual Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest – NYC at Capitale on October 22nd and our 3rd Annual Rocktoberfest – Chicago at City Winery on October 8th. ALTSO is a […]
Hedge Funds Buy $1.6 Billion In H1 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Making 2014 the busiest year in the secondary market thus far, H1 volume hit $22 billion (a 47% increase year over year), according to the newly released Setter Capital Volume Report – H1 2014, which covers the […]