Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Top Hedge Fund Strategies: Driven, Long/Short Equity, Fundamental and Emerging Markets Equity
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Credit Suisse’s mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey reports that the second half of 2014 looks set to be a strong period for capital allocations to hedge funds. Of the investors surveyed, 97% indicated that they […]
Hedge Fund Research: Highly Disproportionate Inflows into Non-U.S. Equities Persist
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that U.S. investors have overwhelmingly favored non-U.S. equities this year. While U.S. equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have received $12.6 billion, global equity mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have raked […]
SEC Announces Charges in Scheme to Secretly Enable Lawbreakers to Run Microcap Company
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against four individuals and a microcap company for concealing from investors that two lawbreakers ran the company. According to the SEC’s orders instituting administrative proceedings, the mission of Natural Blue Resources […]
KKR Takes Minority Stake in Hedge Fund BlackGold Capital
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Global investment firm KKR & Co. L.P. is acquiring a 24.9% interest in credit-oriented hedge fund BlackGold Capital Management, the WSJ reports. Founded in 2006 by co-founders Erik Dybesland and Adam Flikerski, Blackgold manages $1.4 billion in […]
Hedge Fund Awards: JP Morgan Wins “Manager of the Year”
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management (JPMAAM) has been named “Firm of the Year” among Large Fund of Hedge Funds managers at the 12th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards. Institutional Investor presented the award at a ceremony […]
Louisiana Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A hedge fund manager has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of mail fraud based on his executing a $13 million investment fraud scheme that included victims in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida, The Times-Picayune reports. He is scheduled […]
Global Hedge Funds Reach $2.12 Trillion In First Half Of 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Despite mixed returns, hedge funds grew assets under management by US$105.6 billion in the first half of 2014 bringing the current AUM of the global hedge fund industry to a record high of US$2.12 trillion, according […]
SEC Charges Ernst & Young With Violating Auditor Independence Rules in Lobbying Activities
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Ernst & Young LLP with violations of auditor independence rules that require firms to maintain their objectivity and impartiality with clients. Ernst & Young agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle […]
Citigroup To Pay $7 Billion In Sub-Prime Mortgage Settlement
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citigroup has agreed to pay approximately $7 billion for its part in the financial crisis of 2008, the WSJ reports. Citigroup is accused of downplaying the risks of sub-prime mortgages when packaging them selling them to hedge funds, […]
Hedge Funds Get $16.9 Billion in May but Underperform S&P 500
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment Research reported today that the hedge fund industry took in $16.9 billion (0.7% of assets) in May, down slightly from $19.1 billion (0.8% of assets) in April. “Hedge funds raked in $72.2 […]
TLC Capital Group Readies Summer Hedge Fund Launch
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Atlanta-based TLC Capital Group LLC is preparing the launch of a new option-hedged market neutral fund, the Salvus Hedged Yield Fund LP. “The fund is designed for the preservation of capital and will offer investors the […]