Category Archives: HedgeCo News
BNY Mellon Acquires HedgeMark International
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – BNY Mellon has completed its acquisition of HedgeMark International, LLC, a provider of hedge fund managed account and risk analytic services. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HedgeMark will become part of BNY Mellon’s […]
Carne Launches AIFMD Guide For Hedge Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Carne has launched the latest in its popular series of guides for fund managers, the AIFMD Guide for Asset Managers. “There remains a great deal of confusion in some quarters of the funds industry about the obstacles […]
Lawyers as SEC Enforcement Targets, What a Fund Manager Needs to Know
In a move that should place securities lawyers and their clients on notice, Commissioner Kara Stein of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently indicated that lawyers may become targets of SEC enforcement actions when a registrant has been poorly […]
HedgeCo Attracts Another Equity Partner And Joins Forces With GEMS Kenmar-Olympia Group
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – HedgeCo Networks, LLC, a preeminent service provider to the hedge fund industry and operator of the world’s most trafficked database for hedge fund information (HedgeCo.Net), continues to attract global leaders in the alternative investment field. Just […]
What Hedge Funds Need to Know About The May 5th FATCA Deadline
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), is arguably a thorn in the sides of many foreign hedge funds. While some funds are attempting to tackle compliance flying by the seats of their pants, for others, […]
Survey: 81% Of Endowments & Foundations Planning Hedge Fund Allocations In 2014
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Boston-based investment consulting firm’s NEPC’s Q1 survey, which measures endowment and foundation confidence and sentiment related to the economy, investing and market performance, has released its results. 81% of E&Fs indicated they are planning to allocate the […]
SEC Chair: 1,800 Hedge Fund Advisers Registered With SEC
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Chairman Chair Mary Jo White said that hedge fund and private equity fund managers have been charging improper fees to portfolio companies or the funds they manage. “Since the effective date of the Dodd-Frank Act, approximately […]
Hedge Fund Regulation: AIFMD: Are you ready?
AIFMD is an issue that is growing in importance as we approach July 22nd, the date by which Alternative Investment Fund Managers will have to be compliant with the new directive. Whether hedge fund managers are in favor of it […]
A Guide To Understanding Hedge Fund Performance
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has published a new educational guide to understanding hedge fund performance, ‘Apples and apples: How to better understand hedge fund performance.’’ (PDF) AIMA says comparing hedge fund performance to the […]
Chicago Financial Community To Join Forces At May 8th Hedge Funds Care
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – At the 12th Annual Midwest “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit organized by Hedge Funds Care/Help For Children (HFC) Sheffield Asset Management will recieve the 5th Annual Kelly Lively Memorial Award for outstanding commitment to […]
Hedge Fund Managers Back Star-Studded Climate Change Documentary Series
New York (HedgeCo.Net ) – Three hedge fund managers have accorded over $1.5 million apiece to the new series, “Years of Living Dangerously” which premiered on Showtime this month. The series highlights the effects of climate change already happening around […]
Rothschild Group Teams Up With Hedge Fund Seeder Larch Lane
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Rothschild Asset Management, the US asset management business of the Rothschild Group, and employee-owned Larch Lane Advisors have teamed up to establish the Rothschild Larch Lane Management Company LLC. Bringing together two experts in hedge fund […]