Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Fund Launch: FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund LP
New York (HedgeCo.net) – FH International Asset Management LLC, the advisor to FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Master Fund, L.P. and its tax-exempt/offshore feeder, FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund, LTD, have today launched the FH Emerging Markets […]
Hedge Fund People Moves: Daniel McDermott Assumes Position As CEO At Brighton House Associates
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Massachusetts based Brighton House Associates (BHA) today announced that Daniel McDermott, the Founder of BHA, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer. McDermott, a hedge fund industry veteran, launched BHA in 2007 and pioneered the concept of […]
Hedge Fund Mergers & Acquisitions: Deloitte Expands Into The Restructuring Marketplace
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund advisory, tax and consulting company Deloitte LLP., has acquired all of the assets of financial restructuring company CRG Partners. “Despite an improving economy, there are still companies facing significant operational and financial challenges,” said David Williams, […]
TFG Systems Appoints Marc Sharman to Manage Outsourcing Service to Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund risk and portfolio management service, TFG Systems, is extending its market leading, hosted platform to provide an outsourced operations service to UK hedge funds. TFG will offer hedge funds an outsourced operations service, leveraging their […]
PerTrac: Largest Hedge Funds Continue to Dominate
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Single-manager hedge funds with greater than $1 billion under management account for a mere 3.9% of reporting funds, but they control about 60% of the total single-manager hedge fund assets, according to a study conducted by PerTrac. […]
Hedge Fund Mergers & Acquisitions: Merlin Securities Team Joins Wells Fargo
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The hedge fund division (Wells Fargo Securities) of $1.3 trillion financial services company Wells Fargo, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Merlin Securities, a prime brokerage services and hedge fund tech provider. “Merlin’s capabilities fill […]
Hedge Funds Care To Raffle Fisker Electric Car
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit, organized by the Hedge Funds Care Midwest Committee of Hearts, will raffle a new 2012 Fisker Karma Sedan, the world’s first high-style, high-performance luxury electric car, at a […]
Hedge Fund Performance for March Up 0.1%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Morningstar reported preliminary hedge fund performance for March and for the first quarter as well as estimated asset flows through February 2012. The Morningstar MSCI Composite Hedge Fund Index, an asset-weighted composite of nearly 1,000 hedge funds in […]
HedgeCo Networks Launches Website Design Platform Focused on Servicing Registered Investment Advisers
New York – HedgeCo has launched RIA Websites, a division specializing in technology solutions specific to the investment advisory industry. RIA Websites will leverage the technology built by HedgeCo Websites and provide clients with website licensing with built-in CRM and […]
Hedge Fund Event SALT To Feature Maroon 5
New York – Hedge fund giant SkyBridge Capital, the producers of the SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) Conference, announced that they have established The Aspire Giving Foundation to raise awareness and capital for organizations that provide underserved populations with the tools needed to achieve their […]
Hedge Fund Research: Oxford Uni Partners with Man Group
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The University of Oxford is establishing a lab as the latest project in the collaborative venture between Oxford and $58.4 billion hedge fund investment manager, Man Group plc. The Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI) virtual ‘data […]
Hedge Funds Significantly Outperformed Equities, Bonds and Commodities over the Past 17 Years
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years according to a new study by The Centre for Hedge Fund Research at Imperial College in London. The […]