Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Fund Research:: November notifications up 3.44%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for November 2011 measured 3.44%, up from 2.51% in October. “We expect fund redemption requests to increase as year-end approaches,” said Hans Hufschmid, chief executive officer, GlobeOp Financial Services. “January is […]
New Yorker Profiles Hedge Fund Tech Maestro Peter Thiel
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the upcoming issue of The New Yorker, writer George Packer profiles hedge fund and venture-capital entrepreneur Peter Thiel. The article “No Death, No Taxes” comes out on November 28th. His venture-capital firm, Founders Fund, has an […]
Gnip & StockTwits Create Micro-Blogging Data Product For Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Gnip Inc announced a partnership with StockTwits, launching Gnip MarketStream, a product designed to incorporate the most relevant social media data streams into a single solution for hedge funds and high-frequency traders. “While the use of social media […]
HedgeCo™ (HCN) Hedge Fund Indices Returns Through September 2010
New York- (HedgeCo.net) – The HedgeCo.net Hedge Fund Aggregate Index showed an average annual return of -2.69% through September 2011, compared to the S&P500 which showed an average of 0.85%. While equities markets improved in September, the sovereign debt problems […]
Currensee Launches Foreign Exchange Investment Service for Institutional Clients
Boston – Currensee (www.currensee.com), the leader in bringing the world currency markets to investors and financial institutions across the globe, today launched the availability of its Trade Leaders™ Investment Program for institutional clients and their investors. The company also announced […]
Sadis & Goldberg Alert: Hedge Fund SEC Filing Deadlines
New York (HedgeCo.net) – On October 31, 2011, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules under the Commodity Exchange Act and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to implement provisions of Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street […]
Hedge Fund Launch: SYZ & CO Global High Yield
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has launched the OYSTER Global High Yield, a new fund investing in high yield fixed income investments. OYSTER Global High Yield is managed by hedge fund, a high yield manager […]
Dodd-Frank Provisions: Are You Exempt from Registering with the SEC?
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Title IV of the Dodd-Frank Act is also known as the “Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2010” (the “PF Act”). The PF Act amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”) and […]
Citi Launches Hedge Fund 3.0
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Citi’s Hedge Fund 1.0, saw the hedge fund industry as a niche business, with funds typically relying upon a single prime broker to support trading and reporting. In Hedge Fund 2.0, the next evolutionary phase, funds […]
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Up +2.46%, Equity Markets Experience Best October in 37 Years
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +2.46% in October (-2.95% YTD), while the S&P 500 increased +10.77% (-0.35% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced +9.54% (+3.25% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index climbed +11.14% (+1.19% […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index up +0.68% in October 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After two down months the UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index was able to break the negative trend and gained +0.68% in October 2011. Following two rather tumultuous months in the financial markets the UCITS HFS […]