Category Archives: HedgeCo News
People Moves: Hedge Fund Veteran Doug Moore Joins Agecroft Partners
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund firm Agecroft Partners, has hired hedge fund veteran Doug Moore as a Managing Director. Moore has over 14 years of institutional hedge fund experience, his responsibilities will include: assisting with due diligence on potential […]
New Yorker Review: Ray Dalio And His Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the July 25, 2011, issue of The New Yorker, in “Mastering the Machine”, John Cassidy talks to Ray Dalio and gets an exclusive look inside Bridgewater Associates, the world’s biggest hedge fund, of which Dalio […]
Hedge Fund Association Launches Europe’s First Smaller Managers’ Group
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund association, has created the AIMA Smaller Managers’ Group for AIMA’s European hedge fund managers with $250 million or less in assets under management. “It is well […]
ProShares Launches Hedge Fund Replication ETF
New York (HedgeCo,net) – $26 billion ETF provider, ProShares, today launched a Hedge Replication ETF, based on Merrill Lynch’s recognized hedge fund replication model. The ETF, HDG, lists on the NYSE today. “Many portfolios could benefit from the risk/return characteristics […]
BNY Mellon: ETF Assets Expected to Double to $2 Trillion in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.net ) – Assets in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in the U.S. are expected to double to $2 trillion before the end of 2015, according to a new whitepaper from BNY Mellon and Strategic Insight. The report, ETFs 2.0: […]
People Moves: Lisa Preudhomme Joins Hedge Fund Larch Lane
New York (HedgeCo,net) – Hedge fund seeder, Larch Lane Advisors LLC, a member company of Old Mutual Asset Management, announced today that Lisa Preudhomme has been appointed as a Director of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Ms. Preudhomme will be responsible […]
Altegris Advisors Launches Non Passive Index Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net)- Altegris Advisors has launched the Altegris Macro Strategy Fund. The Hedge Fund offer access for individual and professional investors to participate in the global macro approach to investing through an actively managed mutual fund. “Of all the […]
The “Twitter Hedge Fund”: Harnessing the Power of Social Media
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Opalesque reports on Derwent Capital’s “Twitter Hedge Fund” investment approach, which is based on an academic paper by Johan Bollen, HuinaMao, Xiao-Jun Zeng called ‘Twitter mood predicts the stock market’. (Below) “Behavioral economics tells us that emotions can […]
Agecroft Hedge Fund Specialist Named President of Performance Trust Investment Advisors
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Douglas R. Rothschild, a financial industry veteran and expert in hedge fund operations and asset management, was named President of Performance Trust Investment Advisors, LLC (PTIA), a sister company of Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC. As […]
11th Annual Nonprofit Award Nominations: Hedge Fund Manager of the Year
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Canyon Capital Advisors, Contrarian Capital Management and Third Point have been nominated for the 11th Annual Nonprofit Awards. The awards recognize the foundations, endowments, consultants, marketers and investment managers who stood out for their successes, achievements […]
Hedge Fund Technology: Motif Investing Seeks Beta Users
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Motif Investing today emerged from stealth mode, announcing an October 2010 close of $6 million in Series A funding led by hedge funds Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Foundation Capital and new board members. Founded by […]
Global Composite Hedge Fund Index Lowest Since 1998
New York (HedgeCo.net) – June has been a difficult month for hedge funds all across the board, with most strategies suffering a loss, according to the latest performance data from HedgeFund Intelligence. Hedge funds were down 1.27%1 in June, ending […]