Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Bloomberg to Reveal Top 50 Financial/Hedge Fund People
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Bloomberg Markets Magazine has announced plans to unveil an exclusive list of the most influential people who move the world’s markets, Bloomberg Markets 50, in their October 2011 issue. The list will include business and financial […]
Hedge Fund Launches: Access Fund Management’s New SMAs
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund investment adviser Access Fund Management, LLC (AFM), is now applying their expeience in hedge fund manager selection and portfolio optimization to their new Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) of mutual funds, launching the Access Alpha […]
Hedge Fund Acquisitions: Wedbush/Lime
New York (HedegCo.net) – Los Angeles -based hedge fund manager Wedbush Inc,. is in the process of acquiring Lime Brokerage, a provider of high-speed, high-volume trading technologies, according to the Securities Technology Monitor. “Lime has long been viewed as a […]
Huston Hedge Fund Manager Convicted For Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Houston-based hedge fund manager Adley H. Abdulwahab, was convicted over the weekend by a federal jury for his role in a $100 million hedge fund fraud scheme with more than 800 victims across the United States […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index loses -0.26% in May 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index continues it’s up and down performance in 2011 and reports a loss of -0.26% in May. After a loss of -0.21% in the first week of trading the broad […]
Cheyne Capital Wins Best European Event Driven Hedge Fund Award
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Cheyne Capital Management’s European Event Driven Fund won the Best Event Driven Hedge Fund category at the 11th annual Hedge Funds Review European Performance Awards. The Cheyne European Event Driven Fund achieved returns of +20.5% in […]
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Protect Capital as Markets Decline
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index declined -0.54% in May (+2.86% YTD), while the S&P 500 declined -1.35% (+6.97% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -1.88% (+8.56% YTD), and the NASDAQ Composite Index decreased -1.33% (+6.87% […]
Hedge Funds Outperform In May
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds were down 1.15%1 in May, ending a ten month winning run for the industry. However managers in all regions outperformed their respective underlying market indices, as the MSCI World Index declined by 2.52%2 during […]
Hedge Fund Commentary: Equity Market Pundits and Real Returns
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund investor adviser, Hennessee Group LLC, has put out a new Whitepaper analyzing the historical relationship between inflation and equity prices dating back to the 1970’s. According to Hennessee Group’s research, the equity market, represented […]
Survey: Co-domiciled Hedge Funds On The Rise
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A survey report released today by RBC Dexia and KPMG predicts that hedge fund managers will continue to create EU-domiciled hedge funds to complement their Cayman Islands or other offshore offerings, but that the QIFs and SIFs were […]
Hedge Fund Commentary: Institutional Investors Finally Allocating to CTAs
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There has been a recent rise in demand from institutional investors for Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), which is a dramatic change from the historical reluctance of many institutional investors and their consultants to allocate to this […]
Dow Jones’ Hedge Fund Index: Venture Capital Up 23% For 2010
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The estimated market value of venture capital-financed companies in the U.S. rose 19% in 2010’s fourth quarter and 23% for 2010, according to the Dow Jones U.S. Venture Capital Index. The index’s performance topped the Dow […]