Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Hedge Fund Assets Cross $1.81 Trillion

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds delivered another month of strong returns aided by favourable market conditions in April 2011 and rallies in underlying markets, according to the May 2011 Eurekahedge Report. Total net flows for the first four months […]

Former Lehman VP Joins AlphaMetrix As Director of Global Hedge Fund Operations

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Mark Faulkenberg has joined hedge fund administrator AlphaMetrix360 as Director of Global Operations. Faulkenberg was Global Head of Operational Risk Due Diligence for International Asset Management Limited, where he oversaw more than 80 underlying hedge fund […]

The Mets And The Madoff Hedge Fund Scheme

New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the upcoming May 30th issue of The New Yorker, the article by Jeffrey Toobin, “Madoff’s Curveball”, covers the the money Fred Wilpon, the chairman and chief executive of the New York Mets, lost in Madoff’s hedge […]

Hedge Fund Launches: Palmer Square Absolute Return Fund

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Palmer Square Capital Management and $9 billion institutional money manager, Montage Investments, have launched the Palmer Square Absolute Return Fund, its first open-ended mutual fund. “With the Palmer Square Absolute Return Fund, we are excited to […]

SEC Charges Connecticut Hedge Fund Manager in Ponzi Scheme

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Highview Point Partners, LLC., a Connecticut-based hedge fund manager, with engaging in a multi-year Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars. The SEC also named three hedge funds managed […]

PayPal Founder To Headline the 2011 GAIM GMA Hedge Fund Conference

New York (HedgeCo.net) – GAIM USA and Citi announced that PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, economist and hedge fund manager Burton Malkiel, Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates and Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee Member Adam Posen will headline the 2nd […]

BNY Mellon Hits $400b – Announces Top Hedge Fund Strategies: Commodities, Distressed Debt, Prime Custody

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund service provider, BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services (AIS), has topped $400 billion in assets under administration, making it the second largest provider of solutions to hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, and private equity […]

Hedge Fund Robust Methods Up 4.04% in April 2011

New York (HedgeCo.net) – HedgeCo listed Robust Methods’ hedge fund portfolio returned 4.04% net of fees in April. Profits came from the commodities and energy sectors mainly. Inflation indexes continue to point upwards and are now forcing policy-makers to publicly […]

Rajaratnam Hedge Fund Debacle Just “Tip of the Iceberg” For Rajat Gupta

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Being entangled with the Galleon hedge fund scandal was just the tip of the iceberg for former McKinsey partner Rajat Gupta, according to the 2011 July issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine. At McKinsey, a firm known […]

Hedge Fund Managers, The Mayor And Republicans Join The Fight For Same Sex Marriage in NY

New York (HedgeCo.net) – A group of three hedge fund managers, Paul E. Singer, a “top-tier Republican donor,” Steven A. Cohen and Clifford S. Asness have decided to back, financially and otherwise, the establishment of same-sex marriage in the state of […]

Aviation Focused Equity Long/Short Hedge Fund Launch

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Robert Crane, Gary Ran and Gary Weisman have launched a new investment firm focused exclusively on the commercial aviation industry. Crane Aircraft Partners, LLC, based in California and Michigan, will provide multiple investment options for investors, […]

Hedge Fund Acquisitions: Northern Trust/Omnium

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investment management giant, Northern Trust, with over $662.2 billion in assets under management, has acquired Omnium LLC, a hedge fund administrator with approximately $70 billion in assets. Omnium’s staff will be integrated into Northern Trust’s Corporate […]