Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Mergers And Acquisitions: Dow Jones/LSP Partners

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund industry expert, Dow Jones Indexes, has teamed up with risk management research firm, LSP Partners LLC., to develop and co-brand an index family. Scheduled to be launched in the second half of 2011, the […]

Activist Hedge Fund Challenges Board At Fisher Communications

New York (HedgeCo.net) – FrontFour Master Fund, Ltd., an affiliate of hedge fund investor FrontFour Capital Group LLC., has written a letter to the stockholders of Fisher Communications, Inc., criticizing the current board of directors and nominating new candidates. Fisher’s […]

Rajaratnam Trial: The Long Odds of an Acquittal for Hedge Fund Millionaire

New York (HedgeCo.net) – After nearly seven weeks of testimony, the high-stakes insider trading trial of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam has been handed to a federal jury in New York’s Southern District. Although there was no conclusion on the […]

Hedge Fund People: Deloitte Appoints Bob Contri as US Head

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund industry group Deloitte has appointed Bob Contri as leader of its financial services industry group in the United States. Contri currently serves as Deloitte’s leader to the banking and securities sector. “We are in […]

Palm Beach Hedge Fund Managers Plead Guilty In Petters Case

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Two Florida hedge fund managers, David William Harrold and Bruce Francis Prevost, pleaded guilty at the end of last week to four counts of securities fraud. The FBI has accused the two of misrepresenting their hedge […]

Hedge Fund Backed Mega-Quarry Riles Up Local Farmers

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Highland Companies, backed by Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group, is seeing local opposition to its new Canadian mega-quarry plans. The group of protesters yesterday passed the half-way mark of their 5 day, 119 kilometer march.  The group of residents, farmers […]

Hedge Fund Launched: GAM Star Dynamic Global Bond

New York  (HedgeCo.net) – The Star Dynamic Global Bond was launched on the 11th April  2011. The new fixed income – developed markets UCITS hedge fund aims to produce consistent total returns and outperform an index of developed global bond markets over a market […]

Hedge Fund Adviser Launches Seven New Alternative Mutual Funds in First Quarter

New York – (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund adviser Gemini Fund Services, LLC (Gemini),  announced the launch of seven alternative mutual funds in the first quarter of 2011. “Gemini partners with advisors to develop the investment product that meets their specific vision […]

Annual Survey of Global Compliance and Risk Professionals

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Annual Global Accelus Survey by Thomson Reuters GRC, released today, polled more than two thousand senior governance professionals, compliance officers and legal counsel who manage risk everyday for their companies, and survey data indicate that today’s […]

Dow Jones Credit Suisse & RCB Post Positive Hedge Fund Returns

New York (HedgeCo.net) – RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of March 2011 the RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of -0.32 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 1.65 per […]

Blackstone Co-Founder To Receive Hedge Fund Philanthropy Award

New York (HedgeCo.net) – 100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF), has named Blackstone Group co-founder, Peter G. Peterson as the recipient of its 2011 Effecting Change Award to be presented at the annual New York Gala to be held at […]

UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index drops in second week of April 2011

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index lost -0.42% in the second week of trading in April and is down -0.06% month to date (by business day 10, April 14th, 2011). The only two sub-strategies posting […]