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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]