Category Archives: HedgeCo News

DMS Launches Brazil Hedge Fund Office

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund governance firm, dms Management Ltd. (DMS), is expanding its global presence with the opening of an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil: dms Management (Brasil) Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. The establishment of the Brazil office marks […]

Hedge Fund Launch: MRI Gardner Absolute Return

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Commodities are going through their most uncertain period in a long time according to Swiss hedge fund manager MRI Gardner AG .The tragic events in Japan have added questions to a unclear outlook. While there is much […]

Hedge Fund Books: Vonnegut’s The Gods Of Greenwich

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Former stockbroker, Norb Vonnegut (a cousin of the late Kurt Vonnegut) follows up his debut novel, Top Producer (2009), with a new tale of frighteningly plausible-sounding hi-jinx in the world of high finance.  He delivers a […]

Hedge Fund Launch: Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Portland, Oregon-based investment management firm Bandon Capital Management LLC., has launched the Bandon Isolated Alpha Fixed Income Fund (BANIX), a global absolute return-oriented fixed income strategy hedge fund. “When we listen to investors we hear two […]

SEC Anticipates Delay Period for Adviser Registration Changes

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission seems likely to allow additional time for investment advisers to make registration changes required by the Dodd-Frank Act, according to an April 8 letter from Robert Plaze, Associate Director of the […]

Survey: 65% Of Investors Are In A Maze When It Comes To Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCo.net) – A recent survey conducted by Thesis Fund Management, a New York based registered investment advisor and manager of The Flexible Fund, revealed many Americans are in the dark when it comes to hedge funds. When asked if […]

Hedge Fund Court News Roundup: Rajaratnam’s Defense Strategy

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund founder Raj Rajartatnan has spent the last four weeks listening tho the prosecution’s allegations and the case has moved on to his rebuttal. The defense called i’s first witness today in what is being calle d the largest insider […]

Hedge Fund Launch: Quam Silk Road Mongolia Fund

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investment management firm Silk Road Management (SRM) has announced the launch of the Quam Silk Road Mongolia Fund, a new hedge fund investing in globally listed companies primarily exposed to the Mongolian economy. “Mongolia has a significant […]

Institutions On The Lookout For Global Hedge Funds In 2011

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Retirement plans, endowments, foundations and other large investors are looking for hedge funds, funds of hedge funds and investment managers with strong capabilities in global and emerging markets, according to the 2011 Consultant Search Forecast. This […]

UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index starts positive into April 2011

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index started positive into April with gains of +0.36% after the first week of trading (by business day 5, April 7th, 2011). Out of the eleven sub-strategies nine returned positive results, the […]

Prosecution Rests In Rajaratnam Hedge Fund Case

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The government has rested its case against hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam in Manhattan court yesterday, according to Bloomberg news. The defense asked the Judge asked to throw out the case. “At this time we move […]

News Roundup: FBI Testifies Against Hedge Fund Founder

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam is charged with 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. He is accused of making $45 million in illicit profits between 2003 and March 2009 on leaked stock tips from highly […]