Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Two Hedge Fund Managers Under Investigation In Oregon

December 3, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Oregon securities regulators are looking into two Portland hedge funds, Grifphon Asset Management and Sasquatch Capital, after investors reported problems with withdrawls, OregonLive.com reported. The Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities is investigating the two managers, […]

Hedge Fund Roundtable: Idea Creation, Execution and Risk Management

December 2, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Opalesque’s third annual New York Roundtable has assembled a unique group of alternative asset management experts, ranging from a $12 billion hedge funds to an emerging manager. The Roundtable discussion highlights one of the most important […]

Hedge Fund Launch: UCITS Alternative Index Fund

November 30, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Palaedino Asset Management and Geneva-based hedge fund investment company Alix Capital are launching the first investable UCITS Alternative Index hedge fund. “I strongly believe that UCITS alternative funds are not hype but are here to stay,” […]

DiamondBack Only One Of Many Hedge Funds Targeted By FBI

November 30, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of three hedge funds raided by the FBI last week, Connecticut based Diamondback Capital Management LLC, has said that the FBI is investigating one of their employees and a portfolio manager, who has peen put on […]

Hedge Fund Mergers & Acquisitions: StormHarbour Alternative Investments

November 29, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – New York independent advisory firm, StormHarbour Partners LP, has acquired London-based hedge fund Fortrinn Partners LLP, a FSA regulated investment manager that specialises in volatility trading strategies. The acquisition, through which Fortrinn Partners LLP will be renamed StormHarbour […]

European Hedge Fund Awards 2010

November 26, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swedish independent investment management firm Merrant Fund Management has won the title of; “Best New Fund of Hedge Funds” for their Merrant Alpha Select Fund at the European Hedge Fund Review award 2010. “It’s very satisfying to […]

Arrest Made After Hedge Fund Raid

November 25, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has charged an employee of a California research firm with helping a hedge fund get results from a Taiwan telecom company before the revenue was made public, according to the Los Angeles Times. Bloomberg reports that […]

ComplianceAlert: Hedge Fund Advisers

November 24, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has finished voting on key proposals to the Dodd-Frank Act, according to regulatory compliance consulting firm, FrontLine Compliance, LLC.  Specific to Title IV of Dodd-Frank, the proposals include mandatory registration of advisers to hedge funds and […]

Hedge Fund Analysts Predict More Raids and Subpoenas

November 24, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – On Monday, government agents raided three large hedge funds, seizing documents from the offices of Level Global Investors, Diamondback Capital Management, and Loch Capital Management. Former president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Gerald […]

Hedge Fund Raids Causes Over $15 Billion In Losses, Puts Wall Street Back In The Spotlight

November 23, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The FBI raided the offices of three hedge funds, Connecticut-based Diamondback Capital Management, Level Global Investors and Boston-based Loch Capital Management. The FBI said the raids took place under executed court-ordered search warrants, according to NPR News. […]

Hedge Funds Care 2nd South Florida Benefit

November 23, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge Funds Care is holding it’s 2nd South Florida Benefit for Hedge Funds Care on Dec. 2nd, 2010, the first night of Art Basel, Miami Beach. “The first annual South Florida Benefit was one of the […]

The New Yorker: Are Hedge Funds “Socially Worthless”?

November 22, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the soon to be published, November 29, 2010, issue of The New Yorker, in “What Good Is Wall Street?”, John Cassidy questions the value of Wall Street, pointing out that many of the things that […]