Category Archives: HedgeCo News

People Moves: Merihan Tadrous Joins Hedge Fund Insparo Asset Management

November 22, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Merihan Tadrous has been appointed Operations Analyst at emerging markets hedge fund Insparo Asset Management. She will work closely with COO Jon Laidlow and Finance & Operations Manager James Gore in the day-to-day operations management of […]

Hedge Fund Launch: FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund

November 17, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Emerging market debt adviser, FH International Asset Management LLC has launched a new hedge fund at the beginning of November, 2010. “Superior growth and solid fiscal performance in emerging market countries, as well as high demand for […]

Hedge Funds Attract $61 Billion So Far In 2010

November 16, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds attracted $61 billion over the first 10 months of 2010,  according to the November 2010 Eurekahedge Report, taking the hedge fund industry to $1.63 trillion, above October 2008 level. Hedge funds are up 7.33% YTD […]

Two New Traders Charged In Hedge Fund Case

November 16, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has charged two more hedge fund managers in the SEC v Galleon Management case, according to Courthouse News Services. Lanexa Management’s Thomas Hardin is alleged to have received around $950,000 from insider trading. The SEC also charged Hardin and […]

London Hedge Fund Manager Donates $32 Million To Sustainable Energy

November 15, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager David Harding has given a £20 million ($32.1 million) grant to a Cambridge University physics lab, according to Cambridge News. “Cambridge has a slogan: ‘The Freedom to Discover’ and I am hoping I can give […]

Secondary Hedge Fund Market Hits Six Month High

November 15, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Thet October edition of the Hedgebay index reports that the highest average trade price in six months may signal the return of stability to the secondary hedge fund market. “The patterns we see in secondary market trading […]

Hedge funds to tap into $800 billion life insurance policy portfolios

November 12, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Financial services firm, Absolute Life Solutions, Inc., is pursuing a diversified portfolio of insurance policy assets via acquisition of individual policies and discounted bundles of policy portfolios. “Hedge funds and other private equity investors who amassed portfolios of […]

Conifer Hires Hedge Fund Research Company Elkins/McSherry

November 11, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Global hedge fund accounting and administration company, Conifer Securities, has appointed research firm Elkins/McSherry, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corp., to provide trade cost analysis. “Conifer is dedicated to providing our clients with the […]

Hedge Fund Mergers & Acquisitions: Englander Alaris Prime Services

November 11, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) –  Israel A. Englander & Co., has acquired hedge fund services company, Alaris Trading Partners LLC (pending FINRA approval). The members of both firms have signed definitive agreements creating the new entity Englander Alaris Prime Services, a […]

Hedge Fund Research: Investors expect greater transparency

November 10, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The global hedge fund industry has largely rebounded from the financial crisis and is responding readily to investor requests for greater transparency, according to a new report published today by Ernst & Young. Investors expect greater […]

Hedge Fund Fraud: Stanford Beaten in Jail

November 8, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Texas financier who is being held without bail awaiting trial on charges of an $8 billion fraud scheme, was reported to have been beaten up in prison for talking on the phone. Stanford was connected to […]

Hedge Funds Care Raises $100K at 1st Annual Stamford Grand Prix Event

November 8, 2010 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge Funds Care helped to raise around $10,000 for child abuse treatment and prevention at a three-hour go-kart race on Sunday, CtPost.com reports. Hedge fund managers, high-net worth individuals and bankers sponsored 30 teams with names […]