Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Grant Thornton LLP outlines key financial reform issues in Dodd-Frank Act
HedgeCo.net (Whitepaper) – The recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) will change the landscape for financial services firms and financial institutions. The Act addresses four major issues: transparency, risk management, accountability and structural oversight; […]
People Moves: Peter J. de Marigny Joins Quant Risk Group Hedge Fund Analytics
New York (HedgeCo.net) – ABC Quant, part of Quant Risk Group Hedge Fund Analytics companies, has hired Peter J. de Marigny, manager of Equity Hedge “DITMo Strategies” to represent “QUANT SUITE” as VP Business Development, West Coast. “As a Certified […]
Hedge Fund Handbook Released: ‘A Guide to Fund Management’
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There is a new book on the market for those who are planning to set up their own hedge fund. Daniel Broby’s ‘A Guide to Fund Management’ is published by Risk Books, a specialist in hedge […]
People Moves: Global Hedge Fund Manager BTIG Appoints Michael Nethercott as a Director
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Institutional trader, broker dealer and hedge fund related brokerage services company, BTIG, has appointed Michael Nethercott as a Director in Equity Sales Trading. Nethercott joins BTIG from Lighthouse Financial Group, where he was part of the […]
Hennessee: Hedge Fund Advance +1.91% In July
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds that invest in distressed assets rebounded and posted increases in July after two straight months of declines, according to Hennessee Group. The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +1.91% in July (+1.86% YTD), while the […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index up 0.22%
New York (Hedgeco.net) – The UCITS HFS Index gained 0.22% in the first week of trading in August 2010 (by business day 5, August 6th 2010). Out of the eleven strategies five performed negative, Currency (-0.49%), Credit (-0.38%) and Global […]
Vizcaya Hedge Fund Ordered to pay $180 Million to Picard in “Clawback” Lawsuit
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund Vizcaya Partners Ltd., have been ordered to pay $180 million to Irving Picard, a trustee for Bernard Madoff’s investment-advisory business by Judge Burton Lifland in Manhattan Bankruptcy Court. The judge said that the hedge […]
People Moves: Morgan Stanley’s Stuart Bohart Joins Hedge Fund Fortress
New York (HedgeCo.net) -Stuart Bohart has joined global hedge fund investment manager Fortress as President of Liquid Markets and Senior Managing Director–Strategy of Fortress Investment Group. Bohart will become a member of Fortress’s operating and management committees, and will have […]