Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Fund Association To Sponsor AT&T Cycling Championship
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The AT&T USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship at the Glencoe Grand Prix is being sponsored this year by The Hedge Fund Association, a not-for-profit international educational and philanthropic group. The race will be be held […]
U.S. Hedge Fund Reform: Investor Protection Provisions
New York (HedgeCo.net via. Eisner LLP)- On July 21, 2010, after a legislative process that included intensive lobbying by influential interest groups and a partisan minority, President Obama signed into law H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer […]
People Moves: Hedge Fund Specialist Takes Position at $3 Billion Arts Foundation
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Marc A. Schwartz has been named chief investment officer of The Broad Foundations’ $3 billion portfolio, working closely with philanthropist and founder Eli Broad. The Broad Foundations were established to advance entrepreneurship for the public good […]
Guilty Plea From Hedge Fund Manager In University Ponzi Scheme
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Former hedge fund manager Paul R. Greenwood pled guilty to criminal charges involving a Ponzi-esque scam in which he is alleged to have cheated millions from four university endowments. The Chronicle For Higher Education reports that […]
Research: Secondary Hedge Fund Market Rebounds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The average price for assets on the secondary hedge fund market rose to 78% after shaking off some of the fallout from May’s European debt crisis, according to Hedgebay’s June Index. Investors’ confidence was shaken by […]
SEC Pays $1 Million To Hedge Fund Whistleblowers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Based on the new Dodd-Frank Act that was just signed into law last week by President Obama, new legislation allows the SEC to award huge sums to whistleblowers in insider-trading cases such as the one against […]
SEC Seeks Comments on Hedge Fund Regulation Under the Dodd-Frank Act
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC has opened a page for investors and hedge fund managers to make their opinions and views known on Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act before official comment periods are opened. “The Commission […]
Hedge Fund Moves: SYZ & CO’s Expansion in Asia – Daniel Ghirardi as CEO for Asia.
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Swiss banking group SYZ & CO is continuing its expansion in Asia by extending the operations of its Hong Kong office. In addition to alternative asset management – which has been available since January 2007, […]
Hedge Fund Study: Managers See Credit Crisis Winding Down
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Approximately one-third of private equity firm managers believed that the credit crisis was resolved in 2009, while an additional 10 percent predicted that market weakness would dissipate before the second half of this year. In total, […]