Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Estimated to Finish Up +2.67% in September
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index (“Broad Index”) will finish up +2.67% in September (based on 65% of assets reporting). Long/Short Equity and Emerging Markets managers experienced another positive month driven by equity […]
Preview of Brighton House Q3 Hedge Fund Research Report
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The upcoming BHA Q3 report indicates that throughout the third quarter, over 37 percent of investors profiled cited a specific interest in event-driven hedge funds, primarily in the merger arbitrage and distressed fixed income areas. During […]
Capstone Charity Event Raised Over $150,000
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Capstone Global Markets First Annual Charity Day, with participation of the New Jersey Nets, was a success, raising over $150,000 for The Jasper Against Batten Fund. On October 1st, The First Annual Capstone Global Markets Charity […]
Charles Schwab and Hedge Fund Founder Ken Fisher Recipients of Tiburon’s Inaugural CEO Summit Awards
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Ken Fisher, Founder and CEO of Fisher Investments will be honored along with Charles Schwab as recipients of Tiburon’s Inaugural CEO Summit Awards, recognizing their contributions to “Focusing on Customer Needs” and “Challenging Conventional Wisdom.” “Never […]
Hedge Fund Manager Blocked From Bidding On Newspaper
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Thane Ritchie announced that he has been wrongly blocked from meeting with The Chicago Newspaper Guild and developing a coalition offer to buy the Sun-Times Media Group. A Chicago Newspaper Guild representative stated […]
FRM Seeds Asia Focused Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Global fund of hedge funds group, Financial Risk Management and its seeding arm, (FCA), has entered into a strategic relationship with an Asian hedge fund expected to launch at the beginning of December with between $50 […]
People Moves: Ms. Sandra Urie Appointed to 100 Women In Hedge Fund’s Board
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Ms. Sandra A. Urie has been appointed to the board of 100 Women In Hedge Funds, further augmenting the organization’s network. Ms. Urie is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Associates LLC, a global […]
Fueling Growth: Outsourcing Solutions for Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new whitepaper published by Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, and Aite Group LLC examines critical hedge fund operations, entitled, Fueling Growth: Outsourcing Solutions for Hedge Funds, reports that an increase in client redemption requests […]
Global Hedge Fund AUM Slip In First Half of 2009
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There has been a continuing decline in global hedge fund industry AUM during the first half of 2009, slipping a further 8.5% during the first half of 2009 to reach a total figure of $1.67 trillion […]
New Zealand Hedge Fund Partners Offshore Investors With Local Clean Tech Experts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new hedge fund is being launched to bridge the distance barrier between New Zealand and the rest of the world. Milestone Capital has established the Rutherford Innovation Fund to raise capital and back innovative companies […]
Former President Bill Clinton Honors Alternative Investor LeapFrog
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the Closing Plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative 2009, former President Bill Clinton featured LeapFrog Investments, which raised the world’s first microinsurance fund. “LeapFrog’s team is widely recognized as having opened up a new frontier […]
Hedge Fund Manager SilkInvest Launches Fixed Income Frontier Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a move that shows that product innovation is still alive and well, Silk Invest, an asset management firm regulated by the FSA, has just announced the launch of its new UCITS Luxembourg domiciled fund. Focused […]