Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Fund Prime Brokerage Provider Expands To Chicago
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – NorthPoint Trading Partners, LLC has opened a new office in Chicago, IL., with 12 year industry veteran, Michael Ferro, as head. Ferro has held positions at Genworth Financial, Knight Capital Markets, and X-Change Financial Access. […]
MFA Commits to Reduce Systemic Risk in OTC’s
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Global alternative investment industry voice, The Managed Funds Association (MFA) announced that it is joining the major derivatives dealers (the Major Dealers) in presenting a letter to global industry regulators. The letter establishes new commitments […]
Bowne and HedgeOp Join Forces to Launch Hedge Fund Compliance Software
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Bowne & Co., Inc. has signed an alliance with HedgeOp Compliance to offer two new compliance solutions for hedge funds and other registered investment advisers. The first of the hedge fund tools, ‘Bowne ComplianceTrak’, is […]
Hedge Fund Expert to Run ATC’s Cayman Operations
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Ali Mudeen has joined hedge fund provider ATC Group as managing director of its Cayman Islands operations. Mudeen will oversee and build the firm’s Private Clients and Corporate Services practices in the region, as well […]
StarInvest Acquires Hedge Fund Provider EXX
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Stock transfer agency, StarInvest Group, Inc (STIV) has completed the acquisition of a privately held hedge fund provider EXX.COM. “This acquisition will unleash the value of STIV management, and relationships in our effort to grow […]
Spice Finance and 3 Degrees Launches Singapore/India Special Situations Private Equity Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Spice Finance, the financial services arm of the $1.5 billion B. K. Modi Group, has entered into a first-of-its-kind strategic joint venture with Singapore-based 3 Degrees Asset Management to launch the Spice 3 Degrees Special […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman Hosts Launch Function in Brazil
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Over 100 of São Paulo’s senior legal and business executives attended a launch function held by offshore financial law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, in celebration of the formation of their new Brazil partnership. The […]
Larger/Younger Hedge Funds Reported Better Returns for 2008: Study
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -While previous research has confirmed the widely held belief that emerging funds tend to outperform older and larger funds, hedge fund performance in 2008 saw a partial reversal of that trend, according to PerTrac Financial Solutions […]
Future of Hedge Funds Highlighted at SS&C Symposium
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – More than 85 hedge fund professionals last week attended the 6th Annual Hedge Fund Symposium hosted by financial software provider SS&C Technologies in London. The panel was moderated by Richard Greensted, Editor of Script Issue, […]
Barclay Hedge Fund Rankings Rate Tranen #1 in Fixed Income Asset Backed Lending
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – British Virgin Islands based hedge fund manager Tranen Capital took the lead in the Fixed Income – Asset-Backed Lending category for March 2009 with a return of 2.49%. In addition to the March performance, the […]
MENA Equity Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager, Majid Al Futtaim Asset Management, is launching its first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) equity fund, the Luxembourg domiciled ‘Elite MENA Equity Fund’. Investors can invest alongside the family office of […]