Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Alpha Magazine Announces 2009 Hedge Fund 100
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – "Alpha" released the results of the 2009 Hedge Fund 100, the magazine’s eighth annual ranking of the world’s biggest single-manager hedge fund firms. Although most hedge fund managers in 2008 couldn’t escape the carnage from […]
Moore seeks up to $500 mln for Coffey funds-source
Forbes – Hedge fund firm Moore Capital Management is looking to raise up to $500 million for two new hedge funds it has launched for star fund manager Greg Coffey, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. […]
Hedge Fund Manager Names Former Citi Exec Andrew Smith Head of Global Sales
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Coinciding with the launch of new services aimed at increasing hedge fund transparency, independent alternative fund manager Butterfield Fulcrum appointed T. Andrew Smith as the firm’s global head of business development and marketing. He will […]
Merlin Launches New Hedge Fund Sales Group
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund tech. and brokerage provider, Merlin Securities, formed a new equity sales coverage and content division, the Merlin Institutional Group. Headed by Jesse Cole and Bryan Miller in New York, the group will focus […]
Hedge Funds in the Current Environment
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In co-operation with the City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education, Karl A. D’Cunha, a Senior Managing Director of Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc., will participate in a panel discussion involving industry experts and City […]
First Quarter Hedge Fund Report: Summary
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds took modest advantage of March’s upswings in the global equity and credit markets, according to Morningstar’s hedge fund performance summary for the first quarter of 2009. Equity markets around the world significantly rebounded […]
Hedge Fund Manager Brings Experience to Proskauer Rose
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund tax manager at Wellington Management Company, John F. Harvey III, has joined international law firm Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner in the Boston office. At Proskauer, Harvey will be a partner in […]
Cayman Island Hedge Funds Webinar
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Cayman Island law firm Solomon Harris is today hosting its inaugural Webinar on the highly topical subject of ‘Managing Distressed Cayman Funds and lessons learned for new funds’. "This fits in perfectly with our firm’s […]
Bank of NY Says Global Hedge Fund Assets Will Reach $2.6 Trillion by 2013
West Palm Beach – (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund assets will bottom out at roughly $1 trillion in 2009, after which capital appreciation and $800 billion in net inflows over the next four years will push global levels to $2.6 trillion […]
Salus Alpha Hedge Funds Awarded Extraordinary Performance Award
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Vienna based hedge fund manager Salus Alpha Group Services GmbH has been awarded the alternative investments award of geld-magazins for extraordinary good performance for their Salus Alpha Directional Markets UCITS III Funds. The Swedish state […]
Hedge Fund Fiction Bought by Faber
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – A new book set set in the world of hedge funds ‘This Bleeding City’, set against the global financial collapse, has been bought by Faber editorial director Walter Donohue. It is 30-year-old City trader Alex […]