Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Wachovia to Buy Back Auction Rate Securities from Clients

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Wachovia customers who invested in auction rate securities prior to their collapse will most likely get their money back.  The SEC announced a settlement yesterday with Wachovia Securities that will provide $7 billion in liquidity to […]

Obama Puts Foot Down, Caps Pay for Top Execs

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – As the Obama administration prepares to distribute the remaining $350 billion in the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a new requirement will ensure that the salaries of top executives be capped at $500,000 a year.  “For top […]

Daniel Och Increases Stake in Own Hedge Fund

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Daniel Och, CEO of New York-based hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management, is showing his confidence in his company, racking up another 1.6 million shares. Och shelled out about $7 million between November 13 and February 2, […]

Hedge Fund Expert Subpoenad by Feds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Wall Street’s highest-ranking woman, Erin Callan, was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, along with 24 other Lehman executives regarding the collapse of Lehman Brothers, according to the New York Post. Now in seclusion, the […]

Och-Ziff Rallies in January, Posts Returns in all Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After a year when most hedge funds grudgingly reported month after month of losses, Och-Ziff Capital Management was happy to showcase their gains for January in a recent regulatory filing. The New York-based hedge fund reported […]

Madoff Hedge Fund Shut Down by Luxembourg Regulators

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss bank UBS AG’s money manager, Luxalpha, was one of the main European hedge funds that gave money to US money manager Bernard Madoff, it is now being shut down by CSSF, Luxembourg’s financial supervisors. […]

Hedge Fund Pharos Reports on the Russian Investment Landscape

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -The events of 2008 were dramatic everywhere in the world, but particularly so in Russia.  Despite the decline of  – 74.2% for the MSCI Index in 2008, the Pharos Russia Fund produced a positive 3 year […]

Hedge Fund Manager to head up River & Mercantile Fund Launch

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – UK fund manager, River & Mercantile, is launching an Equity Income Fund with the aim to invest in the best ideas generated by their UK team. Hedge fund manager Richard Staveley is taking the lead […]

Tuckerbrook to Provide Daily Transparency for Hedge Fund Clients

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In the wake of the Madoff scandal, Tuckerbrook Alternative Investments is offering its hedge fund investors the daily market value of assets in their capital accounts. "In light of the impact 2008 is having on […]

U.S. Senators Propose Hedge Fund Regulation

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Two senators are pushing for greater regulation of hedge funds, introducing legislation that would call on the U.S. government to oversee them. Michigan Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat, and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican, passed […]

Hedge Fund Manager to Appear in Court

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel is scheduled for a bail hearing in federal court in Tampa this afternoon. Nadel faces a federal charge of securities and wire fraud after using “manipulative and deceptive devices” to […]

Green Alternative Investment Software To Be Developed

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -CommodityPoint, a utilities analyst and consulting firm of UtiliPoint International, is partnering with Global Change Associates, convergence of energy and environmental financial markets specialist, to undertake a multi-client research project and to produce a study report […]