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 […]
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 […]
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 […]