Tag Archives: hedge funds
High-Frequency Trading And Mutual Funds
Forbes – Earlier in the decade, the mutual fund world was rocked by a market-timing scandal. Mutual fund companies allowed certain deep-pocketed hedge funds to trade in and out of their portfolios to take advantage of pricing imbalances caused by […]
Cumulus Tops Europe’s Energy Hedge Funds; Sword Shuts
Bloomberg – The Cumulus Energy Fund gained 46 percent this year through July, beating the returns of 10 of its peers after anticipating rainy weather in Scandinavia would increase hydropower supplies and lower prices. The $41 million fund’s appreciation surpassed […]
To Reduce Hedge Fund Risk, Let Everyone In
New York Times – It is time to get serious about hedge fund risk. This, however, is not the usual argument for more regulation of hedge funds. Here is a contrarian view: the best course for our capital markets may […]
Hedge flows above pre-crisis levels -Martin Currie
Guardian – Scottish fund firm Martin Currie is seeing investors put money into its hedge funds at a faster rate than before the credit crisis, an executive told Reuters, in another sign the industry is reviving. After $300 billion of […]
US and UK regulators agree to work together on hedge funds
Daily Telegraph – The Financial Services Authority has agreed to work with the Securities and Exchange Commission the leading US financial regulator in an effort to better regulate the work of crossborder hedge funds. The City watchdog has agreed with […]
Brazil Private Equity Funds to Grow as Falling Rates Hurt Bonds
Bloomberg – Brazilian money managers will open more funds targeting real estate, private equity and corporate debt as record low interest rates reduce demand for government bonds, said Jose Luiz Osorio de Almeida Filho, a former chief securities regulator. Investors […]
No country for stimulus packages – SilkInvest on MENA Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an update from MENA hedge fund investor SilkInvest, CEO Baldwin Berges writes, “While the major economies are still fuelled on policy support level, there are several economies in our region of focus that benefit from […]
Griffin Shifts Funds’ Strategy to Fortify Citadel
Bloomberg – Ken Griffin started trading convertible bonds 22 years ago from his Harvard University dorm room. Now he’s moving away from the investments that made him a billionaire hedge-fund manager — and unraveled last year, leaving clients with a […]
Key elements of the Obama financial overhaul
AP – The Fed would gain power over big firms whose failures could traumatize the system. Previously unregulated hedge funds, private-equity firms and investment advisers would have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All the regulators would force […]
Capintro Outlines Opportunities Available to Hedge Fund Investors in 2009/2010
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A new study by Capintro Partners, analyzing the impact of the events of 2008 on the hedge fund industry, indicates that the crisis may have led to structural changes which could benefit hedge funds. The report […]
Star trader defends bonus payouts
BBC – A Wall Street trader thought to have received the biggest bonus of all time has defended industry payouts. Adam Levinson runs two hedge funds at Fortress Investments. It was so keen to keep hold of him that they […]
Hedge fund hiring starts to pick up again
Cape Cod Times – Hedge funds — southwest Connecticut’s native industry — are beginning to hire again as the economy and the stock market show glimpses of recovery, according to Sandy Gross, founder and managing partner of Pinetum Partners LLC. […]