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New Yorker Review: Preet Bharara on the Galleon Hedge Fund Trial
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The June 27, 2011, issue of The New Yorker, on page 42, “A Dirty Business”, George Packer, writes about the biggest insider-trading case in history, and has an exclusive interview with Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the [...]
Bloomberg to Reveal Top 50 Financial/Hedge Fund People
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Bloomberg Markets Magazine has announced plans to unveil an exclusive list of the most influential people who move the world’s markets, Bloomberg Markets 50, in their October 2011 issue. The list will include business and financial [...]
Hedge Fund Commentary: Equity Market Pundits and Real Returns
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund investor adviser, Hennessee Group LLC, has put out a new Whitepaper analyzing the historical relationship between inflation and equity prices dating back to the 1970’s. According to Hennessee Group’s research, the equity market, represented [...]
Hedge Fund Commentary: Institutional Investors Finally Allocating to CTAs
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There has been a recent rise in demand from institutional investors for Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), which is a dramatic change from the historical reluctance of many institutional investors and their consultants to allocate to this [...]
Emerging Market Hedge Funds Up 6.5%
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Quarterly asset total increased by more than 6.5 percent as hedge fund investors raised exposure to emerging Asia and Russia, industry tracker Hedge Fund Research (HFR) said in a statement. Pharos Russia Funds said that, “The [...]
OpEd: Estate Planning with Hedge Fund Performance Allocations (part two) Wealth Transfer Options
New York (HedgeCo.net) – By hedge fund specialist law firm Holland & Knight partner Bradley M. Van Buren. Continued from part one - Under current tax law, for gift and estate tax purposes, each individual has the ability to give away [...]
OpEd: Estate Planning with Hedge Fund Performance Allocations (part one)
New York (HedgeCo.net) – By hedge fund specialist law firm Holland & Knight partner Bradley M. Van Buren. As the economy improves, advisors have experienced a reemergence of hedge funds and hedge fund managers are again focused on their performance [...]
Rajaratnam Trial: The Long Odds of an Acquittal for Hedge Fund Millionaire
New York (HedgeCo.net) – After nearly seven weeks of testimony, the high-stakes insider trading trial of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam has been handed to a federal jury in New York’s Southern District. Although there was no conclusion on the [...]
CFO Survey: Increased Optimism For U.S. Economy and Hiring But Serious Inflation Concerns
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a national survey of U.S. Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior comptrollers conducted by global audit, tax and advisory organization Grant Thornton LLP, there is growing optimism about the U.S. economy as 48% say it will [...]
Annual Survey of Global Compliance and Risk Professionals
New York (HedgeCo.net) - The Annual Global Accelus Survey by Thomson Reuters GRC, released today, polled more than two thousand senior governance professionals, compliance officers and legal counsel who manage risk everyday for their companies, and survey data indicate that today’s [...]
Hedge Fund Research: Secondary Market Continues to Rise
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The secondary market has seen the return of stability at the start of 2011, with February showing an increase in the average trade price for the second consecutive month, according to hedge fund market data provider, [...]
