Tag Archives: founding-partners
Hedge Fund Forum 2008
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Greenwich Hyatt will be the scene of the 2008 Global Alpha Forum, the hedge fund event is for both fund managers operating in Connecticut and investors wishing to get to know those managers. The […]
Swing back to bank stocks is overdone, says Merrill Lynch
Times Online – The fashionable investment tactic of the past month – buying bank stocks while selling energy companies – could already have gone too far, Merrill Lynch, the financial management group, warned clients yesterday. In mid-July, hedge funds, pension […]
A Seal of Approval for Hedge Funds
Seeking Alpha – In a recent interview, Mr. Stanley Goldstein announced the creation of an industry watchdog group, led by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. Its goal is to self-enforce otherwise voluntary and "weak" hedge fund practices. (As I wrote in […]
In dim year, 2 Mass. funds shine bright –
Boston Globe – Massachusetts again has some of the best money managers in the world. But unless you’re a public employee or the parent of a Harvard student, you won’t benefit much from this tremendous talent. Harvard University’s endowment, already […]
Merrill, Citigroup to Buy Back $30 Billion in ARS
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, two banks that have already written down billions in losses, will buy back $30 billion in auction-rate securities as part of an agreement with regulators. This comes after the threat made by […]
Sector SPDR Growth
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In an interview with Dan Dolan of Select Sector SPDRs on how the economic crunch is affecting trading rhythms, Dolan presented a broad overview of sector SPDRs and how more hedge funds and institutional investors […]
Capital Z Adds 10-Year Bear Stearns Marketing Vet
FINalternatives- Hedge fund seeder Capital Z Asset Management has hired a Bear Stearns veteran to head up its marketing effort and support its portfolio funds. James Marrone was named a partner and chief marketing officer at New York-based CZAM. Marrone […]
Making money from hedge funds
InvestorDaily- While Australian superannuation funds and institutional investors have discovered hedge funds, their participation is not to the extent of most of their developed market peers. But the current market downturn may change that behaviour, because the juicy returns they […]
Hedge funds do the Singapore sling
FT Alphaville- New figures from Singapore’s central bank bear out the (abundant) anecdotal evidence of the quickening exodus of Asia-focused hedge funds out of Japan and elsewhere and into Singapore. Reuters reports that assets managed by fund managers in Singapore […]
Swiss Bank Picks Up On Electronic Trading Used By Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- A Swiss Bank has picked up on a hedge fund platform, Orc Trading, to replace key technology for its electronic trading operations. The order was booked in Q1 2008. "We have thoroughly evaluated several trading systems […]
Hedge Fund Manager Pali Hires M&A Veteran In Expansion
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Hedge fund manager Pali Capital has hired M&A veteran Randal V. Stephenson as a Senior Managing Director and Head of its new Corporate Advisory Group. "Pali is in the midst of a major, global expansion,” said […]
Coca-Cola agrees to $137.5 mln settlement in case
Reuters- Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) agreed to pay $137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the world’s largest soft drink maker artificially inflated sales to boost its stock price, according to court documents. The lawsuit, filed in October 2000, […]
