West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Stock transfer agency, StarInvest Group, Inc (STIV) has completed the acquisition of a privately held hedge fund provider EXX.COM.

“This acquisition will unleash the value of STIV management, and relationships in our effort to grow revenues and increase the value of our company for its shareholders. In line with our recent acquisition of My Transfer Agent, LLC (‘MTA’), EXX will offer a recurring revenue model by servicing  brokerage firms, hedge funds, trading firms, or individuals on a single platform that interlinks all current trading systems and clearing houses thus yeilding the best execution services for all of its clients.”

EXX is a specialized in providing connectivity and software solutions to small and medium sized stock brokerage, arbitrage, investment banking firms, and hedge funds in major American markets. StarInvest’s main business is customizing proprietary platforms so from one program STP is enabled across all the financial networks.

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CNBC – There is a new breed of funds moving into the clean technology sector – specialized hedge funds that have at least $750 million under management. 

And they bring a new play – long and short – on the notoriously volatile sector.

But it remains to be seen whether playing the growth sector’s zigzags is more profitable than patient investment in the sector’s broader upward trajectory.

“It is an interesting philosophical difference,” notes Angus McCrone of London-based New Energy Finance, a leading provider of clean energy financial research.

“One is saying this is a huge growth story, let’s just put out money in and it will work out well in the long term, and the other is saying, well this is an exciting growth sector but there is going to be some big ups and downs, so let’s take advantage of the ups and the downs and try to get superior performance.”

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