Category Archives: Hedge Fund Commentary

New interview with Hedge Fund – Diamond Peak Capital

Our most recent manager interview is now availabe to accredited investors on HedgeCo.Net. The interview with Diamond Peak Capital gets into detail of the structure/strategy of the fund, as well as what it takes for a hedge fund to stay afloat through one of the worst year ever for the hedge fund and fund of funds indexes.

8 Mistakes That Money Managers Make

I was interviewed on Fox Business News by Liz Claman this past week and spoke about 8 Mistakes Money Managers Make. Here’s a recap of those 8 mistakes. The interview can be found here and the full article can be read on Alpha Theory’s website. 1. Confidence Bias- only search for information to support your thesis 2. Good Stock Paradox- […]

Madoff Feeder Funds

Here’s a list of madoff feeder funds, and the amount of money was reported lost Fairfield Sentry Ltd ($7.3 billion)(1)(2) Rye Select Broad Market Fund LP ($3.3 billion)(1)(2) Kingate Global Fund Ltd. ($2.8 billion)(1)(2) Herald USA Fund & Herald Luxemburg Fund ($2.1 billion)(1)(2) Ascot Partners L.P. ($1.8 billion)(1) Gabriel Partners ($1.5 billion)(1) LUXALPHA SICAV- American Selection (1.4billion) (1) M-Invest Ltd (as much […]

Madoff & Credit Suisse – how did a major bank lose $925.9 mln?

The Times broke a story which based on “Internal forecasts” the reported losses of investments made into Madoff funds by Credit Suisse clients could reach $925 million. This follows the admission that Swiss bank UBS lost $1.4 billion. Credit Suisse are standing firm on their statement that they didn’t have anything to do with promoting or selling Madoff investments. While […]

Thierry de la Villehuchet Rollup

The big news today is that Thierrie de la Villehuchet, co-founder of Access International Advisors, and former Chairman and CEO Credit Lyonnais Securities USA was found dead in his Madison Avenue office. Initial reports point to suicide. Not a lot of information is public right now but following are some bullet points. Access International Advisors website claims that they “Specializes […]

Hedge My Job

  It looks like the market for `financial dream jobs´ may have actually perked up amidst the financial turmoil of the past few months.  Investment managers saw a 22% increase in job offers as rival firms take advantage of the increasing number of financial services workers looking for a job by “snapping up the cream of the crop on much less than […]

Hedge Fund Philantrophists in 2008

This year in hedge fund philanthropic news, Canada’s hedge fund industry gathered in November to raise $150,000 in support of Hedge Funds Care Canada (HFCC), which is dedicated exclusively to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. Corey Goldman, President and Director of Hedge Funds Care Canada said,  “Hard times bring stress, and stress causes pain but there is […]

Hedge Funds in China – Report

Hedge funds started in China in the early 1990s, and has so far undergone four stages: infancy, formation, mindless rush, and adjustment & standardization. Currently hedge funds in China fall into two categories. One is those companies backed up by the government, including brokers managing pooled property, trust and investment companies’ trust and investment projects, and investment companies managing their […]

Hard Times Come To Hedge Funds – 1969

Interesting article from 1969 Fortune Magazine, sent to me by  Oliver Bergman of First Avenue;  “Bears should have had a fine time in the 1969 market. But some followers of the hedge concept got clobbered on their shorts while being murdered on their longs. Worse than that, the SEC is moving in……..” Hard Times Come To Hedge Funds

Andrew Lahde’s exit

I’m working recently on my personal blog which I have been maintaining for the last 5 years. Recently I committed to putting more of my time into it and publishing regular content onto it, the blog has no topic so you’ll find a lot of posts on various subjects. Yesterday, I posted the exit letter which Andrew Lahde posted before […]