Monthly Archives: January 2013
Funds of hedge funds eye retail to halt meltdown
FN – The result is a growing number of funds being registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Investment Company Act, allowing these to be sold on the same basis as mutual funds. They can also […]
Robert Peston benefits from hedge fund boss’s generosity
Telegraph – News has reached this column of an alliance between Andrew Law, the chief of macro hedge fund Caxton Associates, and the BBC’s business editor Robert Peston. Law is bankrolling Peston’s schools charity, Speakers for Schools, after the pair […]
Galena Drops as Commodity Hedge Funds Trail for Second Year
Bloomberg – Hedge funds lost money for commodity investors for a second straight year as managers from the Galena Metals Fund to Clive Capital LLP trailed benchmark indexes of raw materials. The Newedge Commodity Trading index of 56 hedge funds […]
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Index: Hedge Fund Performance in 2012
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team today released its 2012 Hedge Fund Market Review . The report includes statistics on hedge fund performance and asset flows in 2012. Some key findings from the […]
Pacific Group to Convert One-Third of Hedge-Fund Assets to Gold
Bloomberg – The Pacific Group Ltd., founded by a former PaineWebber Inc. trader, is converting one-third of its hedge-fund assets into physical gold, betting that prices will go up as governments print more money to pay off debt. The Hong […]
Funds of hedge funds eye retail to halt meltdown
FN – The result is a growing number of funds being registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1940 Investment Company Act, allowing these to be sold on the same basis as mutual funds. They can also access […]
Among Asia’s hedge funds, smaller was better last year
Reuters – The region’s largest hedge funds – those managing more than $500 million – delivered weaker returns on average than nimbler, small to medium-sized funds, according to fund research and people with knowledge of the individual funds. In a […]
Peter Schiff’s response to distrusting the gold
User Contributed News – Recently, a MoneyWatch blogger named Larry Swedroe encourages investors to be wary of predictions connected to gold, having this position since 2009, during which period gold has many times outperformed stocks. The last post of Swedroe has […]
Hedge Fund People: Jessica Nicosia Joins J E Moody & Company
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Jessica Nicosia has joined $350mm hedge fund manager J E Moody & Company LLC (JEM), as Director of Business Development. In her role at JEM, Ms. Nicosia will lead the firm’s business development efforts, including investor relations and […]
Ernst & Young Wins Two Hedge Fund Awards
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Ernst & Young LLP, has received the award for Best Audit Services in the 2012 HFMWeek U.S. Hedge Fund Services Awards and was ranked as the top audit and accounting firm in Hedge Funds Review’s 2012 Service Provider Rankings. This […]
Women hedge-fund managers outperform men
St Louis Business Journal – Women hedge-fund managers outperformed men rather dramatically through 2012, with average returns of 8.95 percent compared with the global hedge fund index’s 2.69 percent. What’s more, women-run hedge funds also beat that index in the […]
Gam reorganises to better integrate hedge fund and mutual fund businesses
Hedge Funds Review – Changes are taking place at Gam as the hedge fund manager reorganises its operations and acquires a minority stake in US-based manager QFS. Gam now manages $48 billion across its entire product range. Gam Holding is […]