Monthly Archives: February 2013
The Greenwich Roundtable Discusses How To Avoid Mistakes in Alternative Investing In New ‘Best Practices’ Research Paper
The Greenwich Roundtable today released a white paper that documents what can go wrong when investing in alternative investments, and what actions investors can take to avoid mistakes that result in large losses. With increased emphasis on risk management arising […]
QuantHouse Leverages BT to Expand Asian Distribution Capabilities
QuantHouse, S&P Capital IQ’s Real Time operation and the global provider of next generation trading solutions, is expanding its core services to Asia by teaming-up with BT. QuantHouse will be using BT Radianz services to distribute its low-latency European and American […]
February NYC Hedge Fund Networking Event
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – This year’s February Networking Event is a chance for investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals to come together and enjoy a night of sharing ideas and meeting new contacts. Join us in New York at the […]
Rosen is said to get $300 million to start hedge fund Reef Road
CTPost – Eric Rosen, a credit trader at JPMorgan Chase for 13 years, received a $300 million seed investment from Greenwich-based Paloma Partners for a hedge fund he’s starting, according to two people with knowledge of the firm. Rosen, who […]
Wisconsin Funeral Trust invested in risky hedge fund
JSOnline – The Wisconsin Funeral Trust invested at least $3.5 million into a risky hedge fund promoted by Citigroup, the company that served as its financial adviser, and – unlike investors nationwide – did not take legal action to recoup […]
Ginga Explorer Hedge Fund Bets on Japanese Builders on Abe Hopes
Bloomberg – Ginga Explorer Fund, a Japan-focused hedge fund run by Stats Investment Management Co., is focusing on construction stocks on expectations new stimulus measures will revive the domestic economy and boost demand. Ginga returned 9.3 percent in January after a 23 […]
Hedge fund to take look at books of Compuware
Detroit Free Press – The New York hedge fund that unsuccessfully bid to take over Compuware has agreed to not rebid for the Detroit-based business software company until at least May 15 while it scrutinizes the firm’s financials. Elliott Management, […]
Einhorn hedge fund may succeed in Apple case, judge says
Reuters – David Einhorn’s hedge fund has shown a “likelihood of success” if his legal attack against Apple Inc goes forward, a U.S. judge said, though he made no immediate ruling on fund’s request to block a shareholder vote on […]
Hedge Fund Launch: Aquila Capital’s Innovative Risk Parity Bond Strategy
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – As the first strategy of its kind in the market, $5.3 billion EU-based hedge fund, Aquila Capital, intends to launch a Risk Parity Bond strategy. It is designed to provide fixed income investors with a diversified and […]
Background: What drives hedge funds to Florida
User Contributed News – Many investment strategies make sense only if they are held over a full investment cycle, but the challenge professional asset managers have is that psychology often weakens the investors’ conviction when volatility kicks in. Drawdowns have become […]
Hedge Funds up 2.32% in January 2013
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge funds posted their strongest January performance since 2006 amid rallying equity markets globally. The benchmark Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 2.32%1 while the MSCI World Index gained 4.66% over the month. Total assets under […]
Japan’s wild hedge fund ride
Asia Times – I posited that Mario Draghi this past summer “singlehandedly” altered the global financial landscape. This miraculous feat was made possible with his bold guarantee of unlimited ECB bond purchases to backstop troubled euro-zone bond markets and system […]