Monthly Archives: February 2007
Hedge Funds Grab for Cash In Attempt To Stop Blowout
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR) – The global leveraged takeover bubble of hedge funds and private equity funds may begin to explode this month in your living room, especially if you live in Manhattan or in Dresden. Two large private-equity takeover […]
Signs of the coming hedge-fund apocalypse.
Slate – Because I’m writing a book about booms and busts in American history, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how real and rational economic trends cross over into bubble territory. For theInternet, residential real estate (now officially […]
No ‘flying beneath radar’ for hedge funds
The hedge fund industry got a reminder from former U.S. Senator John Breaux (D-Louisiana) that the days of flying beneath the regulatory radar screen are over and that the industry needs to do abetter job of getting out ahead of […]
Investcorp Launches Early Stage Fund for Hedge Fund Investors
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Investcorp, the global asset manager specializing in alternative investments with a $5 billion hedge fund program, has announced the launch of the Investcorp Early Stage Fund. Early stage funds are typically set up by experienced money […]
G7 Meeting Calls for Closer Monitoring of Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The two-day G7 meeting in Essen concluded with a call for the monitoring of hedge funds worldwide and urged talks with the industry. They said energy efficiency and diversification, particularly renewable forms, remains an economic priority. […]
New Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Research Reveals
HegdeCo.net – New York, February 13, 2007 Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc. todayreleased its latest industry commentary, The Hedge Fund Industry Rocks Both Bear and Bull Markets, revealing that the long and short term outlook for hedge funds makes them […]
Stockpickr: Top Picks From a Top Hedge Fund
TheStreet.com-I have nothing bad to say about hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, except that the folks there wouldn’t consider hiring me when I applied. I went to grad school and majored in computer science, but didn’t finish my studies. Jim Simons, […]
Signs of the coming hedge-fund apocalypse.
Slate-Because I’m writing a book about booms and busts in American history, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how real and rational economic trends cross over into bubble territory. For the Internet, residential real estate (now officially popped), […]
Brian Haskel Joins Corporate Practice at Tannenbaum Helpern as Partner
HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, February 12, 2007 – Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, a leading law firm in the global financial services industry, today announced that Brian A. Haskel hasjoined as a Partner in the firms Corporate practice group. […]
SEC slammed over hedge fund ‘wealth’ test
CNN Money – You almost have to pity the poor SEC. Recently, the commission was all but accused of a cover-up by Senators Grassley and Specter in the matter of Gary Aguirre. (You may recall that Aguirre, a former SEC […]
G-7 recommends vigilance on hedge funds
Herald Tribune – Finance ministers from the world’s leading economies put the $1.4 trillion hedge fund industry firmly on the international policy agenda over the weekend, saying that they wouldscrutinize the sector closely with an eye toward encouraging more self-regulation. […]
Top hedge boffins beat the JSE
Sunday Times South Africa – You can cover your bets with the better funds, but don’t expect to beat the equity market when the bull is really running. The winning investment managers at this week’s third annual Symmetry Hedge Fund […]