Monthly Archives: April 2006
Cut me in to the hedge fund, boys
Times Online – I have no idea what a hedge fund is, but after a day trip to Mustique last week I think I need to plant one. At first I couldn’t quite work out whether this privately owned island […]
Eliot hedges bets
New York Daily News – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer may be known as the “sheriff of Wall Street,” but there’s at least one group of high rollers – hedge fund managers – thathe’s happy to ride sidesaddle with, records show. […]
Fort Worth invested $6 million in failed hedge fund, records show
Fort Worth Star-Telegram – Everything seemed to be going great for an innovative investment made by the city’s retirement fund in early 2004. In fact, after just four months, the pension fund wastold that it had earned more than $230,000 […]
Alissa Grad joins High Profile Hedge Fund Lineup
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Alissa Grad has become part of multi-billion dollar hedge fund; D.B. Zwirn & Co. as the Director of Marketing and Investor Relations. The hedge fund has attracted other high profile figures such as Sandy […]
Cazenove to Launch Equity Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Cazenove Capital Management is preparing to launch a new equity hedge fund on May 31, 2006. The hedge fund is to be managed by investment specialist Tim Love who has over 20 years of […]
Hedge Funds Collect over $24 Billion in Q1 2006
HedgeCo.Net – Reversing a small decline in the fourth quarter of 2005, hedge funds saw inflows totaling $24.04 billion, or 2.17 percent, in the first quarter of 2006, according to data released today by Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR), the […]
Jockey Club, Hong Kong’s Gambling Monopoly, Bets on Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – The Hong Kong Jockey Club, the Chinese territory’s only legal gambling forum, is raising its bets on hedge funds. The club, which leads investing trends in Hong Kong, has amassed $164 million in the loosely regulated funds since […]
SEC filings show Boston is a leader in hedge funds
Boston Globe – New federal filings show that Massachusetts financial firms help manage more than $150 billion in hedge funds and other private investments, about 10 percent of the $1.5 trillion that the Securities and Exchange Commission estimates is held […]
Trader death knell sounds
Globe and Mail – Traders, advisers and fund managers  the middle men that stand between investors and their money  are a becoming a dying breed as massive changes brought on by the need for speedand transparency sweep through […]
Goldman gurus strike it rich with hedge fund
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – In early 1997, Mark Carhart was an academic at the University of Southern California. His big claim to fame was his doctorate work at the University of Chicago onmutual-fund performance. Today, the 40-year-old Mr. Carhart and another […]
Floyd Norris: How real are results from hedge funds?
International Herald Tribune – For those who favor open markets and open investment management, it may look like the best of times. But it may really be the worst, and we may not learn just how badit is until something […]
Ockham pension fund to invest in hedge funds
Reuters.uk – Highway Insurance’s (HWY.L: Quote, Profile, Research) final-salary pensionscheme has decided to invest in alternative assets including private-equity and hedge funds, the company said on Wednesday. The Ockham Pension Scheme has assets of 80 million pounds. Its trustees have […]