Monthly Archives: April 2015
SEC Gives Million-Dollar Whistleblower Award to Compliance Officer
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than a million dollars to a compliance professional who provided information that assisted the SEC in an enforcement action against the whistleblower’s company. The award […]
Hedge Fund Industry Sets New Records in 2014
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Two separate reports came out last week that highlighted how the hedge fund industry continues to grow, but the two reports showed growth in two different ways. Both reports were issues by hedge fund research firm […]
Adnan Rehmatullah From Brookdale Capital Management Describes Their Four Investment Principles
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Brookdale Capital Management is an investment management firm based in Dallas, Texas. The firm has a particular focus on liquid alternative investment strategies across all asset classes including equities, credit, commodities, currencies, and derivatives. The Brookdale […]
Merger Surge Tempts Hedge Funds to Make a Bet
WSJ – Hedge funds that bet on mergers have had scant success in recent years. Now some are pinning their moneymaking hopes on Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s $70 billion planned takeover of BG Group PLC. The deal was announced earlier […]
NY hedge fund buys Jacksonville lot for $6 M
Biz Journals – The parking lot next to the Omni Hotel was purchased last week, according to public records filed Friday. Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, a hedge fund and private equity firm based in New York, purchased the lot at […]
Millennium Hedge Fund, Quant Trader Plan Venture
WSJ – For two decades, Igor Tulchinsky and his team of quantitative traders have helped fatten the returns of New York hedge fund Millennium Management LLC. Now, the roughly $28.5 billion firm and Mr. Tulchinsky are forming a joint venture […]
Alliance Trust Strikes Late-Night Deal to End Hedge Fund Battle
Bloomberg – Alliance Trust Plc struck a late-night deal with its largest shareholder, Elliott Advisors, to expand the board in a bid to avoid a public showdown at its annual general meeting in Scotland. The deadline for shareholders to vote […]
Millennium Hedge Fund, Quant Trader Plan Venture
WSJ – For two decades, Igor Tulchinsky and his team of quantitative traders have helped fatten the returns of New York hedge fund Millennium Management LLC. Now, the roughly $28.5 billion firm and Mr. Tulchinsky are forming a joint venture […]
Elliott Advisors: The activist US hedge fund shaking up Britain
City AM – Advisors is the UK subsidiary of a much larger American group, which began life in 1977 when it was established by Paul Elliott Singer. Its British arm has a reputation for activism which is not always welcomed […]
Big Pharma Comes Under Attack From a New Hedge Fund Strategy
MotleyFool – Forget retail short-sellers and angry message board posters, Big Pharma has a much bigger concern on the horizon: hedge funds. I know what you’re probably thinking, “Haven’t various hedge funds already been betting against Big Pharma stocks from […]
Hedge Fund Billionaires Double as Platt Catches Up to Howard
Bloomberg – Seven U.K. hedge fund managers are now worth more than 1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion), up from four executives last year, an annual wealth ranking compiled by the Sunday Times showed. Alan Howard and Michael Platt, co-founders of […]