Monthly Archives: April 2014
Virtus Investment Partners Selects SS&C for Middle- and Back- Office Services
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced that Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) has chosen SS&C to provide middle- and back-office services for approximately $20 billion of separately managed, […]
SEC Chair: 1,800 Hedge Fund Advisers Registered With SEC
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Chairman Chair Mary Jo White said that hedge fund and private equity fund managers have been charging improper fees to portfolio companies or the funds they manage. “Since the effective date of the Dodd-Frank Act, approximately […]
Icahn, Ackman may team up on activist investments: report
Reuters – Carl Icahn and William Ackman, who clashed on their views about nutrition company Herbalife Ltd., could team up on activist investments in future, The Wall Street Journal reported. Ackman and Icahn’s dislike of each other is well known in financial circles. Some of […]
Hedge Fund Regulation: AIFMD: Are you ready?
AIFMD is an issue that is growing in importance as we approach July 22nd, the date by which Alternative Investment Fund Managers will have to be compliant with the new directive. Whether hedge fund managers are in favor of it […]
Exposure to Alternatives: What’s the Right Allocation?
Daily Alts – The liquid-alternatives industry continues to grow dramatically. Net inflows were over $40 billion in 2013 and the growth trend has continued this year. The combination of stretched equity valuations, an uncertain outlook for bonds, and geopolitical turmoil […]
Hedge-Fund Startups Adapt to New Singapore Rules: Southeast Asia
Bloomberg – When Gaurav Bansal’s lawyers told him about Singapore’s tightened hedge-fund rules introduced in August 2012, he faced the prospect of spiraling costs to meet the demands for starting his own fund. The solution was to sign up with […]
Royal Mail float: Government admits hedge funds were favoured
Evening Standard – Hedge funds were among the “priority investors” sold hundreds of millions of pounds of shares in the Royal Mail’s controversial flotation, officials have confirmed. The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has repeatedly insisted that the handful of key […]
Alibaba Co-Founder Joe Tsai Linked to Planned Hong Kong Hedge Fund
WSJ – A former SAC Capital Advisors LP portfolio manager is preparing to launch a hedge fund in Hong Kong with a co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as a potential backer, people familiar with the matter said. Andrew Bazarian, […]
A Guide To Understanding Hedge Fund Performance
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), has published a new educational guide to understanding hedge fund performance, ‘Apples and apples: How to better understand hedge fund performance.’’ (PDF) AIMA says comparing hedge fund performance to the […]
Chicago Financial Community To Join Forces At May 8th Hedge Funds Care
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – At the 12th Annual Midwest “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit organized by Hedge Funds Care/Help For Children (HFC) Sheffield Asset Management will recieve the 5th Annual Kelly Lively Memorial Award for outstanding commitment to […]
Global AgInvesting opens today featuring over 115 industry expert speakers and attracting hundreds of international attendees
More than 115 expert speakers from top investment and ag companies will present at the 6th annual Global AgInvesting (GAI) conference, opening today at the iconic Waldorf Astoria here and running through Thursday, May 1. This premier agriculture investing conference […]
The Hedge Fund Kid and the Treasure Ship
BusinessWeek – On Monday, a deep-water exploration ship lingered 160 miles off the coast of Charleston, S.C. The vessel is operated by Odyssey Marine Exploration (OMEX), a company with a unique business model: It recovers treasure from shipwrecked vessels. Odyssey Marine hopes to retrieve […]