Monthly Archives: May 2012

UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip and UAIX – Weekly Update – May 2nd 2012

The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip is up 0.22% this week after ending April down -0.60%. Event-Driven and Emerging Markets are the best performing strategies this week, with gains of 0.95% and 0.61%. CTA (up 0.55%) and Long/Short Equity (up […]

Law Firm Launches Blog Focused on New Regulatory Hedge Fund Developments

New York (HedgeCo.net) –  – The attorneys and securities compliance consultants with hedge fund law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP have launched a blog for broker-dealers, investment advisers and private investment funds. The new blog, Compliance Corner, alerts […]

Occupy the regulatory system!

Washington Post – Many of the Occupy wonks once worked on Wall Street, and some of them still do. They’re former derivatives traders, risk analysts, compliance officers and hedge fund quants. They hail from Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns, […]

Allenbridge acquires Moody’s hedge fund research arm

New Model Adviser – Allenbridge Epic Investment Advisers has taken over Moody’s hedge fund analysis and research service in a deal which will see the US ratings giant take a 25% stake in the new business. The combined group is […]

Regulations, investor demands put pressure on hedge funds

Cay Compass – New regulations and investor demands have put financial pressure on many new and smaller funds, which in turn squeeze the fees of service providers, delegates at the GAIM Ops conference on hedge fund due diligence heard last […]

Ben Liss Joins Hedge Fund KeyPoint Capital

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Dallas-based KeyPoint Capital LLC., announced that Ben Liss has joined the $39 million hedge fund as an Analyst, effective May 1, 2012. “We are confident that Ben’s extensive, ground-level diligence in the real estate sector – combined […]

Movie, Hedge Fund War Spreads to Attorneys

Courthouse News Services – Two Los Angeles-based law firms representing a hedge fund operator helped their client wage “an aggressive litigation campaign” against a film investor, using confidential information divulged by the investor’s former attorney, the investor claims in Superior […]

Hedge fund charges skewed against investors – report

Reuters – An investor advisory group on Tuesday levelled fresh criticism at the high fees imposed by hedge funds and urged them to cut their take of gains on the assets they manage. The latest attack on an industry known […]

Ex-JPMorgan Asia-Pacific Stock Derivatives Head Plans Hedge Fund

Bloomberg – William Lee, who led JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s Asia-Pacific equity derivatives business, plans to start his own hedge fund this year that will exploit mispricing in the region’s derivative markets and broad economic trends. Lee, 40, plans […]

Special Report – Inside Chesapeake, CEO ran $200 million hedge fund

Reuters – As chairman and CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp, Aubrey McClendon has been a powerhouse in the vast U.S. natural gas market, directing the company’s multibillion dollar energy-trading operation and setting output targets for America’s second-largest producer. Behind the […]

Hedge Fund Launch: FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund LP

New York (HedgeCo.net) – FH International Asset Management LLC, the advisor to FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Master Fund, L.P. and its tax-exempt/offshore feeder, FH Emerging Markets Short Term Debt Fund, LTD, have today launched the FH Emerging Markets […]

Hedge Fund People Moves: Daniel McDermott Assumes Position As CEO At Brighton House Associates

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Massachusetts based Brighton House Associates (BHA) today announced that Daniel McDermott, the Founder of BHA, will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer. McDermott, a hedge fund industry veteran, launched BHA in 2007 and pioneered the concept of […]