Monthly Archives: May 2005
U.S. Hedge fund manager wants Ontario Securities Commission to intervene in merger plans
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) The Wisconsin based U.S. Hedge fund manager, Stark Investments called on the Ontario’s Securities Regulator to intervene in merger plans of a mining company withits parent, company Noranda Inc. According to Stark Investments, such merger […]
CSFB/Tremont Engages Ernst & Young
CSFB/Tremont Engages Ernst & Young; CSFB/Tremont Investable Hedge Fund Index Values Verified Since Inception NEW YORK, NY, May 3, 2005 — To further enhance transparency in its index calculation, CSFB/Tremont has engaged Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) to […]
The Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre releases research that is critical of the existing ratings systems
The Edhec Risk and Asset Management Research Centre releases research that is critical of the existing ratings systems: In 2002, EuroPerformance, which is the leading French firm for the dissemination of mutual fund data, approached the Edhec research centre to […]
Van Releases May Market Sentiment Indicators
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, LLC (“VAN”) has released its may market sentiment indicators for U. S. equities, the U.S. Dollar and the U.S. Treasury10-year Note. According to the data, 63 percent of the […]
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager with Fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the manager of Tiburon Asset Management and Tiburon Partners with fraud, according to the SEC. The hedgefund manager cheated investors out of millions of dollars by inflating […]
Hedge Funds Worry About Poor Performance of Collateralized Debt Obligation
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds that have purchased interest in the collateralized debt obligation in both the U.S. and Europe worry about the performance of that market. Severalmanagers with positions in such market believe that the returns […]
CFTC Economists say-Don’t Blame Hedge Funds for High Oil Prices
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds have always been blamed when things go wrong in the markets, for instance hedge funds have been blamed for the skyrocketing oil prices. Buteconomists from the Federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission {CFTC} […]
SEC to investigate Wellington’s stock allocations to Hedge Funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Boston based money manager, Wellington Management Co, is facing the US Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, into its methods of allocation of stocks tohedge funds. The inquiry is to examine if Wellington authorities […]
CSFB/TREMONT Index to exceed US $2 billion in assets
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – CSFB has announced that products linked to the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index have experienced a significant growth in assets. According to a new press release,such assets will reach US $2 billion on June 1, […]
CSFB/Tremont Investable Hedge Fund Index to exceed US$2 billion in assets through index-linked product sales
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (HEDGECO.NET) – CSFB is pleased to announce that products linked to the CSFB/Tremont Investable Hedge Fund Index will exceed the US$2 billion mark on June 1 in total assets throughthe sale of index-linked products. �Exceeding the […]
Stock Hedge Funds gain 7% in April
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The three biggest stock hedge funds did well in April, according to new released reports. William Von Mueffling, Jim Pallotta, and Lee Ainslie, had gains of about7% in April; such return easily beat the […]
SEC to investigate another Hedge Fund activity
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] is seeking information from hedge fund investments in the so-called �PIPE transactions�. According to reports from DowJones Newswire, an unidentified SEC spokesman said, �It’s an area where we’ve […]