Monthly Archives: July 2012

Sir Richard Branson To Speak at Cayman Hedge Fund Summit

New York (HedgeCo.Net)  – Institutional investors, hedge fund CEOs, economists and academics are meeting November 1-2, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Grand Cayman to discuss the global alternative investment industry. The key theme of the Summit is ‘Innovation in Alternative Investments: Seeing […]

Barclays Under Fire For Fundraising With Hedge Fund Buddy Romney

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – UK newspaper The Telegraph reports that 11 Members of Parliament have demanded that Barclays Bank stop raising money for former hedge fund manager and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, and instead work to rebuild the public’s trust […]

China-Focused Siris Settles With U.S. SEC

Hedge World – A hedge fund manager known for his bullish bets on Chinese companies and two of his firms have agreed pay $1.1 million to settle allegations by U.S. securities regulators of wide-ranging misconduct, including insider trading and misleading […]

Hedge Funds Stay Defensive Despite Rally

CNBC – Hedge funds remain ­cautious and defensive after largely sitting out the rally in the U.S. stock market since the start of June, ­contributing to the lowest U.S. stock market trading volumes since 2007. The lack of conviction comes […]

Average investors poised to bite into hedge funds: survey

Reuters – After decades of investing in exclusive hedge funds, America’s super rich are getting company as alternative investments are joining the investment management mainstream, a report from McKinsey & Co released to clients in July showed. “The new twist […]

Texas Permanent to shift K2 assets in hedge fund portfolio review

Pensions & Investments – Texas Permanent School Fund, Austin, is taking a second look at the construction of its $2.5 billion hedge fund portfolio while investment officials seek to negotiate lower fees from four of its five hedge funds-of-funds managers. […]

Hedge Fund Managers Finance Same-Sex Marriage Push

FIN Alternatives – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos’ $2.5 million contribution to help keep same-sex marriage legal in his home state made headlines last week. But he’s merely joining the hedge fund honchos, many of them Republicans, who have financed the […]

Tate Modern death-plunge man Michael Foreman was senior bank manager at HSBC

Independent – A man who fell 100ft to his death from a balcony at the busy Tate Modern art gallery in London was a senior bank manager at HSBC, an inquest has heard. Michael Foreman fell from a fifth-floor balcony […]

Individual Investors Get First Time Access To Hedge Fund Data

Press release – HedgeChatter.com, an online service that allows everyday investors to make investment decisions based on the latest social media data, announces launch byAtlanta, GA based Soktino Dynamics LLC. “Hedge Funds and Wealth Management Brokerage Firms have begun implementing social […]

Church of England Investing Heavily In Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – According to this year’s report from the UK clergy pension board, around £60m ($94 million) has been transferred to hedge funds Bridgewater Associates, Winton Capital and Blackrock Asset Management, all of whom are “big charitable donors” to the […]

Investors eye wine, art funds for hedging

New York Post – Don’t like how stocks and bonds are performing? Here’s an asset you can wrap your arms around — literally. Rising fears that traditional investing has become a lose-lose proposition have a growing number of wealthy folks […]

New Century Hedge Fund Manger Sentenced In NY

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Florida-based hedge fund manager Ward Onsa has been sentenced Friday in Brooklyn federal court to serve 78 months in prison for running a Ponzi scheme. Onsa is the manager of New Century Hedge Fund Partners LP., he […]