Monthly Archives: August 2010
Hedge funds look to create ETFs
IFA – More hedge funds will create ETFs to provide investors with low-cost access to their funds while broadening their distribution capabilities, BlackRock says. The firm’s ETF Landscape says hedge funds, which have typically been difficult for many investors to […]
Credit Suisse Names New Japan Prime Services Head
Bloomberg – Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second-largest bank, appointed Myo Schollum as head of prime services coverage in Japan as part of efforts to expand the business catering to hedge funds. Schollum, 35, is replacing Yoji Koga, who retired […]
Och-Ziff Hedge Fund’s 23% Return Lures Big Investors Even as Shares Falter
Bloomberg – Daniel Och, founder of $25 billion hedge fund firm Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, looks out from the podium over the crowd of investors and money managers nibbling on chicken salad at Manhattan’s St. Regis hotel and repeats […]
European Pension Scheme Exits Hedge Funds
WSJ – One of Europe’s largest institutional investors has pulled out of funds of hedge funds, removing more than $500 million (EUR383 million) from the troubled sector, saying it doubts their utility and dislikes their lack of transparency. The EUR11.8 […]
Funds Bullish on Natural Gas as Heat Wave Strikes
NYT – With the mercury rising — along with an increase in air-conditioning demand — hedge funds last week upped the ante on natural gas prices believing they will rise for the first time in six weeks, Bloomberg News reported. […]
Transcript: Hedge Fund Roundtable, Part One
Forbes – Three hedge-fund heads discuss funds’ performance over the last year and debate potential tax code changes. Funds Lost Their Hedge? David Serchuk: OK, everybody, thank you for meeting with us today on the Forbes.com Intelligent Investing Team. It’s […]
US Economic Policy as Boost for Hedge Funds – Report
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – US Economic policy continues to sway the global marketplace, says Global Hedge Fund Group Ltd. (GHF), this has been to the benefit of its hedge funds, and the life insurance settlement fund in particular. Global […]
Sure, Throw Your Money In This ‘Hedge Fund’
Tubefilter news – Do you know what a Hedge Fund is? I don’t. And neither do the boys at the Claude S. Dutchy, LLC hedge fund. But, damnit, they’re determined to make it rich enough to race Lamborghinis, orbit earth […]
Bluenose Launches Capital Market Neutral Hedge Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager, Bluenose Capital Management Ltd. is launching the Bluenose Capital Market Neutral Fund, aimed at accredited and professional investors. Going live on October 1st, 2009, the new fund will employ a proprietary factor-based […]
Wall Street Stealth Lobby Defends $35 Billion Derivatives Haul
Bloomberg – Wall Street is suiting up for a battle to protect one of its richest fiefdoms, the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market that is facing the biggest overhaul since its creation 30 years ago. Five U.S. commercial banks, including […]
India-specific hedge funds among top global performers
The Hindu Business Line – Hedge funds investing in India are now among the top performers globally, after languishing at the bottom of the charts, hit by poor returns and outflows in 2008. Inflows into India specific hedge funds, however, […]
Goldman Sachs’s Hedge Fund Report
Seeking Alpha – Here’s an excellent in-depth read from Goldman Sachs that ties directly into our tracking of hedge fund movements. And we say this because the majority of their data was taken from SEC filings and public disclosures, exactly […]