Monthly Archives: November 2005
Tremont Capital Management, Inc. Appoints John Matwey Director of … – PR Newswire (press release)
RYE, N.Y., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Tremont Capital Management, Inc., a leading provider of hedge fund and asset management products and services worldwide, today announced its hiring and appointment of John Matwey as Director of Risk Management and Portfolio Services. […]
Citadel hedge fund forms second reinsurance firm
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Citadel Investment Group, a leading hedge fund manager, is again pushing into the reinsurance market by launching a new Bermuda-based venture backed by $500 million infund assets. The new reinsurance company, called New Castle […]
DOW JONES Indexes to license Islamic market index as underlying for First Islamic Exchange-Traded Fund
NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2005)â€â€Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it has licensed its Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index to Family Finans Houseâ€â€the largest, noninterest banking service in Turkeyâ€â€as the underlying for an exchange-traded […]
Hedge Fund Report: Betting It All on Russian Gas
www.thestreet.com Speculation can take different forms. You can reach for big returns in far-flung lands, invest in sectors with a lot of historicalvolatility, or eschew diversification by betting all your money on a single stock. Gazinvest, a hedge fund based […]
Hedge funds want Deutsche Boerse/Euronext merger
www.reuters.com – LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds want a merger between European bourse operator Euronext and rival Deutsche Boerse because it would create thebest value for investors, hedge fund sources said. Last year Deutsche Boerse made a bid for the […]
October 2005 Performance Review of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
A monthly report from Dow Jones Indexes on the performance of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks After ending the third quarter on a high note, all of the hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes […]
HFR Broadens Its Portfolio Offer With Launch Of Specialist Asian Market Fund In Partnership With Oria Capital
London and Hong Kong – 7th November 2005: HFR Asset Management (“HFR”)and Oria Capital (“Oria”) have joined forces to launch a principleprotected fund of funds that will provide the stability of investing inthe HFRX Global Index with the more aggressive […]
Business Briefs: More cash flowing to hedge funds
Hedge funds received a net $12.7 billion from investors in the third quarter, an increase of 9.5 percent from the previous three months, as investment returns improved, according to Tremont Capital Management Inc. “Third-quarter performance was up about 5.9 percent, […]
Hedge fund buys stake in Reynolds
A San Francisco-based hedge fund has been steadily buying Reynolds and Reynolds Co. stock and is now the largest shareholder, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. ValueAct Capital Partners LP, which has a reputation for buying […]
Bears Have Their Day
Short sellers are having one of their rare days in the sun. These professional contrarians, who bet that stocks will fall in price, are among the best-performing hedge fund managers this year. Short sellers have fared particularly well in recent […]
Independent Directors In Demand For Cayman Hedge Funds
Independent directors are finding themselves increasingly in demand from hedge funds whose growing list of institutional clients require a greater degree of assurance that their investment is protected, a trend particularly prevalent in the Cayman Islands where the majority of […]
Storebrand establishes four hedge funds in Luxembourg – Forbes
LONDON (AFX) – Storebrand Investments said it established four hedge funds in Luxembourg aimed at the institutional market during the third quarter. The four long/short equity funds are in addition to the firm’s active credit, tactical asset allocation and global […]