Yearly Archives: 2007
Goldman Unveils Plans For Two Credit Hedge Funds
FINalternatives- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the Wall Street giant has raised one hedge fund and plans another to capitalize on the credit crunch. Blankfein said Goldman has raised $2.7 billion for credit hedge fund Liberty Harbor and expects […]
Hedge funds are the rising stars of investor engagement
Financial News Online US- Five years ago, most finance directors would have shuddered at the thought of engaging with their hedge fund shareholders. But alongside the establisheddoyens of traditional fund management in the UK, finance directors said their most constructive […]
Welcome To Hedge Fund Island
Forbes- Most people can’t find Jersey on a map. Situated far closer to France than Britain in the English Channel, tourists know it for docile, sad-eyed cows and the clotted cream they produce.Financiers know it for rich, sweet products of […]
Unfazed by market problems, hedge fund has its debut
International Herald Tribune- First came the private equity and hedge fund public offering frenzy, then the bust. Now comes IPOs, Act II. Och-Ziff, a $30.1 billion hedge fund, was expected to start trading on Wednesday after being priced Tuesday at […]
Hedge Funds More Proactive in Search for New Research
HedgeCo.Net- Hedge funds manage external research more proactively than long only managers, according to a study released by Integrity Research Associates. Hedge funds review their external researchmore frequently than long only investment managers, are three times more likely to seek […]
Hedge Funds See Best Average Performance In 5 Years
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average, the second round of U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate reductions pushed hedge fund returns up +3.32% in October 2007. Strategies which rebounded sharply following the U.S. Fed’s actions in […]
CARL ICAHN Billionaire’s Hedge Funds Have First Loss
Chicago Tribune – Billionaire Carl Icahn’s activist hedge funds posted their first quarterly decline since they opened three years ago because of volatile markets and losses on stocks including WCI Communities Inc. and Lear Corp. The funds, run by Icahn […]
New Study Explores Impact of Institutional Relationships on Hedge Funds
Forbes -A new research study indicates with empirical data that hedge funds receiving both seeding and operational support from a larger investment organization or service provider tend to outperform the broader hedge fund universe on a risk-adjusted basis. The findings […]
RPX helps funds hedge exposure
MSNBC- More than $250m of derivatives contracts based on Radar Logic’s residential property index (RPX) had traded since its launch in September, the research group said. Property derivatives allow investors to take a view on the health and direction of […]
IBM to buy Cognos for $5 billion
Reuters – IBM said on Monday that it would buy Canadian business intelligence software company Cognos Inc for $5 billion, following a wave of acquisitions in the industry. Investors had expected the deal, which represents a 9.5 percent premium to […]
Hedge funds to get green light in Russia
Gazeta.KZ- Hedge funds for qualified investors could appear in Russia as soon as next year, as the State Duma is due to discuss the second reading of amendments to the bill oninvestment funds shortly, Tatyana Medvedeva, an expert with the […]
Financial News: Hedge Fund Makes $3 Billion From Subprime Bet
CNNMoney.com- A single hedge fund has made a gain of more than $3 billion (EUR2 billion) at the expense of investment banks by betting on the subprime crisis. U.S. hedge fund manager Paulson & Co. has turned an investment of […]