Yearly Archives: 2007
M.Stanley, JP Morgan ex-execs to launch hedge funds
Reuters UK- Recent volatility and slumping returns in the hedge fund industry have not dampened the appetite for new funds founded by former investment bankers from firms such as JPMorgan Chase to Merrill Lynch & Co. The new funds are […]
Reuters Hosts Solution for Hedge Fund Trading in Singapore
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Reuters and BT announced the launch of the lowest latency Proximity Hosting Solution for hedge funds trading on the Singapore Exchange Limited. Rama Pillai, Senior Vice President of Intermediaries and Market Access at SGX said, “The […]
GLOBAL HEDGE FUND ASSETS SURGE 19% TO $2.48 TRILLION
London, Monday 1 October 2007 – Assets under management in global hedge funds have reached nearly $2.5 trillion at the mid-year point of 2007 according to new research compiled by HedgeFund Intelligence, publisher of the newsletters and databases of EuroHedge, […]
Growth in IPOs Help European Hedge Funds Gain Ground
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to a press release, the new edition of IFSL’s annual report; Financial Market Trends Europe vs. US 2007, shows that in three quarters of indicators, 14 out of 18, financial markets in Europe have been growing faster […]
Hedge fund assets soar to almost $2500bn
MSNBC- The global hedge fund market grew by about a fifth to almost $2,500 billion (£1,250 billion) in the first half of this year. Assets under management in global hedge funds reached $2.48 trillion in July, according to research out […]
Hedge funds stage recovery with September returns
Financial News Online US- Hedge funds shrugged off a disappointing August and made money again last month – though funds trading in credit continued to feel the impact of thecredit squeeze. The industry generated a positive return for investors of […]
UBS becomes biggest victim of credit turmoil
MSN MoneyCentral- UBS announced the departure of its investment bank head as it warned that it has written off billions of dollars on fixed-income assets, making the Swiss banking group the biggest casualty so far of the turmoil in the […]
US Hedge Funds Set to Talk to Northern Rock
Reuters- The British Treasury has given two U.S. hedge funds permission to start takeover talks with stricken British mortgage lender Northern Rock Plc, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The Treasury was not immediately available for comment. The paper said JC […]
The Abbey Capital Macro Fund
Domiciled in Malta, the Abbey Capital Macro Fund will offer access to a group of Global Macro managers with low historic correlations offering diversification across market sectors, time frames and trading styles. The Abbey Capital Macro Fund will invest with […]
FXCM’s Sentiment Aggressive Forex Managed Funds Up Over 25%
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- After a successful launch, FXCM’s Sentiment Aggressive Managed Funds are up over 25% in its first two months since inception. Clients had requested a more aggressive and highly leveraged version of FXCM’s popular Sentiment Fund, so […]
Hegde Fund Article Awards
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- It was announced today in a press release that Lehman Brothers’ research on the classification of hedge fund investment styles is one of this year’s Martello Award winners for best research article in alternative investments. Lehman […]
Bear returns to public debt market
MSN MoneyCentral-Bear Stearns returned to the public debt market on Thursday with a $2.5bn note sale, indicating that the troubled investment bank does not have any current funding crisis that wouldrequire it to find an outside investor to take a […]