Yearly Archives: 2007
Hedge Fund Launches Comeback In 2007
HedgeCo.net (New York) – The Absolute Return New Funds Survey, published in the July/August issue of Absolute Return magazine, shows that new hedge fund launches in the United States so far this year are up sharply over the same period […]
New Report On Hedge Funds And Prime Brokers
West Palm Beach (Hedgeco.Net)- Bharat Book Bureau has released a report called “Hedge Funds and Prime Brokers”, the report explores the ever-changing and dynamic hedge fund-prime broker relationship through the use of a panel comprising of some of the world’s experts in […]
Hedge funds eye Mexico amid US subprime woes
Reuters- As subprime worries wreak havoc in the U.S. housing market, Mexican mortgage-backed bonds are attracting growing interest from foreign hedge funds. Some international investors, who previously shunned the Mexican mortgage market because of its relatively small size, are beginning […]
Private equity versus hedge funds
Financial Times- Hedge funds and private equity have one big thing in common. Both charge whopping fees – typically 2 per cent of assets under management (AUM) and 20 per cent of investment profits.Otherwise, the differences are huge. Private equity […]
France’s Societe Generale to set up Japan hedge fund management firm
Thomson Financial- Major French financial services group Societe Generale plans to establish in Japan an asset management company specializing in hedge funds and other sophisticated investments totap expected demand growth, the online Nikkei business daily reported Saturday. It quoted Societe […]
SPARX Group Debuts China Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.net – SPARX Group Co. Ltd.’s Fund-of-Funds unit today announced the launch of a new strategy targeting hedge funds focused on Greater China. The strategy, which has been seeded with US$25 million by a pension fund, will be overseen locally […]
New Star to launch property hedge fund
Reuters- New Star Asset Management said on Wednesday it was planning to launch a property securities hedge fund in the last quarter of 2007 with a capacity to short as well as buy the market. New Star (NSAM.L: Quote, Profile, […]
Hedge fund hearing set
CNNMoney.com- Hedge funds will come under scrutiny next week when two separate House panels hold hearings on the government’s oversight of the lightly regulated industry. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., on Thursday said he will hold a […]
Hedge funds face subprime `haircut´
MSNBC- Investment banks are demanding more capital to back loans to hedge funds investing in US subprime mortgage-linked debt, as they try to head off a repeat of the near-collapse of two Bear Stearns hedge funds. The “haircut”, or margin […]
UBS Ousts Chief Wuffli, Appoints Rohner as Successor
Bloomberg- UBS AG, buffeted by three quarters of declining earnings and losses at one of its hedge funds, replaced Peter Wuffli as chief executive officer of the world’s biggest money manager. Marcel Rohner, the Zurich-based company’s deputy CEO, will succeed […]
ABN Amro introduces structured fund of hedge funds
Asian Investor- ABN Amro and Kenmar team up to create a range of hedge fund products focused on the sustainable investment sector. ABN Amro is set to create a series of structured fund products built around a fund of hedge […]
Off-Ziff Hedge Fund Files To List Class A Shares On NY Stock Exchange
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group announced that it has filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering of its Class A shares, representing Class A limited liability company interests. The […]