Yearly Archives: 2007
Stonebrook Capital launches first alternative beta product in fund format
HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, June 6, 2007 – Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC, (“Stonebrook”), a leading alternative investment firm specializing in Alternative Beta solutions, today announced the launch of an Alternative Beta strategy in a fund format – the first of […]
Skylight Comes In At #1 For Real Estate Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Pacific Continental Fund Management’s Skylight Capital Build-Up fund has come first in a ranking of real estate hedge funds for Sharpe ratio over the past 36 months and third for compound annual return. The Barclay Group’s […]
Hedge Funds Investing in China’s Energy Crisis
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to an 18-month investigation by StockInterview’s research team, China is facing an energy crisis of epic proportions. Hedge funds such as SAC Capital, Citadel Associates and Renaissance Technologies have bought shares in companies which are […]
London hedge fund scours Japan for more deals
Reuters- The Children’s Investment Fund (TCI) is scouring Japan for more deals but sees its struggle to raise the dividend at Japanese electric power wholesaler J-Power as a test case for furtherinvestment, a TCI executive said on Monday. TCI also […]
Openwave Shuts Out Hedge Fund
Business Week- Openwave Systems, dogged by sliding sales and a steady stream of red ink, has nonetheless attracted a suitor. But the communications software and services provider stiff-armed hedge fund Harbinger Capital June 5, recommending that its shareholders reject Harbinger’s […]
Ameritrade: Hedge funds urge combination
Boston Globe- Two hedge funds that own stakes in TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. are pushing the online-brokerage firm to seek a large merger, saying that Ameritrade could boost shareholder value by joining forces with either E-Trade Financial Corp. or Charles […]
Disclosure Advisory Board Speaks Out On Hedge Fund Secrecy
New York- (HedgeCo.Net) In a newly published white paper by the Disclosure Advisory Board, “Shareholder ID: The Resounding Silence of Non-Disclosure,” the Board calls for investors to reveal their identities and for regulators to re-examine existing shareholder disclosure rules, that […]
100 Women In Hedge Funds Partners With DataArt
New York- (HedgeCo.Net) 100 Women in Hedge Funds announced that they have partnered with DataArt to update and automate their existing email systems which were no longer capable of efficiently managing communications to the organization’s 6000 global members. The new […]
Growth Of 130/30 Funds May Lift Hedge Fund Borrowing
CNNMoney.com- Growth of so-called 130/30 and 120/20 funds may lift borrowing costs for hedge funds, according to a report released Monday by the consulting firm Vodia Group. These 130/30 and 120/20 funds are an increasingly popular alternative to hedge funds […]
FIIs Investing In India Can Now Hedge In Dubai
Economic Times- Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and hedge funds will now have an alternate route to bet on the rising rupee. The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) will be launchingfutures contracts on the rupee. Each contract, which covers up […]
Hedge Funds Muscle In On Private Equity Deals
Livemint- Gridstone Research, an equity research start-up in Mumbai, had secured venture capital funding from three investors last March. The investors included Charles River Ventures, Helion Venture Partners and finally Maverick Capital, a $10 billion (Rs41,000 crore) American hedge fund. […]
Group G appoints new Director of Marketing
NEW YORK, NY (HedgeCo.Net) – Group G Capital Partners, LLC (Group G), an investment manager specializing in alternative investment strategies, today announced that Alyson Gardner Kiesel has joined as Director of Marketing and Strategic Development. In this newly created position, […]