Yearly Archives: 2007
Goodwin Applies Stock-Analyst Past for Martin Currie Hedge Fund
Bloomberg- Duncan Goodwin’s bets for and against oil producers helped his hedge fund outperform most rivals and its own benchmark. He drew on his past as the U.K.’s top stock analyst to profit from falling stock prices at Exxon Mobil […]
Carbon trading gets competitive hedge
Hedge fund giant Man Investments has released a new report revealing carbon trading markets as the next frontier for the hedge fund sector. According to the World Bank, the international carbon market is trading more than $30 billion ($US […]
Hedge funds survey reveals lower gearing
MSN Money- Hedge funds reduced their gearing last year by about 10 per cent, according to a private survey by British regulators, lowering the potential for the failure of a major firm to create a domino effect across the financial […]
Reserve Liquid Performance – highest yielding Prime Money market fund
HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, May 1, 2007 – The Reserve, the leading innovator in cash management, announced that its Liquid Performance Fund was ranked the highest yielding prime money market fund by Crane Data, as of 3/31/07.* “As hedge funds, […]
100 Women in Hedge Funds Awards
100 Women in Hedge Funds is today presenting their 5th Anniversary event, Raising Capital: Keys to success and new trends in the industry, in Stamford, CT. The event is hosted by UBS Investment Bank and All Bar None. The speaker, […]
$99 Billion Company Hires Hedge Fund Manager
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. announced the appointment of hedge fund manager, Thomas Juterbock, as Senior Portfolio Manager at Nikko Alternative Asset Management Inc., a New York-based subsidiary of Nikko AM Tokyo. Juterbock said, “I am thrilled to join the […]
Sarkozy turns on ‘predator’ hedge funds
Telegraph.com.UK- If there is one thing that unites both candidates in France’s presidential run-off this Sunday, it is a shared belief that Anglo Saxon hedge funds are the great villains of modern civilisation. Nicolas Sarkozy, the neo-Gaullist favourite, has […]
Morningstar expands hedge funds survey – Reuters.uk
Reuters- Morningstar Inc., which has already nearly doubled the number of hedge funds it tracks, wants to grow in the hedge fund industry, an executive at the well-known mutual fund rankings firmsaid on Monday. Chicago-based Morningstar, which developed a star […]
Japanese regulator to monitor hedge funds
Reuters.uk – Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) said on Tuesday it will begin monitoring hedge funds operating in Japan, seeking to ward off potential turmoil in financial markets. The regulator will ask hedge funds filing with it from around September […]
Daido Life expands hedge stake
Tokyo – Daido Life Insurance, a unit of Japan’s only publicly traded life insurer, will increase investment in hedge funds and private equity by as much as Â¥50 billion, or $420 million, in the fiscal year that started April 1. […]
Hedge funds gain popularity as investors reap returns
Years ago, the New York Times famously referred to financial instruments used by hedge funds as “exotic and risky.” Today, hedge funds have truly emerged as a legitimate and increasingly stableinvestment vehicle. The hedge fund industry has exploded in size […]
Opening doors to closed hedge funds
Call it the Groucho Marx problem: Investors trying to put money into hedge funds frequently find that the managers they want do not want their cash. Just as Groucho complained that he would not join any club that would accept […]