Yearly Archives: 2007
Sal. Oppenheim To Launch Spin-Off Hedge Fund
HedgeCo.net – Sal. Oppenheim Jr. & Cie, one of Europe’s largest private banks is moving towards alternative investments and hedge funds. Oppenheim said it wants to spin off a hedge fund from itsproprietary trading book. The bank will seed the […]
Dresdner Kleinwort Announces New Head for US based Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.net -Dresdner Kleinwort, the investment banking division of Dresdner Bank AG announced the appointment of Chris Baildon as Head of Equities Distribution for US based Hedge Funds. Baildon joins as a Managing Director and will report to Mark Small, Head […]
MD Sass Adds Two New Senior Portfolio Managers
HedgeCo.net – MD Sass, a leading investment management firm, has added two new senior portfolio managers. Melissa S. Sheer has joined as a Vice President in its Tax-Exempt FixedIncome Division. Mark Crawley has joined as a Director of MD Sass affiliate Waterfall Asset Management, […]
S.Africa plans to regulate hedge funds
JOHANNESBURG, April 25 (Reuters) – South African regulators plan to bring the hedge fund sector within the scope of current legislation to increase investor protection, the Reserve Bank said on Wednesday. “Similar to other international initiatives, South African regulators intend […]
Hedge fund manager accused
A Melville man has been charged with running a phony hedge fund that cheated one client out of at least $150,000, according to officials. Michael Molitor, 41, pleaded not guilty to a charge of fraud yesterday in U.S. District Court […]
Shortsighted hedge funds feel heat
Mumbai – Hedge funds are running scared of governor YV Reddy. It is not because he is an inflation hawk. It is because his ‘no-surprises’ credit policy resulted in such a positive jump in thestock market that many hedge funds […]
Hedge Fund Ritchie Capital To Sell Flagship Fund
HedgeCo.net – Hedge Fund Ritchie Capital Management, as part of a liquidation plan, is selling a significant portion of its assets in its Multi-Strategy Fund for $1 billion to New York City-basedReservoir Capital Group. Ritchie Capital, which oversees about $2.8 […]
Baha’s Superfund Pitch Grabs Ranieri, Annoys Hedge Fund Rivals
Three salespeople surround a speakerphone in a glass-fronted store across from the main New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, talking with counterparts in Chicago and Toronto. In the lobby, flat-panel TVs run a loop of commercials for commodity […]
Hollywood Meets Hedge Funds
As Hollywood and hedge funds enjoy an ever closer relationship, a conference that began this week at the Beverly Hilton may help to strengthen those ties. The gathering, held by the Milken Institute, a think-tank founded by the former junk-bond […]
VanthedgePoint Joins With G Squared to Launch Fund Of Funds
HedgeCo.net – G Squared Group Asset Management has teamed up with hedge fund services provider VanthedgePoint Group LL by purchasing a 10% minority stake and is launching a fund of hedge fundcomprised solely of its emerging manager clients. “By partnering […]
Hedge Funds & The Uranium “Arms Race”
HedgeCo.net – Several hedge funds have been buying largely into the processed uranium market, causing most of the new demand for uranium and helping drive up the price more than fourfold within thepast year. Some hedge funds that have been […]
New Jersey To Invest in Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.net – According to a due diligence memorandum presented to the New Jersey State Investment Council by director William Clark, NJ has a proposed $100 million investment in each of two Blackstone funds of funds strategies, Pacific Opportunities Strategy and […]