Yearly Archives: 2007
Hedge Funds And Private Equity Funds Are Good For Financial Markets
Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, said Thursday that both hedge funds and private equity funds are good for financial markets, dismissing recent attacks on thesectors. Speaking at a U.K. House of Commons all party parliamentary group […]
Tigue seeks hedge fund diversification for F&C trust
London – Jeremy Tigue has begun moving his talismanic Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust into the realm of hedge funds in a bid to diversify the global growth vehicle. The first steps have been taken, with purchases of Amsterdam-listed MW […]
Londinium Emerging Markets Fund Of Hedge Fund Launch
HedgeCo.net – Redi & Partners has announced the launch of its first fund of emerging markets hedge fund, the Londinium JPM Emerging Market Fund by investment manager JPMorgan. The Londinium JPM Emerging Markets Fund was created after a six months […]
European Hedge Fund Awards
HedgeCo.net – At the inaugural Who’s Who of European Hedge Fund Lawyers awards dinner, BISYS Alternative Investment Services, received the Best Single / Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund Administrator award. This ceremony celebrated the leading service providers in the European hedge fund […]
Study Shows Institutional Investors are Comfortable With Hedge Fund Investing
HedgeCo.net – State Street Corporation released its third institutional investor hedge fund study, the study was conducted late last year in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return Congress. According to the study, more than half of respondents indicated that […]
Proposed Legislation for the New York State Assembly
HedgeCo.net – The following is the latest information on proposed legislation for the New York State Assembly. Led by Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr., New York State Assembly Bill – A06583 seeks to authorize investments in hedge funds and fund-of-hedge […]
Hedge Funds Seek Bargains Among Subprime Lenders
Farallon Capital Management LLC disclosed talks to buy Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. before extending it a loan, joining rival hedge funds in the hunt for mortgage assets at bargain prices. Farallon said in a regulatory filing today that takeover […]
State Street Hedge Fund Study of Institutional Investors Shows …
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, released today its third institutional investor hedge fund study. State Street conducted the study late last year in conjunction with the 2006 Global Absolute Return […]
Self-Regulation of Hedge Funds Endorsed
April 1, 2007 – To regulate or not to regulate hedge funds? That is the question now being hotly debated following a government group’s recent report asserting that the hedge fund industry needs no further government regulation and that these […]
SEC Returns $38 Million To Hedge Fund Victims
HedgeCo.net – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced in a press release the distribution of approximately $38 million in Fair Funds to approximately 810 mutual funds that were victims of fraudulent market timing and late trading by the Veras […]
Further Transparency for Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.net – London 20th March 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has issued a new Guide to Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Valuation. The Guide builds on the ground-breaking […]
Commerzbank plans to expand its funds of hedge funds operations …
Frankfurt (AFX) – Commerzbank AG is planning to expand its business of funds of hedge funds and aims to increase funds it has under management to 4-5 bln eur in the medium term, the head of Alternative Investment Strategies at […]