Yearly Archives: 2007
Powerful hedge funds present a dilemma for Congress regulators
Washington – This much they could agree on: Hedge funds are big, growing and increasingly influential in global financial markets. But at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee last week, lawmakers appeared uncertain about how even to […]
Direct Entry for Hedge Funds
The lure of the much-feared participatory notes, through which hedge funds now invest in the Indian stock markets, may soon wane. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the capital markets regulator, has for the first time directly […]
Chapman Hedge Fund Files Against eSpeed Inc.
Activist hedge fund Chapman Capital, filed a 13-D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to put electronic trading network eSpeed Inc. on the market. Robert Chapman said his hedge fund, which is eSpeed’s biggest shareholder with […]
F&C Launches Event Driven Hedge Fund Investor
HedgeCo.net – F&C Asset Management PLC is planning on launching its first private equity fund of funds product for institutional investors. The new fund will invest in event-driven hedge funds, which bet on M&A, share buy-backs and other corporate events. […]
HSBC Multi-Adviser Arbitrage Fund – “Fund of the Year”
HedgeCo.net – HSBC Alternative Investments Limited is pleased to announce that its longest running fund of hedge funds, HSBC Multi-Adviser Arbitrage Fund, won the prestigious Fund of the Year – Arbitrage category at the fifth annual InvestHedge Awards in New […]
Credit Turbulence Puts Hedge Funds on the Spot
March 16 (Bloomberg) — Are hedge funds really the disruptive, destabilizing force their critics make them out to be? Or do these free-wheeling partnerships of wealthy and institutional investors actually reduce volatility and help make the financial markets run smoother? […]
Hedge Funds Continue Bets on Mortgage Implosions – BankNet 360
A hedge fund that has profited mightily from the downturn in the nonprime mortgage market said the implosion is just beginning and that the number of loan defaults will “skyrocket,” according to a letter to the firm’s investors. The letter […]
Germany Presses Ahead on Hedge Fund Plan
Germany is pushing major economic powers to develop a plan to mitigate risk to the worldwide financial system posed by the rapid growth of hedge funds, but it probably won’t be ready when world leaders meet this summer, the country’s […]
IceCapital Launches Alternative Fund
HedgeCo.net – IceCapital Fund Management Company Ltd. announced in a press release on Wednesday that it has launched a new non-UCITS mutual fund, IceCapital Alternative Beta, which offers hedge fund like return, in liquid and risk-transparent form. The fund is […]
Blaming hedge funds for Asian market turmoil
New Delhi – The recent turmoil in Asian equity markets has sparked a familiar cry from some investing corners: It is all the fault of hedge funds. Dozens of these funds have set up shop in Asia in the past […]
Your Money Matters: Reducing Exposure Through Hedge Funds
Last week, China’s stock market drop precipitated a snowball effect, causing a decline in most equity markets worldwide. This is the second time in 12 months that we have seen a sharp global stock market sell-off after a period of […]
Hung Up on Hedge Funds & Capitol Hill
After sitting down with Paul Atkins, a Republican commissioner at the SEC, it became clear that many in Washington D.C. are simply hung up on hedge fund regulation. Atkins, who served the SEC from 1990-94 and was re-appointed in 2002, […]