Yearly Archives: 2007

Lehman Brothers buys 20 Percent of Hedge Fund

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. announced on Tuesday that it had bought a 20% stake in hedge fund D.E. Shaw Group, which was formed in 1988 and has about $29 billion in aggregate investment capital. The hedge fund has more than […]

Hedge Fund Index up for Febuary

According to hedge fund index provider Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC., their Global Hedge Fund Index returned +0.61% in February. The Greenwich Investable Hedge Fund Index closely tracked the Global Index, returning +0.45% in February and +1.79% year to date, within […]

AIMA to Respond to IOSCO Consultation Report

HedgeCo.net -London 14th March 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association today announced that it will respond to new IOSCO valuation proposals.  Following on IOSCO’s release of a Consultation Report […]

House Panel Ponders the Growth and Risk of Hedge Funds

WASHINGTON, March 13 — Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, bought a 20 percent stake on Tuesday in the management companies of D. E. Shaw, a $29 billion hedge fund that is among the largest and oldest funds in the […]

Hedge Funds Share in Epics Bloody Spoils

  The most famous surviving words from the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae have been “molon labe,” the defiant taunt by 300 Spartans to their numerically superior Persian adversaries. Translated, it means roughly “Come and take them,” referring to their […]

Hedge funds try to block NWA filing extension

A group of Northwest Airlines shareholders late Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to deny the carrier’s request for an extension to exclusively file its reorganization plan. Eagan-based Northwest’s exclusivity period is set to run out on Friday. It has asked […]

The State of Hedge Funds

On the New York Stock Exchange, hedge funds account for more than half of its daily volume and have an equal affect on the global financial market. This growing industry comprises an estimated $1 trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) […]

IncreMental Hedge Fund Conference

Risk management is a new topic covered in the Hedge Fund Due Diligence conference, part of IncreMental Advantage’s Executive Conference series. Other topics include evaluating managers, and hedge fund performance, evaluating funds of hedge funds and legal and compliance issues. […]

Cornell Capital announces Italian Joint Venture

HedgeCo.net – JERSEY CITY, NJ/MILAN, March 13, 2007 – Yorkville Advisors LLC, the investment advisor to Cornell Capital — a private investment firm that specializes in structured finance — today announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement […]

Citi Alternative Investments Appoints Philip Anker as Head of Global Institutional Sales and Marketing

HedgeCo.net –  New York/London — Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) is pleased to announce the following organizational changes in its Sales and Marketing Group. Philip Anker has been named Managing Director and Global Head of Institutional Sales and Marketing.  Based in […]

Citi Alternative Investments Names Andrew Black and Tim Greatorex to Co-Head Global Credit Structures

HedgeCo.net – London — Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) has announced that Andrew Black, Head of London Credit Structures and Tim Greatorex, Head of SIV Strategies, have been named co-heads of theGlobal Credit Structures (GCS) business.  GCS develops and provides investment, […]

Hedge Funds Continue Solid Performance

A one-day, global panic could not derail a second strong month of hedge fund performance in 2007, according to The BarclayGroup. Overall, hedge funds were up 0.84% in February, and have earned nearly 2% through the first two months of […]