Yearly Archives: 2007
Investcorp Launches Early Stage Fund for Hedge Fund Investors
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Investcorp, the global asset manager specializing in alternative investments with a $5 billion hedge fund program, has announced the launch of the Investcorp Early Stage Fund. Early stage funds are typically set up by experienced money […]
G7 Meeting Calls for Closer Monitoring of Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The two-day G7 meeting in Essen concluded with a call for the monitoring of hedge funds worldwide and urged talks with the industry. They said energy efficiency and diversification, particularly renewable forms, remains an economic priority. […]
New Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Research Reveals
HegdeCo.net – New York, February 13, 2007 Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc. todayreleased its latest industry commentary, The Hedge Fund Industry Rocks Both Bear and Bull Markets, revealing that the long and short term outlook for hedge funds makes them […]
Stockpickr: Top Picks From a Top Hedge Fund
TheStreet.com-I have nothing bad to say about hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, except that the folks there wouldn’t consider hiring me when I applied. I went to grad school and majored in computer science, but didn’t finish my studies. Jim Simons, […]
Signs of the coming hedge-fund apocalypse.
Slate-Because I’m writing a book about booms and busts in American history, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how real and rational economic trends cross over into bubble territory. For the Internet, residential real estate (now officially popped), […]
Brian Haskel Joins Corporate Practice at Tannenbaum Helpern as Partner
HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, February 12, 2007 – Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, a leading law firm in the global financial services industry, today announced that Brian A. Haskel hasjoined as a Partner in the firms Corporate practice group. […]
SEC slammed over hedge fund ‘wealth’ test
CNN Money – You almost have to pity the poor SEC. Recently, the commission was all but accused of a cover-up by Senators Grassley and Specter in the matter of Gary Aguirre. (You may recall that Aguirre, a former SEC […]
G-7 recommends vigilance on hedge funds
Herald Tribune – Finance ministers from the world’s leading economies put the $1.4 trillion hedge fund industry firmly on the international policy agenda over the weekend, saying that they wouldscrutinize the sector closely with an eye toward encouraging more self-regulation. […]
Top hedge boffins beat the JSE
Sunday Times South Africa – You can cover your bets with the better funds, but don’t expect to beat the equity market when the bull is really running. The winning investment managers at this week’s third annual Symmetry Hedge Fund […]
F&C To Launch Global Hedge Fund
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – F&C Asset Management announced on Monday that they are launching a global diversified fixed income hedge fund, called the F&C Tourmaline fund. The hedge fund is to be run by a team of three, Sanjay Joshi, […]
Hedge Fund Head Ordered to Pay Back $20 Million
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The SEC released the details of the fines U.S. District Court Judge Charles Pannell ordered against hedge fund manager Kirk Wright yesterday.Pannell ordered nearly $20 million in fines and penalties for defrauding investors through his hedge […]
Comments Oppose New Hedge Fund Investor Standards
BankNET 360 –More than 200 comments have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the proposed rule to raise the accredited-investor standard. Many of the commenters are opposed to raising the standard, which would require hedge fund investors […]