Yearly Archives: 2010
New Fund Rules for Disclosure of Systemic Risks
NYT – The International Organization of Securities Commissions published Thursday the data hedge funds will be required to disclose as of September, The Telegraph reported. “IOSCO believes that regulators should seek to develop a comparable and consistent set of data […]
Hedge Funds Try ‘Career Trade’ Against Euro
WSJ – Some heavyweight hedge funds have launched large bearish bets against the euro in moves that are reminiscent of the trading action at the height of the U.S. financial crisis. The big bets are emerging amid gatherings such as […]
FINRA Proposes Further Expansion of Broker Information Publicly Available Through BrokerCheck
Washington, DC — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it is seeking authority to significantly expand the amount of information available to the public on current and former securities brokers through its free online BrokerCheck service. The […]
Goldman’s Dean Backer Helps Hedge Funds Care on $2 Million Goal
Bloomberg – Growing up in the Long Island, New York, village of Seaford, Dean Backer went door-to-door with his mother on Friday evenings seeking donations for a cancer charity. “At a very early age, my parents instilled in us the […]
Hedge Funds Lure More Cash From Pensions as Benefit Gap Looms
Bloomberg – Florida’s state pension system, manager of $112 billion for a million firefighters, teachers and garbage collectors, is set to decide next week on the size of its first investment in hedge funds. Executives of the fourth-largest state retirement […]
People Moves: GlobeOp names Jan Zlotnick chief marketing officer
New York – GlobeOp Financial Services has appointed Jan Zlotnick to the newly-created position of chief marketing officer. Zlotnick reports to Hans Hufschmid, GlobeOp chief executive officer, and will be based in the company’s New York City office. He is […]
Hedge Funds Slam Short-Sale Rule
NYT Blogs – It seems that the Securities and Exchange Commission can’t please anybody when it comes to their efforts to put limits on short-selling. The commission voted Wednesday to limit short-selling of stocks that are falling rapidly in price. […]
Regulators To Start Collecting Hedge Fund Data In Sept
WSJ – Hedge fund managers will have to start reporting to regulators high-level snapshots of their gross exposure to stocks and bonds and how much money they borrow from banks and other counterparties to regulators as early as September, the […]
Citi in talks to sell hedge fund unit – source
Reuters – Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its $4 billion hedge fund business to SkyBridge Capital LLC, a New York firm that invests in start-up fund managers, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Hammered […]
Short Selling Restrictions Approved By SEC
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The SEC adopted a new rule to place certain restrictions on short selling when a stock is experiencing significant downward price pressure. The measure is intended to promote market stability and preserve investor confidence. This alternative […]
People Moves: BTIG Hires Two US-Based Senior Sales Traders
New York – BTIG LLC, a broker dealer specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, today announced that it has made two senior hires in the U.S. as part of its ongoing global expansion. Brad Berk and Michael Stamberger […]