Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Pensions seen fuelling hedge fund industry growth
Reuters – Pension funds will likely funnel more money into hedge funds and become a powerful engine of growth for the industry in the coming months, a hedge fund industry veteran said on Wednesday. "We are finding that corporate pension […]
Hedge funds ponder Obama’s carrot, fear stick
MSNBC – Hedge funds are being offered a sweet deal to help the Obama administration rescue the U.S. banking system: A low-risk opportunity to scoop up soured bank assets that could one day make them a killing. But the deal […]
Peter Madoff’s Assets Frozen In Investor Lawsuit
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Peter Madoff, brother of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, had his assets temporarily frozen by a New York State Judge yesterday. The Chief Compliance Officer of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was sued by an […]
New Legislation Proposed, Raising Hedge Fund Issues
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Carried interest legislation is being considered at the federal, state and local level, raising significant local and international tax issues. Carried interests, which form an essential element of business in almost every section of the […]
US fund manager challenges extradition from HK
The Associated Press – A Silicon Valley hedge fund manager wanted in the U.S. on charges he duped investors out of at least $5 million challenged his extradition from Hong Kong on Wednesday. Fund manager Albert Hu, an American citizen, […]
Top Hedge Fund Managers Do Well in a Down Year
The Ledger – The financial crisis may have turned much of Wall Street’s wealth into dross, but a select group of hedge fund managers has managed to maintain a golden touch that might make King Midas blush. As major markets […]
AIMA Supports New US Treasury Investment Program
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Todd Groome, Chairman of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) said in a statement regarding the Public-Private Investment Program announced by Tim Geithner, "It shows that there is recognition among policy makers at the highest […]
Hedge fund Bridgewater mulls US toxic asset plan
Reuters – Bridgewater Associates Inc, one of the world’s biggest hedge-fund managers, said on Tuesday it might be interested in participating in the U.S. Treasury’s public-private investment program, calling it a "big transfer of money from the government to the […]
Big hedge funds’ golden era fading
Reuters – The golden age for super-sized hedge funds may be coming to an end as investors think about putting more money with smaller players, said an industry veteran who is setting up his own fund. "I think the established […]
Asia hedge funds yearn for institutional love
Reuters – Asian institutional wealth holds the key to growing the local hedge fund industry that has relied heavily on foreign inflows, an industry body said on Wednesday. With the exception of Singapore, regional institutional investors have mostly shied away […]
Emerging private equity surviving crisis
Reuters – Private equity continues to show signs of life in emerging markets despite drying up in the west, the manager of an emerging fund of funds said, but even in frontier African markets firms and funds are feeling the […]
Quotes from Private Equity, Hedge Funds
Reuters – Following are key quotes from the Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity Summit. Below are some quotes from the summit’s second day speakers. "Nothing much is actually happening. It will be tested over the course of the next […]