Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Soros Says Economic Crisis Signals End of a Free-Market Model
Bloomberg – Billionaire investor George Soros said the current economic upheaval has its roots in the financial deregulation of the 1980s and signals the end of a free-market model that has since dominated capitalist countries. Liberalization of the financial industry […]
Europe’s leaders for checks on hedge funds, tax havens
Economic Times – European leaders meeting in Berlin on Sunday backed oversight of the world?s financial markets and products, including hedge funds, and urged that sanctions be drawn up to punish tax havens. A copy of the “chair’s summary” from […]
Mathewson hedge fund profits from ABN takeover
The Herald – Toscafund, the hedge fund that was a catalyst for the sale of ABN Amro, made £158m profit in 2007 when Royal Bank of Scotland led the disastrous £49bn acquisition of the Dutch bank. The investment firm, whose […]
Curb on hedge funds likely as EU leaders back reforms
Independent – European leaders backed major reform of hedge funds yesterday as part of structural changes to help the world’s financial institutions emerge stronger from the global economic crisis. Short-selling by the secretive hedge fund industry — selling borrowed stock […]
Case Dismissed Against SAC Hedge Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Federal Judge Stanley R. Chesler of the Federal District Court of New Jersey, Friday threw out a Canadian pharmaceutical company shareholder lawsuit against a group of hedge funds including SAC Capital Advisors LP. The Judge […]
Europe pledges more funds for IMF
Boston Globe – The leaders of Germany, Britain, France, and Italy yesterday said that the resources of the International Monetary Fund should be doubled, to $500 billion, to help head off new problems in countries already hit hard by the […]
Investors still flock to annual huddle
Financial Post – Investors have lost a lot of money in mining companies the past few months, but they still seem interested in finding the next big winner. About 300 investors are expected for BMO Capital Markets’ annual global mining […]
Hirco shareholder seeks ouster of chairman, 2 directors
Forbes – India-focused property firm Hirco Plc said on Monday hedge fund and shareholder Laxey Partners Ltd has sought a shareholder meeting to remove chairman and two other board members, and to appoint its nominees on Hirco board. Laxey has […]
AlphaMetrix Index Tracker Fund Up in First Month
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The AlphaMetrix STTI tracker fund, launched in mid-December 2008 by AlphaMetrix LLC currently has approximately $70 million under management, with additional commitments from large institutional investors expected in the coming months, according to the company. […]
Hedge funds to survive crisis, says hedge fund exec Borges
Reuters – The hedge fund industry can survive the credit crisis despite the recent damage to the sector, the chairman of the Hedge Funds Standards Body told the CESR conference on Monday. "These people (hedge funds) will possibly prove to […]