Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Money-Laundering Risk Of Hedge Funds Gauged
Washington Post – Seven years ago the Patriot Act required every financial institution to establish a program to combat money-laundering. But the roughly $2 trillion hedge-fund industry today remains free of any such government restrictions, and this week the Treasury […]
Hedge fund Ramius considers closing HK unit
Boston Globe – Ramius, a U.S. hedge fund with $11 billion under management, is considering handing back its Hong Kong trading and advisory licenses, in a sign that some funds are retreating from Asia, the Financial Times reported. The move […]
DILLARD’S HEATED AT HEDGIES
New York Post – Three board members at the embattled Dillard’s department-store chain lashed out at a pair of hedge funds that are agitating to oust the retailer’s top management. In a rare public statement, the Dillard’s trio of independent […]
Abu Dhabi Investment House eyes China fund
TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Investment House, a Gulf Arab bank, is planning a $1.5 billion (824 million pounds) private equity fund to invest in real estate and manufacturing in China with a local partner, a senior executive said […]
T. Boone Pickens liquidates energy equity hedge fund
Dallas Morning News – Hedge fund operator and oil prognosticator T. Boone Pickens liquidated one of his hedge funds last month as the stock markets plunged. The Dallas billionaire converted his energy equity fund to cash and offered investors the […]
Emissions Fund Pure Capital Peforms Well
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In this time of extreme market moves and poor investment performance, specialist investment manager, Pure Capital, a “targeted non-correlation manager” has been performing nicely, according to sources. “The bespoke portfolio solutions we have developed for […]
South Korea to introduce new fund sales rules
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will allow mutual savings firms and online-based companies to sell investment funds from next February, and draw up measures to cut sales fees for long-term investors, a regulator said on Sunday. The Financial Services Commission […]
Hedge funds working to limit redemptions
Reuters UK – Dozens of hedge funds have told investors they cannot get their money back right now as managers try to limit a wave of redemptions to safeguard all their clients’ investments — as well as their own futures. […]
Dillard’s Board Members Reject Hedge Fund Advances
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Three Dillard’s Inc board members rejected a plea from hedge funds to have the company’s CEO, William Dillard II, booted from the chair. Barington Capital Group LP and Clinton Group Inc. had been calling for the […]
Search Is on for Iceland-Like Hedge Fund in Asia
Bloomberg – It used to be that we searched for economic icebergs in Asia. Now we are on the lookout for Icelands. Last week, Iceland became the first developed economy to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund since 1976. […]
Citadel Shifts Capital, Will Focus on Seeding
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citadel Investment Group announced yesterday it will shut down its $1 billion fund of hedge funds portfolio and use the capital to invest in other businesses. The Fusion fund was launched a year and a half […]
Real Hedge Funds Don’t Need a Bull Market to Make Money
Seeking Alpha – Risk management Rule No.1: if it can happen then it will happen. Hope for the best but plan for the worst. Recent events have provided good returns for some hedge funds, hard times for other hedge funds […]