Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
JPMorgan CIO Leader Tse Said to Leave to Start Hedge Fund
Bloomberg – Irene Tse, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) partner hired by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)’s chief investment office to help manage the bank’s balance sheet while it boosted risk, is leaving to start a hedge fund. […]
Hedge Fund Returns Worsen: Is ‘Enormous Unraveling’ Near?
CNBC – The more stocks rise, the further behind hedge funds fall—with the industry now lagging market returns by double-digit percentage points. Though hedges actually have attracted more investor cash this year, the bulk has gone to bond funds and […]
Apple cash manager Braeburn: the ‘world’s biggest hedge fund’
CNET: Apple has a thing for being the biggest in the world. First, it was the biggest company, in terms of market capitalization. Now it’s also a hedge fund. Zero Hedge yesterday reported that little-heralded Apple subsidiary Braeburn Capital has […]
Do Hedge Fund Managers really Love Mitt Romney and Hate Obama?
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In her piece in The New Yorker, Chrystia Freeland asks why do Bilionaires feel victimized by Barack Obama. Weighing in on the topic over the weekend, bloggers have been speculating on whether Hedge Fundies are rooting […]
Mitt Romney 2011 Tax Returns Reveal No Hedge Fund Secrets
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – After months of debate as to what is in Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s 2011 tax returns, they were made public on the campaign website. Expecting a bevy of hedge fund secrets, journalists and blogers were […]
The Alpha Cooperative and EAB Investment Group Bring Enhanced Risk Management Techniques to Hedge Fund Industry
New York, New York, September 12, 2012 The Alpha Cooperative, LLC (“TAC”), a provider of turn-key institutional infrastructure for asset management firms, today announces a strategic alliance with EAB Investment Group (“EAB”). The complexities in managing risk across the full […]
Financial Research Associates’ Form PF Boot Camp
New York, NY – (August 23, 2012) – Financial Research Associates (FRA) is proud to present the Form PF Boot Camp in New York City at the Princeton Club of NYC on Friday, September 7, 2012. By attending this one-day […]
Busson Talking Tie-Ups Shows Decline of Hedge-Fund Middlemen
(Bloomberg) — On a Thursday night in May, Arpad Busson danced atop a white sofa, a cigarette in his hand, as the Pet Shop Boys performed their 1980s hit “West End Girls” at his annual hedge-fund charity gala in London. […]
Hedge Funds Elliott, Baupost, York Capital Lag Broad Market
WSJ – Several of the hedge-fund industry’s biggest names have been underperforming the broad market, underlining the difficulties investment managers–even experienced ones–faced in the second quarter as they grappled with recurring concerns over Europe and sputtering global economic health. Elliott […]
State officials say Jersey City hedge fund, execs bilked investors out of millions
NJ.com – They told would-be investors it was a hedge fund for the “little guys” and the “moms and pops.” But in reality, authorities said, the Jersey City investment firm Osiris Fund L.P. was little more than an elaborate fraud […]