Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Performance in 2011
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 — The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team today released its 2011 Hedge Fund Market Review. The report examines the drivers of hedge fund performance and asset growth in 2011. Some key conclusions […]
Hedge fund Greenlight fined for market abuse
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hedge fund Greenlight Capital and its high-profile owner David Einhorn were fined 7.2 million pounds by Britain’s financial regulator, after the manager used inside information to sell shares in a UK pub company before a […]
Hedge Funds Scramble to Unload Greek Debt
So much for that big fat Greek payday. Hedge funds that in the last month or so have purchased an estimated 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion) of beaten down Greek bonds that mature on March 20 are now trying to […]
HedgeHarbor study shows interest in Emerging Hedge Funds spiked in 2011
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedgeharbor Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Asset Alliance Corporation that specializes in investment placement services to institutional investors and high net worth individuals, has recently completed their Annual Global Investor Survey. Survey questions address such […]
Credit Suisse’s Sohn Said to Plan Hedge Fund This Year
Bloomberg: Albert Sohn, the former head of securitized products at Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), plans to start a hedge fund this year within the bank’s asset-management unit, according to a person familiar with the matter. Sohn, 41, is planning […]
Hedge Funds Fell 4.9% in 2011 as European Debt Crisis Hurt Global Stocks
Bloomberg: Hedge funds fell 4.9 percent last year as global stock markets slumped amid fears that the European sovereign-debt crisis would spread and managers struggled with increased market volatility. The Bloomberg aggregate hedge-fund index (BBHFUNDS) dropped 0.9 percent in December, […]
The Hedge Fund Business Operations Association’s Annual Conference: Optimizing Hedge Fund Business Operations
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Financial Research Associates (FRA) and the Hedge Fund Business Operations Association (HFBOA) are proud to bring back the highly acclaimed Optimizing Hedge Fund Business Operations to New York City at the Princeton Club of NYC on […]
Hedge Fund Tax 101 and The K-1 Boot Camp
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – With tax season just around the corner, ensure that your fund has the right skills in place for the best possible tax plan. Financial Research Associates (FRA) and the Hedge Fund Business Operations Association (HFBOA) are […]
Paulson Hedge-Fund Chat Not a Crime: William D. Cohan
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — What should we make of the revelation last week — courtesy of Richard Teitelbaum and Bloomberg Markets magazine — that in July 2008 Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson shared some confidential musings with a group of plugged-in […]