Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Oil Little Changed on Concern Demand Recovery Yet to Occur
Bloomberg – Crude oil was little changed near $60 a barrel in New York amid concerns the global recovery has yet to take root, postponing a rebound in demand for fuel. Hedge-fund managers and other large speculators reduced their net-long […]
SEC Freezes Assets of Illinois-based Hedge Fund Manager Who Was $2 Billion Feeder to Petters Ponzi Scheme
Kansas City infoZine – The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleges that Gregory Bell and Lancelot Management LLC invested more than $2 billion in hedge funds assets with Petters and pocketed millions of […]
EU assembly flexes muscles, fast reforms may be hard
Reuters AlertNet – The newly elected European parliament starts its five-year term on Tuesday in a combative mood which could slow the passage of laws intended to fight Europe’s worst economic crisis in decades. At its first session since an […]
Winton to Start Japan Fund, Hire H.K. Staff in Asian Expansion
Winton Capital Management Ltd., the U.K. hedge fund with $12 billion in assets, will start a new fund in Japan and hire staff in Hong Kong as it expands when rivals such as Citadel Investment Group LLC retreat from Asia. […]
Investor in Petters’ alleged scheme charged
Kare11.com – An Illinois hedge fund manager who claimed to be the biggest victim of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters’ alleged Ponzi scheme was actually a participant in it, the Securities and Exchange Commission says. Greg Bell and his company, Lancelot […]
Platypus Capital Closes Hedge Funds in ‘Post-Madoff World’
Bloomberg – Platypus Capital Management is liquidating its long-short Asian and Australian hedge funds, citing difficulties in a “post-Madoff world.” The Sydney-based firm, with about $42 million in assets, will return funds to investors, saying it didn’t have a “viable […]
K+S, Potash Sellers Sink as Rival’s India Contract Roils Market
Bloomberg – K+S AG, Europe’s largest maker of potash for fertilizers, and competitor Israel Chemicals Ltd. fell in local trading after a Russian rival’s contract in India prompted speculation that prices will come under pressure. The drop mirrors declines at […]
Cerberus to change terms of hedge fund: source
Reuters – Private equity firm Cerberus is to place investors seeking withdrawals from one of its hedge funds into a special purpose vehicle which would make cash distributions over time, a source familiar with the contents of a recent investor […]
Can hedge funds be synthetically replicated?
Morningstar – A new breed of clone funds seeks to capture "alternative beta." It wasn’t long ago that hedge funds were on the very cutting edge of finance. Their pitch was simple: they could deliver pure alpha , rather than […]
Hedge funds still causing some jitters
This is Money – Institutional investors are still running scared from hedge funds after last year’s bloodbath, figures from sector giant Man Group show. They pulled a net £2bn from Man Group in the first quarter of its financial year. […]
Darwin Japan Hedge Fund Returns 31% Since January on Small Caps
Bloomberg – Darwin Capital Premier LS1 Fund, a hedge fund investing in Japanese stocks, has returned 31 percent since opening to investors in January as bets on companies including JP-Holdings Inc. and Daiken Medical Co. paid off. The fund, advised […]
Hedge Funds Stalled in June, Attracted $4 Billion
Bloomberg – Hedge funds had net inflows of $4 billion in June as the index measuring their performance remained little changed after posting its longest stretch of monthly gains since July 2007, according to Eurekahedge Pte. The industry had net […]