Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Ye Starts Own Fund After Leading Pinpoint Hedge Fund’s 71% Gain
Bloomberg – Fion Ye, who led the Pinpoint Rising China Fund to a 70.9 percent gain last year, has started a new asset management company aiming to profit from the country’s growing sway over global commodity markets. Ye and former […]
Ex Hedgie To Build and Run World’s Largest Solar Project
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Former hedge fund manager, Mitchell Dong, and his new company, Mohave Sun Power, LLC, has announced plans to build a solar project, operating what it says will be the world’s largest solar-thermal power plant on […]
Chemed spars with hedge fund over board nominees
Reuters – Hospice-care provider Chemed Corp, which also offers plumbing services under the Roto-Rooter brand, is urging shareholders to reject a hedge fund’s proposal to nominate five dissident directors to Chemed’s board. Chemed has asked shareholders to discard proxy cards […]
Switzerland Beats London as Home for Mobile Rich, Says Scorpio
Bloomberg – Switzerland is the world’s most attractive financial center for the “mobile wealthy,” beating London, Singapore and New York, according to a new survey by Scorpio Partnership. The Alpine nation ranks highest for economic and political stability, legal issues, […]
David Geffen loses bid for stake in New York Times
PerthNow – Mr Geffen tried to acquire a 19 per cent stake in the New York Times Company that was held by Harbinger Capital Partners, the activist hedge fund, but was rebuffed, it emerged overnight. Since 1896, the newspaper has […]
Trustee pursues Cayman Islands hedge fund
Caribbean Net News – Cayman Islands hedge fund Harley International Ltd withdrew $425 million from swindler Bernard Madoff in the three months before his arrest, according to a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the fund. The lawsuit on […]
California Investment Agent Pleads Guilty in NY Probe
American Chronicle – A Los Angeles businessman has pleaded guilty to corruption charges in a pension fund scandal that began in New York and is heading west. Julio Ramirez Jr.’s guilty plea to securities fraud, revealed Tuesday in New York, […]
BNY Mellon is Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year, Wins 7 Awards
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Along with an award for Hedge Fund Administrator of the year for their alternative investment services (AIS), the Bank of New York Mellon received 6 other awards at the International Custody & Fund Administration (ICFA) […]
Ospraie’s Anderson to Give Commodities Hedge Funds Another Try
Bloomberg – Dwight Anderson, the commodities investor who liquidated his main Ospraie Fund last year after losing 39 percent, is planning a comeback with two new hedge funds set to open July 1. The Ospraie Equity Fund will buy and […]
Hedge fund turmoil a boon for family offices
Guardian Unlimited – Tumbling markets and redemption waves have been murder on hedge funds, but the turmoil will free up top-tier talent for a quiet but well-heeled corner of the market: family offices. The world’s wealthiest, not content to hand […]
Hedge Fund Incubation and Seeding. A perspective for 2009
hedged.biz – In 2006 if someone suggested that it was a good idea to be seeding and incubating hedge funds, I would have been highly skeptical. Managers who were any good were raising large amounts of capital on their own on […]