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New York Life Bets on ETFs Copying Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – New York Life Insurance Co. agreed to buy asset manager IndexIQ, pushing into exchange-traded funds and adding offerings for retail investors who want to copy hedge-fund approaches. The transaction “puts us into the forefront of two very important […]
Most hedge fund clients look to shift some money
Reuters – Most hedge fund investors polled by Goldman Sachs plan to pull some cash from their current managers in the coming months, with the majority citing poor performance as the reason, according to results of a survey seen by […]
STAR CTA Data Integrated With Risk Shell Cloud
User Contributed News – Stark & Company, one of the oldest investment research house of the managed futures asset classes, announced the availability of its data with the latest release of Risk Shell by ABC Quant, LLC. , a leading […]
Investcorp Hedge Funds Group Boosts its Manager Research Team
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – $11 billion hedge fund group Investcorp, announced that Gregory LaFiura has joined the firm’s Hedge Funds business as a Principal in the Manager Research Team with a focus on long/short equity strategies. LaFiura will have primary responsibility […]
Private Equity Bullish on Economy: See Promise in Technology Sector
New York (HedgeCo.Net)- According to the Private Equity Growth Capital Council’s latest Private Equity Decision Makers Survey, 75 percent of decision makers responsible for investment decisions at private equity firms think the nation’s economy is headed in the right direction, […]
Credit Suisse to open new Brazil hedge fund next year
Reuters – Credit Suisse Group AG plans to open a new hedge fund in Brazil called Gauss next year, a move aimed at offering new investment alternatives for clients, a senior executive said on Wednesday. Gauss will be overseen by […]
Hedge Fund Managers Get Hefty Jail Sentence
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – NY attorney Preet Bharara has announced that Stephen Walsh and Paul Greenwood, co-founders of hedge fund advisory and investment company, WG Trading Company, and WG Trading Investors, were sentenced in Manhattan federal court in connection with a […]
San Francisco Pension Delays Hedge-Fund Vote
WSJ – A large California pension fund again delayed a vote on whether to invest in hedge funds as its directors weigh a smaller set of commitments than previously disclosed. On Wednesday, the overseers of San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System considered […]
Warren Buffett on track to win hedge fund bet
MarketWatch – There’s just four years left in the 10-year bet between billionaire Warren Buffett and a New York hedge fund firm, and it seems clear that Buffett will win handily. More investment magic from one of the world’s richest […]
Consultants put squeeze on hedge fund fees
FN – Consultants say investors should step up the pressure on hedge funds by questioning the industry’s standard fee structure to get a better understanding of whether they are receiving value for money. Phil Irvine, director of consulting firm Pirho, […]
Hohn’s hedge fund doubles donations, trims allocation to ex-wife’s charity
Reuters – Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn’s firm nearly doubled its charitable donations in the year to end-February 2014, filings with Britain’s Companies House show, following the best return in his $8 billion-plus fund since 2005. However, Hohn, who […]
Hedge Fund Manager Joins Papal Delegation
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund manager and philanthropist Emmanuel Lemelson, an American-born Greek Orthodox priest, met with the pope last week as part of an official Orthodox Church delegation in Constantinople, Turkey. Fr. Lemelson is the Chief Investment Officer […]