Author Archives: Editor
Macro Hedge Fund Chatter Triggered Oil Sell-off
ValueWalk – The bottom in oil prices could be found once OPEC gets it act together, while the report warns investors to tread cautiously as third quarter numbers are released. As analysts scratch their head in regards to triggers for […]
Top investors, strategists take pummeling in Wall Street sell-off
Economic Times – Shire’s value plunged more than 20 per cent on Wednesday from around $49 billion to $39 billion, potentially wiping around $500 million from the value of Paulson’s stake and $270 million off Elliott Management’s stake, according to […]
Hall Commodities Hedge Fund Shutting After Poor Performance
Bloomberg – Hall Commodities LLP, a London-based $100 million hedge-fund firm run by Tony Hall and Arno Pilz, told clients it’s shutting down after less than two years in business, citing poor performance. The firm will return money to investors […]
ABC Quant Launches a New Cloud Risk Platform Powered by LuxHedge Database
LuxHedge S.A., a premier provider of Alternative UCITS funds’ data, today announced that ABC Quant, LLC, a leading provider of risk management analytical solutions for the hedge fund industry, launched Risk Shell LuxHedge Edition. The new cloud-based application, powered by […]
SEC Takes A Closer Look At Hedge Fund Investment Advisers
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund regulatory adviser FrontLine Compliance reports that the SEC has been exerting its force with the registered investment adviser community this year. Several enforcement cases made public by the SEC have focused on registered advisers […]
Market Swoon Bruises Some Hedge Funds
WSJ – The recent turmoil in financial markets is upending some of the biggest hedge-fund trades of the year. A plunge in energy prices this month and a recent legal setback for managers making bets on shares of mortgage companies […]
Dishonesty Led to $600 Million Hedge Fund End: Prosecutor
Bloomberg – Weavering Capital (UK) Ltd. founder Magnus Peterson’s deliberate “dishonesty” caused the collapse of his $600 million hedge fund, U.K. prosecutors told a London court on the trial’s opening day. Peterson told investors he was following a low-risk strategy, […]
SFERS tables idea of investing in hedge fund
SFGate – Just an update on my post of last week that the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System was contemplating an investment in hedge funds. The retirement board tabled the proposal Oct. 8 after a news story that the fund’s […]
City Diary: Has hedge fund millionaire Crispin Odey counted his chickens over Cluckingham Palace?
Telegraph – Did Crispin Odey count his chickens before they were hatched when he won planning permission to spend a six-figure sum on a temple to house 20 prize fowl at his Gloucestershire mansion? In a long-overdue update on “Cluckingham […]
GLG Said to Pick Mason to Manage European Equity Hedge Fund
Bloomberg – GLG Partners picked Neil Mason, a former executive at Harvard University’s endowment and BlueCrest Capital Management LLP, to help run a European equities hedge fund, a person briefed on the matter said. Mason will manage the $3 billion […]
Why Obama’s Policies Are Killing Small Financial Services Businesses
By Andrew Lerner Managing Partner, IA Capital Group I like President Obama, but despite my personal views I have to be honest: the regulations he has championed have been devastating to small businesses in financial services. Here’s a sector-by-sector breakdown: […]
The JOBS Act at Year One: A Changing Hedge Fund Communications Landscape
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Thomas Walek, President of communications and marketing firm Peppercomm, has put out a new whitepaper on the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or JOBS Act, a law intended to encourage funding of United States businesses by easing various […]