Category Archives: Developing Stories
Women in Alternative Investments: Hedge Fund Outlook and Trends
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Rothstein Kass has released “Women in Alternative Investments – Industry Outlook and Trends,” a new report focused on trends impacting core business functions at alternative investment firms. The research features the investment and operational insights gained through […]
Emerging hedge fund performance questioned
Emerging-hedge-fund managers are getting more attention from institutional investors because they tend to produce better returns than larger, more established funds, but industry insiders disagree about the extent of the outperformance. Hedge fund investment consultants and early-stage fund-of-hedge-funds managers are […]
Funds boost commodity wagers on improving outlook
Hedge funds boosted wagers on higher commodity prices for the first time in three weeks as the outlook for the U.S. economy improved. Money managers increased combined bullish positions across 18 U.S. futures and options by 0.7 percent to 566,494 […]
Hedge Funds Reverse as Iran Drives Oil to $100
(Bloomberg) — Hedge funds retreated from bearish oil bets as rising tension with Iran, OPEC’s second-largest producer, pushed crude to more than $100 a barrel. The funds and other large speculators increased wagers on rising prices by 2.6 percent in […]
Hedge Fund People: Clinton to Advise Declan Kelly At Teneo Capital
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Former President Bill Clinton is reportedly teaming up with two of his former aides, Declan Kelly and Douglas Band, starting a private equity fund and global hedge fund consulting company. Also said to be involved is former British […]
SYZ Asset Management Collaborates With UBS For New Hedge Fund Project
New York (HedgeCo.net) – SYZ & CO affiliate, SYZ Asset Management, is supplementing its alternative management offering with a managed accounts platform (segregated funds), which is now available in addition to its existing tailored alternative mandates and funds of hedge […]
Hedge Fund People Moves: Man Appoints Yifei Li as Country Chair, China
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund giant Man Group plc is establishing its presence in China with the appointment of Yifei Li as Country Chair, China. Li has 18 years of senior management experience, having successfully led the expansion of several […]
Goldman Sachs Director Faces Charges In Hedge Fund Insider Trading Case
New York (HedgeCo.net) – One of Goldman Sachs’ former directors, Rajat Gupta, is turning himself over to the FBI today, the Guardian reports. Gupta faces insider trading charges as an unindicted co-conspirator in the criminal case against hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam. […]
FOREXTrader launches FOREXTrader for iPad
Trading in more than 70 markets, including forex, equity indices and commodities*; Real-time charts with full screen view, multiple chart types and time frames; A full range of single and advanced order types, including market, stop, limit and contingent orders […]
Live #OccupyWallStreet: Sunday Updates
Sunday 10/9/11 Day 23 There have been record sleep-ins. Numbers soon. CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reported on “The Early Show on Saturday Morning,” demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities, from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., to […]
Hedge Fund Analyst Eurekahedge Launches The ‘Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index’
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund data provider Eurekahedge is launching a suite of new asset weighted indices, under the name ‘Mizuho-Eurekahedge Index’. “With the current volatility in the markets there is increasing demand for more manageable and predictable return streams. […]
eVestment Acquires HedgeFund.net: Hedge Funds Increase Assets from Institutional Mandates
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Vestment Alliance (eVestment), a global provider of institutional investment data. hedge fund intelligence and analytic solutions has acquired the Channel Capital Group, owners of HedgeFund.net (HFN), a source for hedge fund data, research and news. “We […]
