Category Archives: Hedge Fund Launches
Credit Suisse’s Sohn Said to Plan Hedge Fund This Year
Bloomberg: Albert Sohn, the former head of securitized products at Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), plans to start a hedge fund this year within the bank’s asset-management unit, according to a person familiar with the matter. Sohn, 41, is planning […]
Hedge Fund Advisor Gemini Expands With Nine Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund advisor Gemini Fund Services, LLC., has announced the expansion of the Northern Lights Variable Trust (NLVT) with the addition of nine funds throughout 2011, the NLVT now comprises 14 funds in total, with over […]
Gnip & StockTwits Create Micro-Blogging Data Product For Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Gnip Inc announced a partnership with StockTwits, launching Gnip MarketStream, a product designed to incorporate the most relevant social media data streams into a single solution for hedge funds and high-frequency traders. “While the use of social media […]
Hedge Fund Launch: SYZ & CO Global High Yield
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has launched the OYSTER Global High Yield, a new fund investing in high yield fixed income investments. OYSTER Global High Yield is managed by hedge fund, a high yield manager […]
Citi Launches Hedge Fund 3.0
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Citi’s Hedge Fund 1.0, saw the hedge fund industry as a niche business, with funds typically relying upon a single prime broker to support trading and reporting. In Hedge Fund 2.0, the next evolutionary phase, funds […]
Mutual Fund Launch: The Highland Global Long/Short Trend Following Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Highland Funds Asset Management, L.P. has launched the Highland Alpha Trend Strategies Fund. Anchor Capital Management Group, Inc. will serve as the new fund’s sub-advisor. “In a volatile global market, the addition of Anchor Capital’s strategy […]
Conifer Group Launches First Hedge Fund Cloud-Based Reporting Portal
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund administrator, the Conifer Group, LLC has launched the ‘Conifer iCon’, the first cloud-based solution delivering an entire suite of asset servicing processes, including a data repository and in-depth attribution reporting, from one customizable portal. […]
Hedge Fund Launch: The Man Long-Short Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund provider with $65 billion in assets under mamagement, Man Group plc, has launched a new long/short equity fund of hedge funds (FoHF). “Equity investing has evolved since the 1970s from mutual funds, to style box […]
DoubleLine Launches Low Duration Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Los Angeles based hedge fund manager, the DoubleLine Funds Trust, has launched the DoubleLine Low Duration Bond Fund with two “no load” share classes: I shares and N shares. “The new open-ended fund invests principally in […]
Hedge Fund Launch: Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Touchstone Investments has added to its alternative investment offerings by launching the Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund. The Fund will be sub-advised by Boston-based institutional hedge fund advisor Longfellow Investment Management Co., which also serves as sub-advisor […]
