Category Archives: Hedge Fund Strategies

Al Gore’s Generation Becomes Largest Hedge Fund Holder Of Jones Lang LaSalle Stock

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund Generation Investment Management, which was founded in 2004 by former Vice-President Al Gore and David Blood, has increased its stake in $3.2 billion market cap manager of real estate and investments, Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated, to 2.3 […]

Hedge Fund Founder Sponsors Free Science Repository ArXiv For Five Years

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – James Simons, the founder of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies and his wife Marilyn Simons, both Ph.Ds, have decided to fund open access scientific repository arXiv through an operating grant from the Simons Foundation. The arXiv preprint server at […]

SEC Invites Public Comment On Hedge Fund Advertising

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC commissioners voted 4-1 to invite public comment for the proposed rules for the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act or JOBS Act. Included is Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act, which will eliminate […]

Gawker Publishes Mitt Romney’s Offshore Hedge Fund Holdings

New York (HedgeCo.Net) –  More than 950 pages of hedge fund audits, statements, and investor letters have been published by online magazine Gawker, naming over 20 entities the presidental hopeful has invested in. Gawker reveals: “Romney had invested—at minimum—more than […]

HedgeCo™ (HCN) Hedge Fund Indices Through July 2012 [UPDATED]

New York – (HedgeCo.Net) – [UPDATED] The HedgeCo.Net Hedge Fund Aggregate Index showed an average annual return of 1.09% through July 2012. The HCN Long/Short Index ranked highest at 5.58%. “Most of the industry decided to sit tight and ride […]

Credit Suisse: Overall Hedge Fund Industry Up 0.96% in July

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Liquid Alternative Beta Index (“CSLAB”), which aims to reflect the performance of the overall hedge fund industry, finished up 0.96% in July.The Managed Futures strategy was the most significant contributor to performance, finishing […]

Church of England Investing Heavily In Hedge Funds

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – According to this year’s report from the UK clergy pension board, around £60m ($94 million) has been transferred to hedge funds Bridgewater Associates, Winton Capital and Blackrock Asset Management, all of whom are “big charitable donors” to the […]

Two Dead in Suspect Hedge Fund Disagreement

New York (HedgeCo.Net) –  The CEO of private-equity group Basileus Capital has been  shot by his former business partner, over a disagreement over the way a hedge fund was being run. Herman Pretorius allegedly shot Julian Williams in his Cape Town office […]

Stop Fiddling With Your Hedge Fund Strategy Allocation

aiCIO – “Don’t just do something, sit there” may be precisely the advice that hedge fund investors need to hear, according to an article published by the CFA Institute. Hedge fund investors should actively rebalance their portfolio within certain bounds […]