Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Blackstone To Hedge On Canadian Diamonds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Blackstone Tactical Opportunities has acquired a 20% equity position in a leading Canadian diamond exploration and development company, according to reports. Blackstone has purchased the shares from Stornoway for $250 million. The hedge fund giant also bought into […]
Bernanke To Advise At PIMCO After Testing The Hedge Fund Waters
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The former chairman of the US Federal Reserve has joined another institution not regulated by the Fed. From now on Ben Bernanke will be lead consultant at Deutsche Bank, Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), which monitors assets of […]
Jon Aisbitt to step down as Man Group Chairman in 2016
Man Group announces that Jon Aisbitt intends to step down as Chairman and as a director of Man Group plc in May 2016 at the Company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). A committee of the Board, led by the Senior Independent […]
Assets in ETFs to Surpass Hedge Funds This Quarter
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – This past week, research firm ETFGI released a report on the state of the ETF industry and projected that assets held in ETFs will exceed the assets held in the much older hedge fund industry. While […]
Puerto Rico Scrambling For Answers to Debt Problems
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – There are a number of hedge funds that have purchased sovereign debt from Puerto Rico and now the hedge funds and the island nation are scrambling to put together a solution for funding the government as […]
Advanced Fund Administration (AFA) recognized for “Best Offshore Fund Administration (2015) – Cayman Islands” by AI Offshore
User Contributed News – We are extremely honoured to have been recognized for Best Offshore Fund Administration – Cayman Islands. AFA is a SOC I compliant fund administration firm offering a boutique service approach, providing comprehensive and cost effective solutions […]
Daniel Loeb uses SALT stage to defend Hedge Funds from Warren Buffett’s Criticism
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Over 1800 of the hedge fund world has gathered at Bellagio in Vegas for this year’s annual SALT Conference, which is put on by SkyBridge Capital. This year’s line up includes celebrity star power with will.i.am, […]
29 Hedge Funds opened in Florida in 2015
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Miami and South Florida is back in the news as the area continues to attract hedge funds and financial companies. In a column named “Hedge funds eye Florida’s ‘New Manhattan’“, CNBC’s hedge and private equity funds […]
Manager Profile and Insights: Robert Moore, CMJ Value Holdings
New York, HedgeCo.Net – CMJ Value Holdings was founded in Chicago in 2001 and has over $40 million in assets under management at this time. The company uses an equity long/short approach with slight bias toward the long side. Robert […]
Mixed Week for Models as Market Declines
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Last week was a choppy week for the market as we had a couple of big economic events on the calendar. The advanced report of first quarter GDP numbers came out on Wednesday morning and they […]
Market Goes Through Three Cycles in Four Months
New York, HedgeCo.Net – Through the first four months of the year, the performance of the models on the HedgeCoVest platform and that of the S&P 500 break down in to three very distinct periods. In January, stocks were very […]
Hedge Fund Managers Divulge Top Picks at Annual Sohn Conference
New York, HedgeCo.Net – The annual Sohn Investment Conference kicked off yesterday in New York and it drew thousands of investment professionals as well as private investors. The conference is part entertainment and part business and is now in its […]