Category Archives: HedgeCo News
SEC: Confidentiality Agreements Cannot Stifle Whistleblowers
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its first enforcement action against a company for using restrictive language in confidentiality agreements with the potential to stifle the whistleblowing process. The SEC charged Houston-based global technology and […]
Hedge Fund People: Jennifer Cahill Joins Investcorp
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products with approximately $11 billion in assets under management, today announced that Jennifer Cahill has joined the firm’s Hedge Funds business as a Managing Director within its […]
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Strong On Growth, Europe And Opportunistic Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The top three hedge fund strategies last month were Growth (+4.75%), Europe (+3.89%) and Opportunistic (+3.77%). The bottom three strategies for the month were Short Biased (-5.34%), Market Neutral (-0.18%) and Macro (+0.19%). Hennessee Group LLC […]
Double Dose of Deals Benefits Deerfield Management
New York (HedgeCo.Net) Healthcare focused hedge fund manager Deerfield Management got a double-dose of good news on Monday as two of the stocks they are invested in announced deals over a billion dollars. Auspex Pharmaceutical (Nasdaq: ASPX) announced that it […]
Investment Adviser Accused of Concealing Poor Performance of Fund Assets From Investors
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against an investment adviser and her New York-based firms accused of hiding the poor performance of loan assets in three collateralized loan obligation (CLO) funds they manage. […]
Hedge Fund Manager Investcorp Acquires U.S. Private School Network
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Investcorp, an $11 billion international hedge fund manager has purchased Nobel Learning, a network of 176 schools across 18 states from private equity investor Leeds Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. With approximately 5,000 teachers and staff and 25,000 […]
Private Equity Investments Best S&P 500 Over Long-Term
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – According to the most recent quarterly Performance Update Report from the Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC), over a 10-year horizon, returns from private equity funds (net of fees) outperformed the S&P 500 (including dividends) by […]
Hedge Fund Philanthropy: Man Booker International Prize 2015 Finalists
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Ten writers are on the judges’ list of finalists under serious consideration for the sixth Man Booker International Prize, the £60,000 award which recognises one writer for his or her achievement in fiction. “We are very […]
Newly Launched Hedge Funds Have Best Year Since 2004
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New hedge funds in the US netted over $34 billion in last year’s explosive launch environment, posting the best fundraising total in a decade, Absolute Return research shows. The largest was the Two Sigma Absolute Return […]