West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Private investors in the United Arab Emirates plan to increase their holdings in alternative investments such as private equity, hedge funds and derivatives in the nextthree years, according to a new global report published by Barclays […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, “Low risk-free long-term rates worldwide seem to be one factor driving investors to reach for higher returns, thereby lowering the compensation for bearing credit risk and many other financial […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- GFT UK, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of innovative IT solutions is seeing hedge funds beginning to adopt business housekeeping methods in an attempt to reduce riskand improve continuity. Having seen the assets under management in […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)-According to a poll of over 100 top global hedge funds, and fund of funds managers, collectively managing some $900 billion in assets, shows that three quarters of respondents identified technology as the biggest spending area in […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Commission recently appointed 2 new members to the Portland Children’s Investment Fund Allocation Committee. They are respectively: Alissa Keny-Guyer, a consultant for foundations and nonprofits; and Adrienne Livingston, […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to new research ‘Navigating New Complexities’ published today by Ernst & Young. The world’s leading hedge funds managers are more concerned about attracting and retaining talented people and managing growth than anything else. “Governance and […]

HedgeCo.Net- In September, according to the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, the U.S. Federal Reserve moved to stop the spreading Credit Crunch from further impacting the global economy with a half-percentage-point cut in interest rates. Overall, the market environment has […]

MPC Investors (MPC) today announced they are opening their discretionary macro hedge fund, the MPC Strategic Opportunities Fund, to external investors. This follows the successful $900m launch of the MPC Samsara hedge fund in September 2007.    The MPC Strategic […]

FASB announced that among issues to be discussed at this Wednesday’s FASB board meeting, it will consider an “Agenda decision” on whether to defer the effective date of FAS 157, Fair ValueMeasurement. In its October 1, 2007 comment letter, the […]

New York – October 11, 2007 – Gordon Asset Management LLC, a New York based investment firm serving qualified private and institutional investors, announced today that AIJED Associates LLC has been nominated for HFMWeek’s 2007 US Hedge Fund Performance Awards […]

London, 11 August 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association welcomes the consultation paper released yesterday by the UK Hedge Fund Working Group. AIMA believes that the initiative represents a […]

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)-Thomson Financial today announced it plans to form a strategic partnership with nine of the world’s leading global dealers including, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, The Royal Bank of […]