Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Robeco Bank Bought By Kaupthing Bank Luxembourg S.A.
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Private banking and alternative asset manager Robeco Bank of Belgium was purchased by Kaupthing Bank of Luxembourg, it was announced today. Robeco was established in Rotterdam in 1929, and has EUR 142 billion ($201.5 billion) in […]
Torkelund Launches Hedge Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Alternative investment consultant and director, Bob Torkelund has announced the launch of a new hedge fund, Camelot Global Investments, with the initial offering period running throughout October 2007. Camelot Global Investment is a Global Macro Fund […]
TS Capital Launches $200 Million Fund Of Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Alternative asset management firm ThinkStrategy Capital, today announced the launch of the TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class B. The TS Multi-Strategy Fund is a hedge fund-of-funds designed to generate solid returns from creative strategies while preserving […]
Tokyo Stock Exchange Has Strong Week
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Stocks rose on the Tokyo Stock Exchange this week giving the Tokyo market a strong start, catching up with U.S. and other overseas counterparts. The dollar’s upswing versus the yen, which reflects receding expectations for an […]
Achieve Transparency and Accuracy with OTC Val’s Derivative Valuation Service
OTC Valuations Limited, a provider of transparent and auditable valuation and risk reports for over-the-counter independent derivatives, has introduced a service aimed at providing primary, secondary, and tertiary valuations of both vanilla and exotic derivative instruments. OTC Val’s solution is […]
Hedge Fund BlackRock Aquisitions Quellos Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.Net- Hedge fund investor BlackRock, Inc. today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the fund of funds business of Quellos Group, LLC. BlackRock is calling the combined fund of funds platform BlackRock Alternative Advisors. Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock’s […]
Rubinstein & Rubinstein Launch Alternative Offshore Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Rubinstein & Rubinstein, LLP has launched an offshore alternative investment fund practice which has seen a great deal activity in the past few months. Taking advantage of a tax treaty between the United States and a foreign government, […]
September 2007 figures for the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
Four of the six strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes posted net-of-fees gains in September, and five of the six strategies ended the third quarter in positive territory for the year. Equity long/short, the best performer of the […]
Reuters Hosts Solution for Hedge Fund Trading in Singapore
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Reuters and BT announced the launch of the lowest latency Proximity Hosting Solution for hedge funds trading on the Singapore Exchange Limited. Rama Pillai, Senior Vice President of Intermediaries and Market Access at SGX said, “The […]
Alternative Investor Partners With Former Head Currency Trader at Tudor
West palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Alternative investor Last Atlantis Capital Management and Jerry Considine, former head currency trader at Tudor Investment, have partnered to introduce LACM Foreign Exchange, Share Class W within the Last Atlantis Partners Fund. The share class will be […]
STOXX Further Expands Its Strategy Index Series
ZURICH (October 2, 2007)- STOXX Ltd., the leading European index provider, today launched 18 new sector indexes that will replicate a short investment strategy. The new indexes are based on the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Supersector Indexes, which represent the […]
Growth in IPOs Help European Hedge Funds Gain Ground
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to a press release, the new edition of IFSL’s annual report; Financial Market Trends Europe vs. US 2007, shows that in three quarters of indicators, 14 out of 18, financial markets in Europe have been growing faster […]