Category Archives: HedgeCo News
HFN Aggregate Average Down for August
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Early estimates from the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average is -1.26% for August of this year. The decrease was the largest since May 2006 and was thefirst month since May 2007 that the average hedge fund […]
Legal Search Firm Hires Hedge Fund Specialist
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Lucas Group announced today in a press release that Todd Caissie has joined as the new Managing Partner of the New York Legal Executive Search office. Caissie brings nine years of recruiting experience to his new […]
TS Launches Second Fund After First Success
Single manager hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC. today announced the launch of the TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class B. The new class is an unleveraged version of an existing and successful TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class A and will […]
Proskauer Rose Hires Hedge Fund Lawyer
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to a statement released today, hedge fund and private equity lawyer Timothy M. Clark has joined the New York office of Proskauer Rose LLP as a partner, continuing the expansion of the firm’s significant private […]
Merkel and Sarkozy Discuss EU Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- At an informal meeting yesterday in Meseberg, Germany, French President Sarkozy took a tough line on “financial speculators”, such as hedge funds, who should not be allowed “to destroy an entire international system”. He added: “We […]
Goodman Fund of Hedge Funds Reaches Target of 250 Million Euros
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Goodman Property Investors announced that its eurozone fund of hedge funds is on course to reach its equity targets after hitting €250 million ($344.8 million) since launching a year ago. The Goodman Group international property investment […]
Hedge Fund Compensation Report Shows Increase in Pay For 2008
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The 2008 Hedge Fund Compensation Report was released today by Glocap Search LLC, Institutional Investor News, and Lipper HedgeWorld. The report is an analysis of 2007 compensation paid by U.S. hedge funds including estimates for cash […]
RMF Launches Global Environmental Fund of Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Swiss-based RMF Investment Management has has announced the launch of a global fund of hedge funds that will invest purely in environmental industries and strategies. The RMF Environmental Opportunities Fund, which the company said is the […]
Hong Kong SFC Says Hedge Funds Are Not For Everyone
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) reminded investors in a press release today that although hedge funds are often marketed as “all weather†funds for different market conditions, their strategies do not always work […]
South Africa’s New Hedge Fund Regulations
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Just as South Africa’s Financial Services Board (FSB) is coming out with new regulations governing the area’s hedge fund industry, Terrapinn is presenting Hedge Funds World Africa 2007. Last year there was a record turnout of […]
Cayman Island Hedge Fund Bankruptcy Decision on Hold
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Judge Burton Lifland of the southern New York court recently announced his decision regarding the bankruptcies of two Bear Stearns Cayman Island hedge funds,Lifland said that he is keeping the funds’ assets out of creditors’ reach […]
Over $40,000 Raised For Children by Hedge Funds Care Group
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The Hedge Funds Care Committee of Hope raised over $40,000 last week to support the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. At the 2nd Annual No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament, more than […]