Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Iraqi Hedge Fund Escapes Market Turmoil
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Iraqi hedge fund `The Babylon Fund´ announced today that they successfully managed to steer away from the general global financial meltdown seen lately. Babylon’s winning streak continued during July (and further into August) with a rise […]
Australian Hedge Fund Up $20 Million
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- HFA Holdings, an Australian hedge fund manager that manages more than $3 billion, announced a surge in annual profit, and says the outlook is very positive. Paul Jensen, cheif Executive at HFA, said the outlook for […]
Hedge Fund Company Launches Real Estate Marketing Tool
West palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Hedge fund backed Terablitz recently announced the launch of Terabitz Home Snapshots, which, according to the company, “Give the real estate professional an innovative solution that enables them to more effectively build their client base, and help […]
Islamic Financial Services Board Hosts Forum
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and the Financial Stability Institute (FSI) of the Bank for International Settlements today announced the presentation of “The European Challenge” it will be the 2nd Forum on Islamic Financial Services. The forum will be […]
Customer Effective Launches Hedge Fund Tool
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Customer Effective has announced the launch of ‘Capital Effective’, a front office relationship management solution designed exclusively for the financial services and hedge fund market. ‘Capital Effective’ will serve organizations in commercial banking, private equity, investment banking, […]
Hedge Fund Sponsors North Pole Swim
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Investec announced today that British explorer and endurance swimmer, Lewis Gordon Pugh successfully completed the extraordinary challenge of being the first man to swim at the Geographic North Pole. The 1km swim took 18 minutes and 50 seconds […]
First Hedge Fund Launches in Iraq
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Iraq Fund Management LLC has launched its first hedge fund, The Iraq Fund, LP., which is domiciled in Minnesota. Dave Packard, the fund manager, said “The primary investment objective of the Partnership is […]
All Business Schools Launch Finance Career Resource Guide
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- With investment banking giant UBS forecasting the world economy to grow about 3.5 percent each year and rapid proliferation of multi-billion dollar hedge funds and private equity funds, All Business Schools announced the launch of it […]
Hedge Funds July Performance
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to a report from Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research Inc., hedge funds globally returned 0.49% in July. The gain, based on a sample of managers among the 6,500 surveyed, brought the average 2007 advance to 8%. […]
Big Liquidation Triggers Hedge Fund Turmoil
San Fransisco (MarketWatch) – The liquidation of a big hedge fund or investment bank trading portfolio is causing havoc in some parts of the hedge fund business, according tomanagers and investors. Black Mesa Capital, a hedge fund firm that uses […]
Austrailan Funds Suffer Losses
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Australia’s Macquarie Bank this week warned retail investors with positions in two of its high yield investment hedge funds are set to suffer losses of up to 25 percent. In comes as the U.S. sub prime mortgage market […]
Hyerdale Capital Has Launched Its First Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hyerdale Capital has launched its first hedge fund, Hyerdale Capital,LP. The fund began trading on June 8, according to the firm, and is a domiciled in Delaware. Hyerdale Capital employs a long/short equity […]