Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Barbarian Investments Launch Film Production Hedge Fund

West palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- “The current influx of funds from hedge funds, private equity funds and institutional investors into studio and independent distributor funds has created a considerable opportunity on the content creator side of the Hollywood equation,” says Aaron […]

Asset Alliance Launches Multi-Strategy Futures Fund of Funds

HedgeCo.net — NEW YORK, CHICAGO, June 11, 2007 – Asset Alliance Corporation, a global leader in alternative investments, today announced the launch of an SEC registered managed futures fund-of-funds– the BTOP50 Managed Futures Fund (BTOP50) — at the Managed Funds […]

Kassirer Hedge Funds Up for May

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Canadian hedge fund Kassirer Market Neutral Limited Partnership announced today that earnings were up 1.08% in May 2007. “Deal flow remains buoyant reflecting low interest rates, low debt default rates, easy financing, and the ubiquitous private […]

Biomet Hedge Fund Buyout

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- The Board of Directors of Biomet Inc. announced that it has unanimously recommended to shareholders to accept an increased offer from hedge funds in a private equity consortium to acquire Biomet for $46.00 per share in […]

Finance Leaders Sending GAO Investigators to Check Out Cayman Office Building

Hedgeco.net – U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman and Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Finance Committee, are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate a five-story Cayman Islands building listed as the address of […]

Managed Funds Association Hires Carl Kennedy, Legal Counsel

HedgeCo.net – WASHINGTON, D.C., June 7, 2007 — Managed Funds Association (MFA) today announced that Carl Kennedy has joined the Association as legal counsel. Mr. Kennedy comes to MFA from Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP in Washington, DC, where […]

Stonebrook Capital launches first alternative beta product in fund format

HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, June 6, 2007 – Stonebrook Capital Management, LLC, (“Stonebrook”), a leading alternative investment firm specializing in Alternative Beta solutions, today announced the launch of an Alternative Beta strategy in a fund format – the first of […]

Hedge Funds Investing in China’s Energy Crisis

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- According to an 18-month investigation by StockInterview’s research team, China is facing an energy crisis of epic proportions. Hedge funds such as SAC Capital, Citadel Associates and Renaissance Technologies have bought shares in companies which are […]

Skylight Comes In At #1 For Real Estate Hedge Funds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Pacific Continental Fund Management’s Skylight Capital Build-Up fund has come first in a ranking of real estate hedge funds for Sharpe ratio over the past 36 months and third for compound annual return. The Barclay Group’s […]

100 Women In Hedge Funds Partners With DataArt

New York- (HedgeCo.Net) 100 Women in Hedge Funds announced that they have partnered with DataArt to update and automate their existing email systems which were no longer capable of efficiently managing communications to the organization’s 6000 global members. The new […]

Tycoon Launches Private Russian Fund

HedgeCo.Net- Russia’s tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov announced the creation of a new private investment fund based on his assets, the ONEXIM Group. The worth of new undertaking exceeds $17 billion, and a stake of 22-percent in GMK Norilsk Nickel is its […]

Hedge Fund Platform Wins Laureate Awad

Hedge fund platform, Logical Information Machines Inc.(LIM) has been recognized as a Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program for Case Study Historis. This year’s Honorees will be commemorated this evening at the 19th Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony & Gala Awards […]