Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Yorkville CFO Takes On Dual Role As COO/CFO And Names Controller
HedgeCo.net -JERSEY CITY, NJ, April 16, 2007- Yorkville Advisors, LLC, a firm engaged in providing structured equity financing solutions to growing companies worldwide, today announced that EdSchinik will take on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) in addition to […]
The “Index” Reports Positive Hedge Fund Returns
HedgeCo.net – The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index, one of the world’s largest hedge fund databases, reported returns of +0.87% in March, closely followed by the Greenwich Investable Index returning+0.86%. 84% of the 1,025 hedge funds reporting thus far had […]
State Street Study Shows Institutional Investment In Hedge Funds Is On The Rise
HedgeCo.net – According to the 2007 State Street Hedge Fund Research Study, nearly two thirds of institutional investors are now allocating more than 5% of their portfolio to hedge fund strategies,while only 4% have no hedge fund allocation. In comparison […]
State Street Hedge Fund Report
HedgeCo.net – State Street Corporation, the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, released a report on hedge funds as part of its series of proprietary reports designed to advance the dialogue around key themes and trends within […]
Hedge Fund Manager To Launch Multi-Strategy China Fund
HedgeCo.net – UG Investment Advisers, a hedge fund manager with over $500 million invested in China’s Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor program, has announced that they are looking to raise$200, to $500 million more for the launch of a Greater China […]
Paladyne in Alliance with Microsoft to Build Hedge Fund Technology
HedgeCo.net – Paladyne Systems, LLC announced it has formed an alliance with Microsoft Corp. to service the hedge fund industry with the Paladyne(TM) product line powered by the Microsoft softwaredevelopment platform. Craig Saint-Amour, capital markets industry solutions director for Microsoft’s […]
CEB To Raise $600 Million For Alternative Investments
For the past few years, Latin America’s energy sector has caught the attention of many private equity funds looking to invest in the region. In 2006, over $300 million was invested in the sector, almost a third of the $1 […]
Ogier Advises on the World’s Largest Ever Secondaries Fund
HedgeCo.net – Ogier, a leading Guernsey law firm, has advised on the establishment of another notable funds transaction. Roger Le Tissier, along with Bryon Rees and Rabie Abas, acted as Guernsey legal advisers to Coller Investment Management Limited, the leading […]
Carlyle Group to Launch Hedge Fund Business
HedgeCo.net – Private equity firm Carlyle Group is launching a $1 billion hedge fund called Carlyle Multi Strategy Partners, the fund is said to have a wide-ranginginvestment strategy. Last year, the $56 billion firm hired 2 new managers to head […]
Citigroup In Talks Over $600m Hedge Fund Buy Out
HedgeCo.net – Citigroup has been in talks with year-old hedge fund Old Lane, with a plan to spend $600m on the acquisition of the hedge fund. At an estimated 45% gross margin on $150 million inrevenue, the hedge fund could […]
Hedge Fund Investors of Tommorow Compete
HedgeCo.net – Over 2,000 post-secondary students acted as hedge fund managers for the InvestYoung National University Stock Market Competition which ran from October 16, 2006 to March 9, 2007.Approximately 20,000 trades were executed on over 2,800 symbols across all major […]
British Hedge Funds Back Up TCI In Dutch Bank Attack
HedgeCo.net – ABN Amro Holding NV said last week it was in preliminary discussions with Barclays about creating a company worth more than $160 billion, this comes after pressure from activist hedgefund TCI asking to split up of the Dutch […]