HedgeCo.net – The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Spanish bank Grupo Santander Central Hispano of Madrid are combining their efforts to counter bid Barclays in the hedge fund driven sale of Dutch bank ABN. ABN Amro Holding was in […]

HedgeCo.net – The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is finalizing new regulations that they hope will open up the development of a regional industry of hedge funds, derivatives and other alternative investment instruments. Requirements for the registration of such higher […]

HedgeCo.net – Alternative asset manager Fortress Investment Group has announced plans to buy up re-insurance company Alea Group Holdings for £162 million. ($319.6 million) “The independent directors are pleased to recommend the acquisition, which results from the strategy that management […]

HedgeCo.net – As domicile for approximately 80% of the world’s hedge funds, the Cayman Islands have now implemented a mechanism for the electronic submission of annual returns for all funds licensed, registered and administered in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman […]

HedgeCo.net – European mutual fund managers are pushing regulators to allow them to buy into derivatives of hedge fund indexes. Approval from regulators would allow European Union-regulated funds toput some of their $7.3 trillion of assets into derivatives tracking the […]

HedgeCo.net – New York based hedge fund investor SkyBridge Capital, announced plans to invest in Ironshield Capital Management, a London-based hedge fund scheduled to launch later this year. Ironshield Capital Management is the latest in a series of investments that […]

HedgeCo.net – Towson, MD, April 3, 2007 — Campbell & Company announced today the appointment of Terri Becks to the position of President & Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Bruce Cleland, who will become Vice Chairman.  Keith Campbell, founder and Chairman […]

HedgeCo.net – French Interior Minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy criticized hedge funds as an example of undesirable speculation, saying he didn’t approve of companies….”that buy up a company, sell it off in pieces, sack 25% of the staff in […]

 HedgeCo.net – Top ten hedge fund firm Man Group said on Friday it is considering splitting off its brokerage arm into a new £2 billion ($3.9 billion) company. The de-merger would separate its U.S. brokerage unit and list it in […]

HedgeCo.net – Assets in global hedge funds have now reached more than $2 trillion according to new research compiled by HedgeFund Intelligence, publisher of the newsletters and databases of EuroHedge, AsiaHedge, South AfricaHedge and InvestHedge, as well as the U.S.-based […]

HedgeCo.net – A federal judge in Atlanta ruled that the NFL players who entrusted their funds to Kirk Sean Wright, CEO of hedge fund International Management Associates of Atlanta, may move forward with their case over lost investments. The FBI […]

HedgeCo.net – According to a new Spectrem Perspective report released today, “Alternative Investments: Are They a Priority for Affluent Portfolios?”,  just 18% of affluent investors, defined ashaving more than $500,000 in investable assets, say they understand hedge funds. Structured products […]