HedgeCo.net – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced in a press release the distribution of approximately $38 million in Fair Funds to approximately 810 mutual funds that were victims of fraudulent market timing and late trading by the Veras […]

HedgeCo.net – The following is the latest information on proposed legislation for the New York State Assembly.  Led by Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr., New York State Assembly Bill – A06583 seeks to authorize investments in hedge funds and fund-of-hedge […]

HedgeCo.net – London 20th March 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has issued a new Guide to Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Valuation. The Guide builds on the ground-breaking […]

HedgeCo.net – Bahrain-based $5 billion hedge fund Investcorp has won the Institutional Hedge Fund Manager award at the inaugural Hedge Funds World Awards in Dubai. The awards are designed torecognise and encourage excellence in the Middle East hedge fund industry. […]

HedgeCo.net – The new Arabic language facility introduced by the General Registry in Cayman will trigger more valuable business from the Islamic region, according to a leading funds lawyer.  Ogier partner Gray Smith, who practices Cayman law from London, said […]

HedgeCo.net – Investec Bank and Blackfish Capital Management launched a long/short natural resources hedge fund on March 1 with a plan to raise $300 million over the next six to 12 months from undervalued stocks in the mining and resources […]

HedgeCo.net – F&C Asset Management PLC is planning on launching its first private equity fund of funds product for institutional investors. The new fund will invest  in event-driven hedge funds, which bet on M&A, share buy-backs and other corporate events. […]

Activist hedge fund Chapman Capital, filed a 13-D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a bid to put electronic trading network eSpeed Inc. on the market. Robert Chapman said his hedge fund, which is eSpeed’s biggest shareholder with […]

HedgeCo.net – Harcourt Investment Consulting AG is pleased to announce an important addition to its Business Development team: Mily Phan will be joining Harcourt in Geneva as Director within thebusiness development team and will be responsible for the French market, […]

HedgeCo.net – NEW YORK, (March 19, 2007) – Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today announced the launch of the Dow Jones Elementized News Feed. This ultra-fast, innovative feed revolutionizes the way news can be utilized by delivering richer, computer-readable […]

New York – At least 83 U.S. hedge funds — which had at their collective peak been managing about $35 billion — shut their doors in 2006, according to a survey published in the March issue of Absolute Return. The […]

HedgeCo.net – IceCapital Fund Management Company Ltd. announced in a press release on Wednesday that it has launched a new non-UCITS mutual fund, IceCapital Alternative Beta, which offers hedge fund like return, in liquid and risk-transparent form. The fund is […]