Category Archives: HedgeCo News
HSBC Multi-Adviser Arbitrage Fund – “Fund of the Year”
HedgeCo.net – HSBC Alternative Investments Limited is pleased to announce that its longest running fund of hedge funds, HSBC Multi-Adviser Arbitrage Fund, won the prestigious Fund of the Year – Arbitrage category at the fifth annual InvestHedge Awards in New […]
Hedge Fund Index up for Febuary
According to hedge fund index provider Greenwich Alternative Investments LLC., their Global Hedge Fund Index returned +0.61% in February. The Greenwich Investable Hedge Fund Index closely tracked the Global Index, returning +0.45% in February and +1.79% year to date, within […]
Lehman Brothers buys 20 Percent of Hedge Fund
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. announced on Tuesday that it had bought a 20% stake in hedge fund D.E. Shaw Group, which was formed in 1988 and has about $29 billion in aggregate investment capital. The hedge fund has more than […]
IncreMental Hedge Fund Conference
Risk management is a new topic covered in the Hedge Fund Due Diligence conference, part of IncreMental Advantage’s Executive Conference series. Other topics include evaluating managers, and hedge fund performance, evaluating funds of hedge funds and legal and compliance issues. […]
AIMA to Respond to IOSCO Consultation Report
HedgeCo.net -London 14th March 2007. The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association today announced that it will respond to new IOSCO valuation proposals. Following on IOSCO’s release of a Consultation Report […]
Citi Alternative Investments Appoints Philip Anker as Head of Global Institutional Sales and Marketing
HedgeCo.net – New York/London  Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) is pleased to announce the following organizational changes in its Sales and Marketing Group. Philip Anker has been named Managing Director and Global Head of Institutional Sales and Marketing. Based in […]
Cornell Capital announces Italian Joint Venture
HedgeCo.net – JERSEY CITY, NJ/MILAN, March 13, 2007 – Yorkville Advisors LLC, the investment advisor to Cornell Capital — a private investment firm that specializes in structured finance — today announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement […]
Judge Orders Hedge Fund Disclosure in Northwest Case
Judge Allan Gropper of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York ordered hedge funds to disclose the details of their holdings in Northwest Airlines. “Any interest that individual committee members may have in keeping this information confidential is overridden.” Gropper’s […]
Activist Hedge Fund To Sell Stocks in Gartmore
Activist hedge fund Carrousel Capital had agreed to sell its shares in £386 million ($744.8 million) Gartmore European Investment Trust, refusing the option of a tender offer to close out itsposition at a tight discount. The hedge fund currently owns […]
Union leaders to Develop International Response to Growth of Hedge Funds
Amid the spectacular growth of hedge funds investments, trade union leaders from more than 20 countries are to meet at OECD Headquarters in Paris on the 16 March to discuss the impact of hedgefunds on employees’ job security and pensions.In recent […]
Citi Alternative Investments Names Andrew Black and Tim Greatorex to Co-Head Global Credit Structures
HedgeCo.net – London  Citi Alternative Investments (CAI) has announced that Andrew Black, Head of London Credit Structures and Tim Greatorex, Head of SIV Strategies, have been named co-heads of theGlobal Credit Structures (GCS) business. GCS develops and provides investment, […]
Hedge Fund Analyst Claims Flaws in SEC Rules
HedgeCo.net – Hedge Fund Analyst Justin Meyer submitted public comments on an SEC Rule Proposal that would change the standards for who could invest in a hedge fund, raising the minimum net worth values. Meyer is the Senior research analyst […]