Category Archives: HedgeCo News

FIM Advisers LLP’s Flagship Low Volatility Fund of Funds Reaches $1 Billion

FIM Advisers LLP’s (FIM) flagship low-volatility fund of funds, FIM Long-Invest, has broken $1 billion in assets as of December 31, 2006. The Fund had a very positive 2006 rising 10.57% net of fees in the USD share class despite […]

Executive To Leave Position 2 Years After Hedge Fund Buyout

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Cerberus CapitalManagement LP, the New York-based $16 billion hedge fund, announced that executive chairwoman Vanessa Castagna will leave her position Feb. 1, Rick Leto, president and chief merchandising officer forMervyns, will take over day-to-day management of […]

Hedge Fund Doubles Turnover by $229 Million

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – RAB Capital, the $5 billion hedge fund, doubled its turnover for the year to at least $229 million, while pre-tax profit soared 95% and assets undermanagement went up to $5.18bn. Assets under management as at 31 […]

MFA to Host Premiere Program for Pensions, Endowments & Foundations

HedgeCo.net — WASHINGTON, D.C., January 18, 2007 — Managed Funds Association (MFA) will present its premiere program for pensions, foundations and endowments at the Association’s annual conference, Network 2007, February 11-13, at The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne, FL.  Pension, foundation and […]

Chief Exec and Vice President Quit after Hedge Fund Takeover

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Catalyst Paper Corporation announced that it has accepted the resignations of its two executives Russell J. Horner, president and chief executive officer, and Ralph Leverton, vice-president, finance and chief financial officer. The announcement of the departures […]

Hedge Fund Defends Winning Strategy

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Multimillionaire hedge fund co-founder, Paul Marshall, defended his hedge fund Marshal Wace and its controversial strategy, which relies on investment ideas supplied by City stockbrokers, he said in an interview with the Times. Marshal doesn’t believe […]

Hegde Fund Offers to Buy Out Near-Bankrupt Company

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The hedge fund Farallon Capital Management, which owns 11% of shares in The Mills Corp., proposed pumping $499 million into the mall developer tohelp ease the company’s heavy debt and avoid putting it up for sale […]

Alternative Investment Survey Shows Hedge Funds will Continue to Grow

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Deutsche Bank announced the results of its Fifth Annual Alternative Investment Survey, which was conducted during the second half of 2006. Over 1000representatives from almost 700 institutions responded to the $1.4 trillion industry survey. “Despite a […]

AIMA responds to Consultation on Investment Manager Exemption

The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association has responded to the proposed revision of Statement of Practice (SP1/01), which includes changes to the UK’s Investment Manager Exemption (IME) The IME plays […]

Hedge Funds increasing use of Managed Cash Investments

HedgeCo.net — CHICAGO, JANUARY 16, 2006 – The world’s hedge fund managers arepaying more attention to investing their cash balances, according to arecent survey by Horizon Cash Management. Widely seen as highly aggressive, high performance investors, more andmore hedge funds […]

Parker Global launches investable forex index

HedgeCo.net — STAMFORD, CT, January 16, 2007 * Parker Global Strategies (PGS), who have tracked FX managers since January 1986 in their widely published Parker FX Index, today announced the launchof their first investable foreign exchange index — PGS FX […]

Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Is Up 13.86% Year End

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is up 1.83% in December, finishing the year with a total return of 13.86%, according to Oliver Schupp, President of the Credit Suisse TremontIndex, LLC.  “A stronger than expected year was experienced as a […]