Category Archives: HedgeCo News
HedgeOp Compliance Hosts “Excellence in Compliance†Seminar Series
HedgeCo.net — New York, New York– January 16, 2007 – HedgeOp Compliance, LLC, a leading provider of specialized compliance related products and consulting services to the hedge fund community, announced today that it will offer a new complementary educational seminar […]
Shariah Capital Finds Islamic Hedge Fund Niche
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund Shariah Capital, is looking for strategic partners in the Middle East among the local banks with international funds, and majorinvestment institutions and high net worth individuals. “Hedge funds are all about diversification†they say. […]
Canadian Hedge Fund Regulation
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Canadian Securities Administrators is working to improve its regulatory framework for hedge funds. According to a staff notice summary (81-316 Hedge Funds), the CSA conducted a review in response to increased retail interest in hedge […]
London Hedge Fund Launch
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Brevan Howard, the hedge fund manager, is planning to raise up to £1bn through the first hedge fund listed on the main London market, investing the proceeds in the four-year-old manager’s flagship global fund BH has […]
Hedge Fund Picks SEI as Partner in Outsourcing
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Rock Ridge Advisors has selected SEI to provide a operational outsourcing solutions for its hedge funds. SEI was selected in a competitiveevaluation process among some of the most notable providers in the industry. The company’s combination […]
Hedge Funds asked to Bid on Ameriquest
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Ameriquest has had talks with several hedge funds recently, including Ellington Capital Management, a large Old Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund,to see if there would be any interest in bidding on their company. News of the possible […]
Hedge Fund managers Indicted for Fraud
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The managers of KL Group in West Palm Beach, Fla. were indicted yesterday, accused of orchestrating an extensive fraud that raised more than $194million from at least 250 investors. KL operated many hedge funds until March […]
Reuters Becomes AIMA Sponsoring Member
London 11th January 2007, AIMA, the global trade association for hedge funds announces that Reuters has become AIMA’s sixth global sponsoring member. Reuters, including Lipper and Lipper HedgeWorld, will initially join in eight important financial centres; London, New York, Hong […]
HFN Reports 2006 as Good Year for Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Early estimates from HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average shows plus 1.36% in December and finished 2006 at almost plus 12%. Although trailing theS&P 500 TR’s +15.80%, 2006 was the best year for hedge funds since 2003 […]
US and Europe Conduct Joint Probe into Hedge Fund Lending
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – US and European regulators are conducting a joint probe into banks and securities firms to see if they are setting careful limits when lending tohedge funds. Officials want to know how much margin banks require hedge […]
Reuters, Dow Jones Veteran Joins LIM to Head Global Sales
HedgeCo.net – CHICAGO, January 10, 2006 – Logical Information Machines (LIM), aleading provider of data, analytics, and research to the world’s largestasset managers, banks and energy concerns, today announced that WilliamG. Cassato has joined the firm as Vice President of […]
Fairfield Greenwich Group Adds Investment Professional, Doug Reid
HedgeCo.net – January 10, 2007. Fairfield Greenwich Group, a global alternative asset management firm with over USD $11 billion assets under management, today announced that it has added a seniorprofessional to its team at the hedge fund specialist’s New York […]