Category Archives: HedgeCo News

5th Annual Hedge Fund Rocks & Industry Awards

Celebrating five years and over $1 million of raised funds for Australian families afflicted with cancer, last night’s annual Hedge Funds Rock event really was something to rock on about. Over 550 guests embarked on HOME nightclub to formally recognise […]

Hedge Funds and Wine

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Robert Lyster, co-founder of hedge fund Lyster Watson Management Inc. has found a new investment for his hedge fund millions, the land rich, cash poor, winemaking lifestyle. Wall Street wine mavens interested in purchasing a Burgundy […]

Ex-Hedge Fund manager pleads Not Guilty

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Hilary L. Shane in the United States District Court for New York this May, alleging that Shane committed insider trading and registration violations by short selling 122,900 […]

M.D. Sass-Macquarie Launches Crow Point Partners, A Utility & Telecom Investment Management Company

HedgeCo.net ( New York )  —M.D. Sass-Macquarie Financial Strategies, L.P., a joint venture between M.D. Sass and the Macquarie Group, today announced the launch of Crow Point Partners, LLC (CrowPoint), a new investment management company. Crow Point will seek to […]

Horizon Enhances Business Development And Portfolio Management

HedgeCo.net ( New York )  –  Horizon Cash Management LLC, a leadingcash manager for alternative investment funds, today announced that theyhave hired a new executive and promoted another as the firm ramps up itsbusiness development and portfolio management in conjunction […]

Hedge Funds Cash In On Good weather

New York (HedgeCo.net) – The intensity of last year’s storms caused hedge funds to bet billions of dollars on reinsurance, the hedge funds that put these billion dollar bets on another Hurricane Katrina not hitting the U.S. coastline now have […]

Japan Hedge Fund Boom

HedgeCo.Net (New York) –  The Japanese yen may be falling to a 20 year low according to a Bloomberg report. Japanese investors last month bought more overseas hedge fund bonds than ever before. The yen is approaching its lowest value […]

M2M Management launch shipping hedge fund

HedgeCo.net ( New York )  – M2M Management today announce the launch of the first physical and futures maritime freight fund – ‘Global Maritime Investments Ltd (GMI)’. GMI offers investors the opportunity to secure superior risk adjusted returns in a […]

Oil Slump and Hedge funds

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Traders said today that the precious metals market is under pressure because of a sharp drop in oil in the recent past. Prices fell more than 3% this week, taking it almost $17 below a record-high […]

Hedge Fund suspect in Stock Manipulation Investigation

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund Aeneas, and it’s founder Thomas Grossman, are under scrutiny in Malaysia as the Securities Commission is probing allegations of stock manipulation. The $400 million hedge fund firm specializes in long-short emerging markets strategies. The […]

Harvard Hedge Fund hits 29 billion

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Harvard University investment arm, Harvard Management Co., manages the largest education based endowment in the world. Harvard has a long record of success in beating the market, but this years $29.2 billion rate of returns […]

Deutsche Bank to open Japan Hedge Fund

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge funds are seeking opportunities in Japan after the recent cut backs in corporate debt has improved the chances of companies increasing dividends and buying back shares. There are about 220 Japan-focused hedge funds overseeing a […]