HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge funds have been practicing a tactic called “naked short selling”, which means selling the same piece of property several times over such as shares in companies like Overstock.com. Patrick Byrne has been fighting an ongoing […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Close Brothers, the independant European corporate financial adviser, reported that up to half of the leveraged loans syndicated in Europe have hedge funds as their main investors. The banks that would usually finance these deals, are […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – RAB Capital, the European hedge fund management and investment firm, is planning the acquisition of $500m fund, Northwest Investment Management. This buyout is RAB’s second, and largest acquisition since its founding in 2004, giving it increased […]

HedgeCo.net ( New York ) –  Valu-Trac Investment Management Limited announces the launch of the Valu-Trac World Wide Strategy Fund:  Long only global equity market allocation fund Investment objectives of long term capital growth and capital preservation Dynamic allocation into […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Less than a week after Paramount Pictures cut its ties with Tom Cruise ended their 14-year relationship, his company announced a deal with First and Goal L.L.C., an investorgroup headed by Daniel M. Snyder, owner of […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Paul Flynn, the former Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce official who was arrested two years ago and charged with five felonies, is free of the legal entanglement which developed at his former job as a managing […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – At the start of the year thanks mostly to unstoppable rally in crude, commodities were attracting a lot of media hype and interest from investors. New investment vehicles such as commodity-based hedge funds were launched, and […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Peter A. Thiel and his hedge fund management company, Clarium Capital Management, were accused of fraud on monday, according papers filed in the U.S. Court for the Northern District of California. Amisil Holdings Ltd., a risk […]

Zurich-based Systematic Absolute Return AG has announced that on September 1 it will launch the SAR Asset Finance Fund, a fund of funds focused on a diverse portfolio of asset-based lending and asset-backed securities funds.  The Fund targets an annual net return of […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund speculators at the Chicago Board of Trade bet a record $35 billion that the prices of government debt will continue to rise, according to research by CBOT. CBOT Holdings, Inc. operates a marketplace for […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Kirk Wright, formerly of supposed hedge fund, International Management Associates, skipped town with between $115 and $185 million after it became clear to many of hisclients, which include several prominent National Football League players, that something […]

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Energy & Environment Capital Management LLC (EECM) and Coastal Partners, Ltd. have joined forces to launch an offshore version of the Energy & Environment Fund, afund of hedge funds that seeks to provide superior returns with […]