WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Jana Partners LLC, a hedge fund worth approximately $5 billion, was turned down in their proposal to acquire the remaining interest of 87.7% in The Houston Exploration Co for approximately $1.6 billion in cash. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – In the Report, FSA Chief Executive John Tiner said, “We have been careful to be proportionate in our regulation of hedge fund managers, bearing in mind the highly mobile nature of the business and […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Luxembourg-based Arcelor on Sunday succumbed to a $33.65 billion takeover by Mittal steel, in what some call a hostile takeover, after rejecting the Rotterdam company’s June offer. The Arcelor Board of Directors, which consulted […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – The 2006 Financial Executive Report on Risk Management has found that companies are embracing the concept of enterprise risk management but continue to struggle with implementation. The national survey of financial executives shows room […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Antipodean Capital Management is a hedge fund started by a former senior foreign exchange strategist at ANZ Bank, Craig Ferguson isbetting on a 22-year high in the next 12 months for the Australian dollar. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Deutsche Bank has written a euro certificate on the QAM Global Equities Fund, a Singapore-based hedge fund advised by Quant Asset Management. In an interview with AsiaHedge one of the founders, Frank Holle said, […]

London- Hydra Capital Management Ltd., a London-based specialist provider of Global Emerging Market Fixed Income strategies, announces the launch of a GlobalMacro Emerging Market Debt fund investing in external and local market debt and currency instruments of emerging market countries.Colm […]

London- Hydra Capital Management Ltd., a London-based specialist provider of Global Emerging Market Fixed Income strategies, announces the launch of a Global Macro Emerging Market Debt fund investingin external and local market debt and currency instruments of emerging market countries.Colm […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – AIMA, the global trade association for the hedge fund industry has given a cautious welcome to the decision of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that has struck down the Securities […]

  HedgeCo.Net  (West Palm Beach, FL) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has struck down the Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring hedge funds to register. The court called hedge funds notoriously difficult to define, and […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – Emerging market hedge funds who are investing in Exotic stocks, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, have seen some stormy weather in the past two months. Almost all the emerging markets have since […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – According to a study released on tuesday by Merrill Lynch & Co. regarding the soaring number of millionaires; experts at the financial services firm concludethat the higher wealth accumulation in 2005 reflected more aggressive […]