ETF Provider SSgA To License Full Dow Jones Wilshire Style Index Family NEW YORK – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates Incorporated, one of the world’s leading investment consulting, investment management and investment technology firms, […]

HEDGE FUNDS GENERATE NEGATIVE RETURN OF -1.32% IN OCTOBER Hedge Funds Caught Out Looking For Fourth Quarter Rally November 8, 2005 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, today announced that hedge funds […]

NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2005)—Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it has licensed its Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index to Family Finans House—the largest, noninterest banking service in Turkey—as the underlying for an exchange-traded […]

London and Hong Kong – 7th November 2005:  HFR Asset Management (“HFR”)and Oria Capital (“Oria”) have joined forces to launch a principleprotected fund of funds that will provide the stability of investing inthe HFRX Global Index with the more aggressive […]

A monthly report from Dow Jones Indexes on the performance of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks After ending the third quarter on a high note, all of the hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Convergent Management, Ltd. has launched its first private equity fund, the Convergent Private Equity Fund I, Ltd. The Fund’s primary investment objective is to identify and invest in companies that Convergent Management, Ltd., the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 3, 2005 — Managed Funds Association (MFA) submitted a comment letter to the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) in response to its request for comments on Discussion Paper 05/4: “Hedge Funds: A discussion of risk and regulatory […]

Judging from the last two days of trading in October, the US equity market has returned to solid footing. According to Bloomberg news, as Monday was drawing to a close the headline read: the biggest two day rally in almost […]

NEW YORK – M.D. Sass, a prominent NY-based investment management firm, has launched Denahi Global Investments, LLC (Denahi), a new San Francisco-based investment management company. Denahi will seekto achieve superior, risk-adjusted returns through investments focused primarily on Asian equities. Both […]

Introduction On September 29, 2005, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) published Proposed Regulations under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”). The Proposed Regulations reaffirm the IRS’ position in Notice 2005-1, that beginning on […]

LONDON, 27TH October 2005 — The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment industry association, today issued its response to Discussion Paper DP05/4, “Hedge funds: A discussion of risk and regulatory engagement”, issued by […]

Note: Ben Bernanke has been named the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. We published a research report in early August suggesting that he would be the likely successor to Alan Greenspan. We are re-posting this report to remind you of […]