Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Funds concentrating on Asian equities may post better returns
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds investing in Asian equities are likely to achieve better returns during the next six months of 2005. Such prediction was based on anticipation ofimproved economic prospects for the region. So far this […]
Asian Hedge Funds see record asset inflows
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Just as new asset inflows are declining elsewhere, the Asian hedge fund managers are seeing accelerating inflows into their hedge fund management portfolios.According to AsiaHedge, the number of new Asian hedge funds excluding Japan […]
Hedge funds help biotechnology sector rise again
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds have helped push equity issuance in the biotechnology sector to grow again in recent months. Biotechnology analysts said issuance of biotechnologyequity issuance has once again accelerated in July. Hedge fund investors are […]
Summit Partners buys a stake in Coast Hedge Fund Firm
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Private equity firm, Summit Partner has purchased a stake in Coast Hedge Fund Asset Management; the move according to the firm is to tap into the fastlygrowing hedge fund management business. The principal at […]
Hedge Fund Inflows Slow in 2nd quarter
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge Fund inflows dropped significantly during the first quarter through the second quarter; down from $27.3 billion in the first quarter to $10.9 billionduring the second quarter. However, the new asset inflow is an […]
MFA’s 2005 Sound Practices For Hedge Fund Managers
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2, 2005 — Managed Funds Association (MFA) today published MFA�s 2005 Sound Practices for Hedge Fund Managers, the culmination of a six-month effort by MFA to update thepreviously issued 2003 Sound Practices. Over the past two years, […]
Global lending surged about 4 percent in First Quarter- BIS
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Bank for International Settlement, BIS said global lending business has grown by 4 percent during the first quarter of 2004. According to BIS released data,the international banking business gained about $20.5 trillion during the […]
Carlyle Hedge Fund buys SS&C Technologies
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Carlyle Hedge Fund Company of New York has purchased SS&C Technologies Inc., a hedge fund software provider to asset managers and other firms. There areexpectations about the need for greater consolidation within the hedge […]
Federal Appeals Court asked to block SEC’s governance rule
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The plight of the SEC imposed mutual fund governance laws remain uncertain. The legality of the US hedge fund regulations laws passed under the former chairmanWilliam Donaldson still remain in limbo as a Manhattan […]
Affluent Americans double their mutual fund investments-New Survey
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – During the past two years, wealthy Americans doubled the percentage of their assets invested in mutual funds, according to a new released study. Spectrem Groupcarried out the new research. According to the group, during […]
Hedge Funds may enter into insurance underwriting
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds are increasingly drawn into insurance underwriting business in an ever-ending search for alpha for their investors. New reports show that manyhedge fund managers have been active in purchasing �catastrophe bonds� through such […]
EagleRock names Raj Lachman new COO/CFO
NEW YORK, July 28, 2005 – EagleRock Capital Management, LLC (“EagleRock”), a multi-strategy, event-driven value investment firm, today announced that it has named Raj Lachman, CFA, as Chief Operatingand Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lachman, 39, will be responsible for financial […]