WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge Funds assets have grown by additional $27.6 billion during the first quarter of 2005, according to new data released by the Chicago based Hedge FundResearch {HFR}. The global hedge fund industry currently stands […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A new study conducted by Northern Trust shows that affluent investors are not adequately diversified in their investment portfolios. The study also revealedthat a �substantial number of millionaires have overly-optimistic expectations about the performance […]

AIMA COMPLETES FIRST GLOBAL SURVEY OF HEDGE FUND ASSET PRICING AND VALUATION PRACTICES Recommends Enhancing Industry Practices to Serve Investors, Industry   LONDON, 27 April 2005 — The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the leading global hedge fund and alternative investment […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Japanese Institutional investors are ahead of their international counterparts in hedge fund investments, according to the UK based hedge fund manager,Gartmore. Charles Beazley, head of institutional and alternative investments at Gartmore said, “I think […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The SEC�s mandatory hedge fund registration laws due to start in about nine months is causing major challenges for hedge fund managers and advisors. Accordingto Buchanan Associates many managers will have to spend countless […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Chief Investment Officer of Emergent Asset Management, David Murrin has predicted that the global equity markets will see additional declines in 2005, suchdecline, may send equity indexes down by about 20 to 30 […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – More European Pension Fund managers are switching to hedge funds. The Pension fund managers of Nestl�s, Jean Pierre Steiner said such strategy is a good onebecause according to him, equity markets have not kept […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The head of investments at the Austrian APK multi-employer scheme has warned against fund of hedge funds. According to Guenther Schiend, aspiring hedge fundinvestors should be careful when they are selecting hedge fund products. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – HedgeCo Networks, {www.hedgeco.net} today announced a new online agreement with NCO Financial Systems Inc., a division of NCO Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NCOG). In the agreement, NCOFinancial Systems will provide HedgeCo.Net members access to investigative hedge […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Bank of New York has been selected as the “Custodian of the Year” at the 2005 UK Pensions Awards which was sponsored by the Professional Pensions magazine.BONY was chosen by the judges from […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission {SEC} has charged Guillaume Pollet, a former managing director of SG Cowen & Co., with insider trading and fraud.According to the charges, Mir Pollet was involved with short-selling of […]

Special from Jay B. Gould and David A. Goldstein, White & Case LLP SAN FRANCISCO, CA (www.whitecase.com) – On April 12, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted Rule 202(a)(11)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 […]