WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Credit Suisse Asset Management, {CSAM} has launched a new hedge fund, the Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund, which offers retail investors exposureto the commodities market via commodity swap agreements according to the announcement. […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, LLC (“VAN”) has released its February market sentiment indicators, for the U. S. equities, the U.S. Dollar and the U.S.Treasury 10-year Note. According to the new data, �The majority […]

Fairfield, Iowa, Feb. 3, 2005 — The Barclay Group reported today that money under management in managed futures climbed to a record $131.9 billion during the 4th quarter of 2004. Barclay is aleading provider of managed futures and hedge fund […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The US dollar bounced to a two-month high against the euro in recent trading, such gain came on the news that the US net capital inflows in November rose,fuelled by new speculation that the […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – New released research shows a wide variation in the level of both management and performance fees assessed by hedge fund managers. According to the study doneby Fitzrovia, there is a need of �assessing hedge […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Forsyth Partners has unveiled new hedge funds, according to new reports. The two new portfolios, the Forsyth Global Commodity Fund and the Forsyth GlobalProperty Fund, are domiciled in Bermuda; both vehicles are being offered […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission {SEC}, Mr. William Donaldson has told a Reuters news correspondent in an interview in DavosSwitzerland, that the SEC must be ready for a fund financial […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – According to the SEC, the effective date for registration as Investment Advisors is �February 10, 2005, except for the amendments to �275.206(4)-2 [rule206(4)-2] and �279.1 [Form ADV], which will become effective January 10, 2005.” […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Morgan Stanley and other companies gained ground in investment banking fees collected last year while Citigroup and JP Morgan lost some ground according to newreports. New released data shows that Citigroup’s investment fees collected […]

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – First State Investments has launched five new hedge funds. According to the press release; the new funds will utilize different strategies including fixedinterest, tactical long/short and relative value. Maples and Calder, a Hong Kong […]

SEC Re-proposes Rule Exempting Certain Broker-Dealers from Registration Under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Special from Jay Gould and David Goldstein, White & Case LLP The Futures Industry Association (the “FIA”) has released results of their annual survey of […]

Latest research from Fitzrovia, a Lipper company, highlights significant variations in the way hedge funds� performance fees are structured. The research highlights the importance of assessing hedge fund fees beyond simply referring to the much used “2 and 20” * […]