Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Hedge Funds to begin trading Weather Derivatives
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds are increasingly drawn into the weather derivatives market according to new reports. Such instruments may be traded as a non-correlated play, or asa new investment strategy. Several hedge funds including Citadel Investment […]
Hedge Funds may soon start listing on European Exchanges
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds may soon be lining up to list their firms on the European stock exchanges, according to new reports. Hedge fund valuations remain at peak levelsand many top funds may try to take […]
Hedge Fund Sector Ends 2004 with Nearly $1 trillion in Assets
DRIVEN BY STRONG FOURTH QUARTER RALLY, HEDGE FUND SECTOR ENDS 2004 WITH NEARLY $1 TRILLION IN ASSETS $79.6 Billion Growth in Assets in Q4, includes $27 Billion in New Money, ranks as Largest Quarterly Asset Increase on Record. Distressed Securities […]
Crystalline launches Amethyst Offshore Arbitrage Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Montreal based hedge fund manager Crystalline Management Inc., has launched a new hedge fund. The new portfolio is an offshore version of the AmethystArbitrage Hedge Fund, a flag ship product of the firm. The […]
Hedge Funds play increasing role in buy-out markets
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds continue to play an increasing part in the buy-out markets according to new reports. Such entry resulted from lenders eager to pass on second-liendebt to private equity companies. Part of the incentive […]
German Hedge Fund Association defends Hedge Funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The head of the German Hedge Fund Industry Association (BVI) has come to the defense of hedge funds, amidst critics charges that hedge funds flopped inGermany. Alex Benkner, the head of BVI explained that […]
Former CSFB Asia Pacific Chairman to launch new Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Former CSFB Chairman for Asia Pacific, Stephen Stonefield is gearing up to launch his own hedge fund. Stonefield was also a former member of the CSFB executiveboard according to news reports. His new firm […]
Deutsche Bank to Spin-off Hedge Fund unit
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Deutsche Bank Advisors has announced it will be spinning of its hedge fund proprietary hedge fund operation, GSA Capital, an assets management subsidiary basedin London. The unit is made up of 16-member staff, drawn […]
Icahn Partners LP falls short of the $3 billion target for a new Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Financier Carl Icahn has fallen short of his projected $3 billion target for his new hedge fund, Icahn Partners LP. According to the filings with the USSecurities and Exchange Commission {SEC}, Icahn Partners has […]
T&D Asset Management to launch new Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – T&D Asset Management has announced plans to launch a new hedge fund. According to the press release, the Asset Manager will introduce a new fund of hedgefunds vehicle with the hope of capturing the […]
Hedge Funds play dominant role in US Distressed Debt Trading
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds now wield significant influence over trading in US Distressed debt according to a recently released study conducted by Greenwich Associates, analternative investment advisory firm. According to the study, hedge funds now account […]
Ex-Soros Manager starts new Hedge Fund
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Mike Donatelli, a former manager with Soros Funds has launched his own hedge fund. The new fund is called EAC Partners, and was put together with six otherpartners according to the report. Donatelli managed […]