Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Silicon Valley Venture Capital Pioneer, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Launches Canadian Fund: Sees Canada as Critical Market for New Tech Investments
<body.content> <block> <p>REDWOOD CITY, CA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the pioneering seed stage technology venture capital firm, announced today that they areopening a Toronto-based Affiliate in partnership with Dr. Ilse Treurnicht of Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc.</p> <p>This […]
Japan beats the market to keep the yen down Policies create a drag on U.S. growth
The Japanese government is defying the logic of the foreign exchange market by keeping the yen from rising sharply in value against the dollar. The dollar has had a lot going against it this year,including doubts about the strength of […]
Commercial Property: Property investments best value in Europe
Returns from real estate have exceeded investors’ expectations in continental Europe more than any other ‘alternative’ asset class including hedge funds and private equity, a new survey from JPMorgan Fleming showed yesterday. Real estate returns exceeded expectations for 36 per […]
Local venture fund to merge ; Southeast Community Capital to join forces with Memphis group
Investors deciding the fate of Southeast Community Capital have voted to merge the organization with Memphis-based venture fund Delta Capital Management. A vote count has not yet been finalized, but Southeast principal Tom Rogers said the majority of limited partners […]
Footsie struggles to hold 4200 as buyers lie low
CITY investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were thin on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 11.3 at 4217.7. […]
Hedgemaster Fink is the Man with muscle
WE’VE all heard of Girl Power, but hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink would like to convert us to Man Power. The company he runs Man Group has metamorphosed from a small sugar broker to a FTSE 100company. Man shares have […]
Footsie struggles to hold 4200 as buyers lie low ; market report
CITY investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were few on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 4.6 points at […]
San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Term Sheet Column
Aug. 28–He’s been overlooked, but venture capitalist Garrett Gruener has rocketed into fourth place in fundraising among the many candidates for governor. As of Wednesday, the founder of popular Emeryville Web search engine Ask Jeeves had contributed $500,000 to his […]
Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column
Aug. 28–City investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were thin on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 10 points […]
Daily Mail, London, Ruth Sunderland Column
Aug. 28–We’ve all heard of Girl Power, but hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink would like to convert us to Man Power. The company he runs — Man Group — has metamorphosed from a small sugar broker to aFTSE 100 company. […]
From Under The Buttonwood Tree…Street Talk with Tom Hayden
AQ is on fire. Technology continues to break to new highs. The NASD Who knows where the top is, but I would be very wary of adding new money at this juncture, and would use any continued strength toget out. […]
Dollar Mixed; Euro Ends Strong
NEW YORK (AP) – The euro ended New York trading slightly stronger across the board Wednesday, lifted by a wave of buying against the yen following verbal intervention from Japanese governmentofficials. This rise against the yen also supported the dollar […]