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Aviva moves to stop lending shares to hedge funds
Insurance giant Aviva could end the practice of lending shares to hedge funds in a move against short-selling. Aviva shares were battered on the stock market earlier this month – losing 40pc of their value in two days – amid […]
Hedge fund code to catch the willing and unwilling
Reuters- Many of Europe’s hedge funds will sign up to a voluntary code of standards to appease institutional investors and avoid punitive regulation, but even those that don’t will be unable to ignore it. The standards on governance and disclosure, […]
A Bear executive’s Wall Street comeback
BusinessWeek- Former Bear Stearns executive Richard Marin certainly knows a thing or two about hedge fund failures. Marin was the chairman of Bear Stearns Asset Management when the division’s two big hedge funds imploded last summer, an event that led […]
Hedge Funds Buy Stakes in Merrill
Wall Street Journal- In addition to bulls and bears, many hedge funds are becoming more familiar with donkeys and elephants. Hedge Funds across the country, including a number with offices in lower Fairfield County, are contributing more money than ever […]
World’s largest hedge fund firm now in India
Business Standard- Renaissance Technologies, the world’s largest hedge fund firm handling assets worth $35.4 billion (Rs 1,41,600 crore), has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to operate in the Indian stock markets as a foreign […]
Russia’s Hedge Funds Show Strong Growth & Potential
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Russia’s strong economic growth, rapidly expanding domestic market and increasing financial market liquidity has been fuel for rapidly expanding hedge funds and specialist investors in Russia and the former Soviet Union (FSU). One such company is […]
HedgeCo.Net Unveils Next Generation Web 2.0 Online Community and Database
New York – January 17, 2008 – HedgeCo LLC, an industry leading financial services and information company, announced today the launch of the all new HedgeCo.Net. Completely redesigned, HedgeCo.Net now includes several advanced “Web 2.0” features built exclusively for hedge […]