Tag Archives: hedge funds
Recession winners: historians and hedge funds
Sydney Morning Herald – Hedge funds over bankers. If Lehman Brothers had a dollar for every time someone warned that hedge funds would bring the financial system to its knees, the bank wouldn’t have gone bust. While hedge funds took […]
Hedge Fund Performance for August – Morningstar
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds’ good fortunes persisted in August according to a preliminary hedge fund performance report from Morninstar. “Hedge fund returns in August were driven by strong equity markets throughout the developed world,” said Nadia Papagiannis, Morningstar […]
Md. gets $9M judgment against former hedge fund
The Examiner – The Maryland attorney general’s office says it has won a $9.5 million judgment against the operator of several former hedge funds. The judgment was granted in Prince George’s County Circuit Court against John Henry Williams. In February […]
Babcock & Brown Gets Refinancing Proposal From Hedge Funds Through RBS
RTT News – Tuesday, Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited said it received on September 17, a refinancing proposal from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, acting on behalf of an investor group, which comprises mainly international hedge funds. As revealed […]
Bucco says Corzine should disclose ties to casinos and hedge fund
Jackson, NJ – Senate Republican Budget Officer Tony Bucco called on Governor Jon Corzine to release all documents detailing links between casinos and a hedge fund company in which the governor is invested. The Governor’s financial disclosure forms show that […]
CME Partners With Hedge Funds in Restructuring Clearing Services
New York (Hedgeco.net) – CME Group is restructuring its credit default swap (CDS) with hedge fund Citadel Investment Group as a strategic program targeted at providing clearing-only services for the nearly $27 trillion CDS market. Key features developed as part […]
10-Year Mark for Mooring’s Flagship Hedge Fund
New York (Hedgeco.net) – The second quarter of 2009 marked the 10th year of operation for Washington, DC-based hedge fund, Mooring Capital Fund, which delivered a quarterly compounded return of 12.40% per year. “Our flagship Mooring Capital Fund has provided […]
Europe Fund Law ‘To Cost $2.8 Billion’ in Year One, Survey Says
Bloomberg – The European Union’s proposed rules for hedge funds and private equity firms may cost as much as 1.9 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in the first year and 985 million euros annually thereafter, an industry survey says. The Directive […]
Hedge fund closures still outpace launches
The hedge fund industry continues to shrink — though the pace is slowing a bit, according to the latest report from Hedge Fund Research Inc. During the three-month period ended June 30, the industry saw 182 launches and 292 liquidations, […]
High-Frequency Trading And Mutual Funds
Forbes – Earlier in the decade, the mutual fund world was rocked by a market-timing scandal. Mutual fund companies allowed certain deep-pocketed hedge funds to trade in and out of their portfolios to take advantage of pricing imbalances caused by […]
Cumulus Tops Europe’s Energy Hedge Funds; Sword Shuts
Bloomberg – The Cumulus Energy Fund gained 46 percent this year through July, beating the returns of 10 of its peers after anticipating rainy weather in Scandinavia would increase hydropower supplies and lower prices. The $41 million fund’s appreciation surpassed […]
To Reduce Hedge Fund Risk, Let Everyone In
New York Times – It is time to get serious about hedge fund risk. This, however, is not the usual argument for more regulation of hedge funds. Here is a contrarian view: the best course for our capital markets may […]
