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HSBC to launch first ETF in Europe

August 24, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank, is to unveil plans to enter into the European exchange traded fund (ETF) market with its first launch, the Financial Times said on Monday. ”We believe our future is linked to indexation […]

HSBC to Stop Structured Financing for Fund Investors

June 7, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – HSBC Holdings Plc’s U.S. securities division will no longer extend structured financing to hedge- fund investors to leverage their investments, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The bank is halting the financing by its structured-funds products […]

Hedge Funds Not Behind Sell-Off In Banks Say Experts

January 21, 2009 : Permalink

Wall Street Journal – Experts say hedge funds are not responsible for the wholesale selloff in U.K. financial stocks which saw shares in the four remaining major banks dive to record lows earlier this week and prompted renewed calls to […]

Surviving with a defensive game

December 10, 2008 : Permalink

Globe and Mail – Hedge fund manager Eric Sprott heaps praise on his "defensive team" for helping him survive this bear market. While some of his peers have cratered amid this year’s stock market crash, his short positions have kept […]

Heebner Hedge Fund Targets $5 Billion With Lure of Top Returns

September 10, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Kenneth Heebner, manager of the top-ranked U.S. stock mutual fund, is seeking as much as $5 billion for his first hedge fund. Heebner, who has worked in the mutual-fund business almost four decades, formed a private investment partnership […]

Professor Rajan Proposes Hedge Funds For India

September 1, 2008 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In the April 2008, Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan, it was proposed by the high-level committee that, “The presence of hedge funds would induce greater competitive […]

Hedge funds thrive on downturns says report

August 15, 2008 : Permalink

Hedge Funds Review Magazine – Hedge funds generally are more correlated in bull market runs and more de-correlation at market downturns. A comparison of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Benchmark Index (HEDG), an asset-weighted broad benchmark of the hedge fund industry, […]

Hedge Fund Correlation Research Report by Credit Suisse

August 15, 2008 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) –  Hedge funds generally are more correlated in bull market runs and more de-correlation at market downturns. A comparison of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Broad Benchmark Index (HEDG), an asset-weighted broad benchmark of the hedge fund industry, […]