Tag Archives: institutional investor


Palladio Alternative Research goes live

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss-based Palladio Alternative Research Group has started operations in August 2009 via its first Geneva-based subsidiary. Designed to provide outsourcing solutions for hedge fund research and due diligence, Palladio Alternative Research Group will be headed by […]

Euromoney Launches International Hedge Fund Magazine

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – International publishing and information company, Euromoney Institutional Investor, is launching a new magazine and online offering covering US and international hedge funds in September. The new publication will be titled “AR”. “The publication will include […]

Ex-Lehman Trader Bedwick to Manage OGI Global Macro Hedge Fund

Bloomberg – OGI Capital Partners Ltd., a Japanese hedge fund with 3.5 billion yen ($40 million) in assets, plans to almost double in size by starting a global macro hedge fund to be run by Allan Bedwick, a former proprietary […]

Investors Begin Opening Their Wallets to Hedge Funds Again

Wall Street Journal Blogs – Are hedge-fund managers making a comeback with investors?  The great recession hammered the hedge-fund industry in 2008. Returns tumbled, redemptions soared and investors began questioning the very underpinnings of the industry. Active managers promise to […]

Cayman Islands Hedge Funds and Capital Markets in India – Report

HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – A study by Dennis S. Ryan and Sonia Xavier of offshore law specialist, Conyers Dill & Pearman has come out ‘Cayman Islands Funds – Entering the Gateway to Capital Markets in India.’ The team describes […]

Update – Hedge Fund Manager Capitalises On Mispriced Asian Performing Debt

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Singapore hedge fund manager, 3 Degrees Asset Management, is launching ADF Prime Ltd, a credit opportunities fund that will invest primarily in the performing debt obligations of Asian companies that have been mispriced as a […]

Sears hedge fund guru a stranger to ‘richest’ list he once headed

Chicago Sun-Times – Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman and hedge-fund guru Edward S. Lampert failed for the fourth year to make a list he once topped — the richest hedge-fund managers in the nation. Lampert, who takes no salary from the […]

Top Hedge Fund Managers Do Well in a Down Year

The Ledger – The financial crisis may have turned much of Wall Street’s wealth into dross, but a select group of hedge fund managers has managed to maintain a golden touch that might make King Midas blush. As major markets […]

The (Bullish) Case for Hedge Funds

Seeking Alpha – The one group of investors that’s been vilified more than any other by the business press and government officials alike in 2008? Hedge fund managers. After years of rapid growth in terms of both assets and numbers […]