Tag Archives: new-york-stock


Hedge fund GLG backs oil venture with eye for London listing

July 27, 2009 : Permalink

Telegraph.co.uk – The hedge fund, which has $11bn (£6.7bn) of assets under management, will be the cornerstone investor in the new company called Lothian which will buy oil assets around the world and manage them. The plan is for Lothian […]

US firm launches hedge fund rep ETF

April 3, 2009 : Permalink

Financial Standard – US investors can now access a liquid and transparent hedge fund replication strategy after IndexIQ launched the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF on the New York Stock Exchange. The New York based firm’s exchange traded fund (ETF) […]

Blackstone Falls to New Low as Investors Brace for Another Loss

February 26, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Blackstone Group LP, the world’s largest private-equity firm, fell to a record low in New York trading this week on concern that a rebound in leveraged buyouts will lag behind any economic recovery. “Given the economic outlook and […]

Suspected NYSE insider trading rose in 2008

January 22, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Suspected insider trading cases reached an all-time high last year, driven less by hedge funds and more by pillow talk between relatives and friends, the head of surveillance at the New York Stock Exchange said on Wednesday. In […]

Hedge Fund Portfolio Tracking: SAC Capital

January 15, 2009 : Permalink

Seekingalpha.com – Since inception, its funds have returned on average 40% annually, which explains how they can charge a 50% performance fee to investors, compared to the normal 20% that most hedge funds charge. They are very active traders and […]

Hedge Funds Get Rattled As Investors Seek Exits

September 8, 2008 : Permalink

Wall Street Journal – With anxiety about hedge-fund woes gripping the market, funds have their own fear: their investors. Some investors, particularly what are known as "funds of funds," are demanding their money back and may ramp up requests in […]

Southridge Launches Atypical Market Neutral Fund

July 29, 2008 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Southridge LLC, a New York financial holding company, is launching a "not as you know" market neutral fund to add to their portfolio of funds. The new fund, Southridge Market Neutral US LP has the capacity […]

FRM Hires Award Winning Hedge Fund Manager

July 14, 2008 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Global fund of hedge funds (FOHF) group Financial Risk Management (‘FRM’), has hired Au King-lun, MH, PhD, as Chief Executive Officer of FRM Hong Kong. "The firm has long been known for its strength in serving […]

RockPort closes $450m cleantech fund

June 6, 2008 : Permalink

Altassets – Cleantech-focused venture capital firm RockPort Capital Partners has closed its third fund, RockPort Capital Partners III, on over $450m, the hard cap of the fund. It had an initial target of $400m and held a first closing just […]