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OTC Hires European Hedge Fund Manager
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – OTC Valuations Limited, provider of independent derivatives valuation and risk reports for illiquid and hard-to-value securities, structured products, and exotic derivatives, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Dr. Paul Bergbusch to lead the organization’s […]
Hedge Fund Brotman Capital Shows Top Performance
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Brotman Capital Partners LP, based in Boca Raton, Florida, has turned in the best performance Year to Date of a Market/Trend Timing Hedge Fund according to Barclays Hedge Fund Database. Through October, 2008 the Fund […]
Salus Alpha offers a fund based on hedge fund index to investors
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Because of investors’ demand Salus Alpha decided to make the Salus Alpha Directional Market accessible as a fund. This way Salus Alpha continues to launch tracker funds for all hedge fund indices launched by Alternative-Index […]
Polygon Concedes to British Energy, Winds Down Flagship Hedge Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative investor, Polygon Investment Partners LLP has agreed not to further oppose the restructuring of the company by British Energy and other shareholders, in exchange the shareholders and British Energy have agreed to stop all […]
The Central Bank of Bahrain Joins Hedge Fund Summit
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Central Bank of Bahrain will be participating in the Hedge Funds Review, Middle East Summit in Bahrain on November 11-12, 2008. "As the funds industry continues to gather pace in the global arena, the CBB […]
Hedge Fund Pentwater Suspends Redemptions
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a letter to investors, Hedge Fund manager Pentwater Capital announced that due to a number of unexpected redemption notices for year-end they have suspended redemptions and withdrawals, effective immediately. "The entire hedge fund industry […]
Iraqi Funds: “Business as Usual”
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Iraq and the Babylon Fund sailed fairly unscathed through the panicky financial markets in September, according to CEO Robert Torkelund. “Our strategy to focus on sticky money instead of any cheap hot money flow, has […]
Finvest Launches Offering and FOHF Allocation
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Finvest Asset Management is set to launch a new capital protected offering for investors who are seeking to generate annual returns of between 12-20 percent in a low risk structure. The total offering is for […]
GlobeOp Performance Remains Strong
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge Fund provider GlobeOp Financial Services S.A. published its Interim Management Statement covering the period since 30 June 2008. As a group, GlobeOp’s clients appear to have out-performed the industry. "I am pleased to report […]
Russian Trader Looses $50 Million In Risky Trades
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Moscow’s The Statesman reports that a Russian rogue trader lost his investment bank up to $50 million in risky trades that went wrong in the financial crisis, the Vedomosti business daily reported today. Quoting unnamed […]
Edge Launches New Alternative Investment Site
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund advisor Edge Capital Partners, LLC has launched a new website (www.edgecappartners.com) highlighting the firm’s offerings in the areas of asset allocation strategies, benchmarked investment options, corporate mergers and acquisitions and finance strategies, wealth […]
Overstock Settles After Gradient Apologises
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Overstock.com Inc. announced it has settled all claims against Gradient Analytics and its principals and officers named as defendants in Overstock’s defamation case filed in Marin County, California. Overstock.com chairman and CEO, Patrick Byrne said, […]
