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Final Voting Results For CSX Put Hedge Funds On Board
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) – Rail company CSX Corporation issued its final report, showing that four of hedge fund TCI Group’s nominees (Children’s Investment Fund Management) received a larger number of votes than four of CSX’s nominees. "We are delighted […]
German Hedge Fund Manager Becomes Fully Operational Bank
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) – Baader Wertpapierhandelsbank AG has been granted membership to the Compensation Fund of German Banks (EdB) by the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Once the entry into the commercial register has been completed, the institution will […]
Hedge Fund Hotels Nurture Start-Ups
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Hedge funds have grown from as few as 300 funds in 1990 to more than 10,000 today. However, there has been a recent drop in new fund launches due to the recent credit crunch, closures and […]
Southridge Launches Atypical Market Neutral Fund
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 […]
Iraqi Babylon Fund Maintains in June
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- So far this summer, with only some slight exaggeration, Iraq could comparatively be portrayed as a stable, safe & secure place, according to the Fact Sheet for June 2008 for the Iraqi Babylon Fund. Relative calmness […]
Asia’s 5 Largest Single-Manager Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Asia-based funds are getting bigger according to Alpa Magazine. Several of the funds on the list are relative newcomers and five members of the Asia 25 ranking were not on the list last year. The 25 […]
SEC Loosens Ruling On Fund Solicitation Fees
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The SEC has clarified its position on the "Cash Solicitation Rule" saying that a registered investment adviser may compensate a person for soliciting investors for, or referring investors to his or her investment fund. Usually, under […]
Hedge fund Harbinger Raises Stake in Midwest
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- US hedge fund Harbinger has increased its stake in Australian iron ore miner Midwest Corp. Ltd. to 12.53%, an effort to block Chinese iron ore trader Sinosteel Corporation’s takeover of the latter. Harbinger, a major shareholder […]
IRS Restricts Deduction of Fund of Funds’ Management Fees
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- In a recent IRS Revenue Ruling addressing the tax treatment of management fees incurred in a “fund of funds” structure, the IRS’s has severely restricted UPTs (upper tier partnerships) from obtaining tax benefits from management fees. […]
