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Recent Articles on HedgeCo.NetDECEMBER 14 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) - The Cayman Islands was named the most favoured domicile in Hedge Funds Review’s Service Providers Rankings, a survey completed by more than 1,000 hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, and investors. Conducted between 4 October and 28... Read More
DECEMBER 14 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) - AR Magazine reports that J.P. Morgan’s hedge fund, Highbridge Capital Management, has laid off three senior execs, including two portfolio managers, as its long/short fund continues to struggle. The dismissals were confirmed by tw... Read More
 
DECEMBER 14 2011
HFM Week - Using the best December for a decade as a springboard, hopes for a strong 2011 were further buoyed by several bits of good news in early January. The hedge fund portfolios of US endowments had enjoyed a boost in 2010 the annual Nacubo Commonfund ... Read More
DECEMBER 14 2011
Reuters - Hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen in sworn testimony earlier this year called the rules on insider trading "very vague" and said sometimes it's a "judgment call" as to whether a tidbit about a public company is inside information. The founder... Read More
DECEMBER 14 2011
MarketWatch - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, today appointed Michael Ho to chief investment officer for its Active Emerging Markets Equities and Global Macro capabilities. Ho, who will be b... Read More
DECEMBER 14 2011
Hedge Funds Review - Interest in emerging markets hedge funds is growing as Asian investors seek to allocate locally. More managers are moving to the region. Both trends should continue in 2012. Asian hedge funds are attracting interest as the number of fu... Read More
DECEMBER 14 2011
Reuters - Singapore-based hedge fund RSR Capital is returning money to external investors and plans to change the fund's strategy for a possible relaunch next year, said Chief Operating Officer and Founding Partner Christophe Delorme. RSR Capital's other pa... Read More
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DECEMBER 13 2011
Reuters - After months of heavy losses, big and small clients asked funds to return $9 billion in October. That number is three times as large as the $2.6 billion (1.7 billion pounds) they pulled out in September, data from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs Investment... Read More
DECEMBER 13 2011
Bloomberg - Hedge funds cut bullish bets on agricultural prices to the lowest level in more than two years on signs of expanding global supplies. A measure of speculative positions across 11 products from wheat to coffee to cattle fell 3.6 percent to 258,07... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
New York (HedgeCo.net) - Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.55% in December. "December closes the year on a positive note with net inflows of 1.55 percent, driven primarily by healthy subscriptions," said Hans Huf... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
News Gnomes - U.S. securities regulators are closing a long-running investigation into allegations that two well-known hedge funds conspired to spread negative information about Toronto insurer Fairfax Financial, two people familiar with the inquiry said. T... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
Hedge Funds Review - The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (Cima) now requires master funds to register by the end of the first quarter 2012. These funds previously fell outside the jurisdiction’s regulatory framework. The Cayman Islands Monetary Authori... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
Reuters - Hedge funds look set to end 2011 with higher cumulative net subscriptions than at any time since the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, as investors opt for alternative strategies to ride out stormy markets. The GlobeOp Capital Move... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
Reuters -A day after being told that U.S. regulators may sue him, billionaire hedge fund manager Philip Falcone telephoned Sheldon Lowe, a close friend of 23 years, and told him that he would fight back. Falcone, 49, who rose to fame with bets against U.S... Read More
DECEMBER 12 2011
WSJ - New York hedge fund Elliott Associates LP is challenging another sovereign in court. This time it’s Vietnam’s state-owned shipbuilder Vinashin. Elliott is suing troubled Vinashin in the U.K. for defaulting on a US$600 million syndicated loan that... Read More
DECEMBER 09 2011
Guardian - A solicitor at HM Revenue & Customs who turned whistleblower to disclose that senior managers had quietly let off Goldman Sachs from paying millions of pounds in tax penalties is facing disciplinary procedures and possible prosecution for spea... Read More
DECEMBER 09 2011
Hedge Funds Review - Enigmatic presenter and host of the Naked Short Club Dr Stu talks about how the programme has helped demystify the hedge fund industry through an eclectic mix of talk, music and poetry. The Naked Short Club began broadcasting live on t... Read More
DECEMBER 09 2011
Traders Magazine - Hedge funds now have a wide spectrum of technology offerings from service providers, but when technology can mean the difference between success and failure, how do they decide what to outsource and what they need to build themselves? Tha... Read More
DECEMBER 09 2011
Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are closing a long-running investigation into allegations that two well-known hedge funds conspired to spread negative information about Toronto insurer Fairfax Financial, two people familiar with the inquiry said. The S... Read More
DECEMBER 09 2011
Hedge Funds Review - Permal is taking an activist approach to the fund of hedge funds business, creating more opportunities and ways to work with institutional investors. Customisation is the name of the game. Isaac Souede, CEO and chairman of fund of hedg... Read More
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WED, 14 DEC 2011 13:07:07 +0000
AR Magazine reports that J.P. Morgan’s hedge fund, Highbridge Capital Management, has laid off three senior execs, including two portfolio managers, as its long/short fund continues to struggle. The dismissals were confirmed by two people familiar with the firm who preferred to remain anonymous, AR said. With its $1.8 billion long/short equity fund down 12.6% [...]... Read More
MON, 12 DEC 2011 15:27:03 +0000
Hedge fund flows as measured by the GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced 1.55% in December. “December closes the year on a positive note with net inflows of 1.55 percent, driven primarily by healthy subscriptions,” said Hans Hufschmid, chief executive officer, GlobeOp Financial Services. The GlobeOp Capital Movement Index represents the monthly net of hedge fund subscriptions and redemptions [...]... Read More
MON, 28 NOV 2011 18:05:56 +0000
Emerging markets hedge funds posted strong performance gains in October, reversing sharp losses from September as emerging market (EM) economies and assets continue to experience volatility relating to the European sovereign debt crisis. The HFRX Total Emerging Markets Index gained +4.1 percent in October following a decline of -5.0 percent in September; while intra-month volatility [...]... Read More
MON, 28 NOV 2011 17:55:02 +0000
HFR has launched the HFRX Korea Index, comprised of hedge funds investing primarily in Korea and the latest addition to HFR’s comprehensive suite of HFRX EM and Asian hedge fund benchmarks. This new index reflects the increased growth and influence of hedge funds in Asia, and specifically the growth of investors and hedge funds located in Emerging Asia. [...]... Read More
TUE, 22 NOV 2011 16:02:32 +0000
William Shternfeld and Benjamin Koifman have been sentenced in a NY court to 63 months each in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud investors of more than $18 million through a fraudulent hedge fund, the FBI reports. Both men pled guilty to one count of conspiring to commit mail and wire fraud. Manhattan United States [...]... Read More
TUE, 22 NOV 2011 15:59:26 +0000
The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted its largest monthly gain since April and finished up 1.73% in October. A new monthly commentary offers insight into hedge fund performance through the month of October. Some key findings from the report include: Equity and credit based strategies such as long/short equity, emerging markets, event [...]... Read More
FRI, 18 NOV 2011 13:51:14 +0000
Gnip Inc announced a partnership with StockTwits, launching Gnip MarketStream, a product designed to incorporate the most relevant social media data streams into a single solution for hedge funds and high-frequency traders. “While the use of social media data by the investment community has included news analysis and equity research, the primary adoption of social media across [...]... Read More
MON, 14 NOV 2011 15:03:58 +0000
Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has launched the OYSTER Global High Yield, a new fund of hedge funds investing in high yield fixed income investments. OYSTER Global High Yield is managed by hedge fund, a high yield manager based in the US with an excellent track-record. The fund, run by US group Seix Investment [...]... Read More
FRI, 11 NOV 2011 15:29:57 +0000
SYZ & CO, affiliate SYZ Asset Management, is supplementing its alternative management offering with a managed accounts platform (segregated funds), which is now available in addition to its existing tailored alternative mandates and funds of hedge funds. SYZ Asset Management intends to make this new service a benchmark in its field. The platform, which is [...]... Read More
FRI, 11 NOV 2011 15:05:04 +0000
Exempt reporting advisers (“ERAs”) must prepare and file Form ADV Part 1A with the SEC and comply with certain other reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”), such as §204A (insider trading prohibitions), §206 (anti-fraud provisions) and Rule 206(4)-5 (pay-to-play rules). ERAs are investment advisers to hedge funds and [...]... Read More
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