SGI Alternative Strategy Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Security Global Investors (SGI) announced a strategic initiative to intensify its capital raising efforts for alternative global equity product offerings. The...
View ArticleHedge fund fraud cover offered
Financial Times- When hedge fund manager and convicted fraudster Samuel Israel III disappeared this month, leaving nothing but the message "suicide is painless" scrawled in the dust on his car, you can...
View ArticleHedge fund fraud cover offered
Financial Times- When hedge fund manager and convicted fraudster Samuel Israel III disappeared this month, leaving nothing but the message "suicide is painless" scrawled in the dust on his car, you can...
View ArticleFSA moves to make hedge funds disclose CfDs
Independent- The UK’s financial watchdog has targeted hedge funds for the second time this month, demanding more disclosure for those trying to build anonymous stakes in companies using a complex...
View ArticleAmidst Rumors About Jobs Health Problems, Apple Shares Drop
eFluxMedia- Quoting an unnamed Wall Street source, the New York Post said that Apple’s hedge fund investors are very worried after Steve Jobs appearance at MacWorld 2008. In June, Apple downplayed the...
View ArticleWealthy Americans Prefer Alternative To Traditional Investments
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- A recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments. Many expressed greater...
View ArticleInvestments in Asia hedge funds halved in Q2
Reuters – Investors almost halved the money they put into Asia-focused hedge funds in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year as a selloff in stocks hurt appetite for risky...
View ArticleBarclay Managed Funds Report Now Available
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Barclay Managed Funds Report" subscription to their offering. Published quarterly, for the last 17 years,...
View ArticlePickens’ hedge fund loses value
Reuters – The commodity half of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens’s BP Capital hedge fund lost 35 percent of its value in July, the New York Post said, citing sources. The fund is believed to be down about...
View ArticleTurnberry Hedge Fund to Liquidate
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Turnberry Capital Management LP has decided to close its doors and liquidate its assets, after many investors inquired about getting their money back. The hedge fund, which...
View ArticleHedge Funds Changing Investment Tack
Seeking Alpha – Sailors out there will know that boats can sail down with the wind - like a leaf being blown across the water – or into the wind at an angle, zigzagging back and forth along the way....
View ArticleTurnberry Capital to liquidate its fund
Stamford Advocate – A Greenwich hedge fund company is among hundreds of the risky investment entities that have closed or are projected to close this year amid volatile equity and commodity markets....
View ArticleCalifornia Hedge Fund Manager Charged with “Porfolio Pumping”
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged San Francisco-based MedCap Management & Research LLC and its principal Charles Frederick Toney, Jr. with defrauding investors...
View ArticleHedge 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...
View ArticleHow hedge funds could hurt Apple
There’s an interesting and timely paragraph about Apple buried in the middle of Scott (”The Finance Professor”) Rothbort’s latest primer on hedge funds (Hedge Fund Liquidations: Five Things You Need to...
View ArticleBlue Mountain freezes fund in face of withdrawals
Reuters – Blue Mountain Capital Management LLC has temporarily halted redemptions at its largest hedge fund after clients asked to withdraw money despite its "distinguished" performance, according to a...
View ArticleHedge Fund Exit Strategies
Because of the recent market turmoil, many hedge-fund investors have questions regarding what regulations are applicable to hedge funds, and how to withdraw their money from their hedge-fund...
View ArticleCompanies and Markets Reports on Hedge Funds in Europe 2008
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Companiesandmarkets.com has released a report presenting views on the market for hedge fund investment based on a survey of 100 leading asset managers across Europe. The...
View ArticleHedge Fund Investors Demanding More Control
New York Post – The days of hedge funds operating behind a curtain may soon be over. Bruised and bloodied by unprecedented losses, hedge-fund investors are rebelling, demanding lower fees, greater...
View ArticleHedge Funds: Back to Basics
Seeking Alpha – With the news getting worse and worse for the hedgies (e.g. Fortress, Thomas Lee, D. E. Shaw), it’s time for a rethink on hedge funds. For hedge fund investors: You probably went into...
View ArticleAfrica Roundtable Hedge Fund Update
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - The Opalesque South Africa Roundtable was held November 10th 2008 in their Cape Town Office. There, the participants also discussed the particularities of investing in...
View ArticleBlocked exits can be costly at hedge funds
Reuters UK – Hedge fund investors may face an expensive tug-of-war with managers, according to a new research paper that suggests they could lose as much as 15 percent of their initial investments...
View ArticleBlocked exits can be costly at hedge funds-paper
guardian.co.uk – Hedge fund investors may face an expensive tug-of-war with managers, according to a new research paper that suggests they could lose as much as 15 percent of their initial investments...
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