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Hedge Funds, Insurers Seek to Escape Stricter Rules, NYT Says | Jun 13/11 |
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Zurich Financial Services AG (ZURN) and Citadel LLC are among insurers,
hedge funds
and mutual-fund companies that have tried to convince U.S. regulators that
stricter oversight intended to prevent future failures doesn’t...Read more |
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World’s Smallest Hedge Funds Increase Assets as Investors Seek ‘New Blood’ | Jun 13/11 |
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The world’s smallest hedge funds struggled to raise money in 2010. This year,
investors want in.
Funds managing less than $5 billion increased assets by $16.3 billion in the
first quarter after adding $10.7 billion of new mo...Read more |
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Major improvements in hedge fund transparency, according to Preqin poll | Jun 13/11 |
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Hedge fund transparency has markedly improved over the last year, according
to a Preqin poll of institutional investors.
Some 96% of investors surveyed said there had been an improvement in the level
of hedge fund transpar...Read more |
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Hegde funds down 1.8%in May, says Lyxor | Jun 10/11 |
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The Lyxor Hedge Fund Index was down 1.80% in May. Year-to-date
performance as of May 2011 is up 0.30%. The month of May was quite volatile and
negative for the majority of Hedge Fund strategies.
The top performing strategies...Read more |
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CalPERS redeems from hedge fund portfolio | Jun 10/11 |
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The $233.6bn California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the
largest public pension fund in the US, has made a series of redemptions from its
hedge fund portfolio over recent months.
The pension’s most recent f...Read more |
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Bank Said No? Hedge Funds Fill a Void in Lending | Jun 09/11 |
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Hedge fund managers have been called plenty of names.
Now, they can add another: local banker.
When Rentech, a clean energy business in Los Angeles, was rejected by its
long-time banker last year, it asked a hedge fund for mon...Read more |
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Big Funds See Red in China | Jun 09/11 |
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Hedge-fund titan
John Paulson is hardly alone in his wager on a Chinese company whose stock
lately has swooned. Several other prominent money managers, including
mutual-fund giants that invest individuals' money, made simil...Read more |
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Is size important? You bet! | Jun 09/11 |
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Earlier this week, Dalton Strategic
Partnership soft-closed its European absolute return UCITS fund to new investors
at $500 million following a period of ‘strong inflows’ (see
earlier story).
At the same time, howeve...Read more |
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Linedata opens office in Canada as it continues its global expansion and growth | Jun 09/11 |
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PARIS and
TORONTO, June 9, 2011 – Linedata
(NYSE Euronext: LIN), the global leader for investment management and credit
solutions, today announced it opened a new office in Toronto, Canada, further
expanding its presence i...Read more |
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ITG Acquires Canadian Research Firm to Boost Trading Business | Jun 08/11 |
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Investment Technology Group Inc. (ITG) acquired Ross Smith Energy Group
Ltd., its second purchase of an equity research firm, for $38.5 million in cash,
the New York- based brokerage said today in an e-mailed statement.
...Read more |
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Freight Traders Luring Hedge Funds to Expand Market | Jun 08/11 |
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The new freight derivatives trading screen from the Baltic Exchange, a
267-year-old bourse that sets global shipping prices, will attract hedge funds
and expand the $24 billion market,
Citigroup Inc. (C) and Cargill Inc. sa...Read more |
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4 Reasons Investors Are Fleeing Equities | Jun 08/11 |
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Overview
A few weeks ago I published my
Top 5 Institutional Investor Themes on Business Insider. Number two on the
list was a further de-risking of traditional long equity portfolios. Equities
and bonds have represented th...Read more |
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Apex Fund Services Secures $30 Million Commitment from FTV Capital | Jun 08/11 |
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First institutional financing to drive expansion through
continued organic growth and acquisitions
London, UK 7 June, 2011
Apex Fund Services
(“Apex”), one of the world’s largest independent
fund administration&nb...Read more |
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Survey: Co-domiciled Hedge Funds On The Rise | Jun 07/11 |
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New York (HedgeCo.net) – A survey report released today by RBC Dexia and KPMG
predicts that hedge fund managers will continue to create EU-domiciled hedge
funds to complement their Cayman Islands or other offshore offerings, b...Read more |
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Credit Suisse LAB Index down 0.9% in May | Jun 07/11 |
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The Credit Suisse LAB Liquid Indices posted mostly negative
performance in May, signalling a challenging month for hedge funds according to
Dr Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit
Suiss...Read more |
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Here's One Way to Beat the Market | Jun 06/11 |
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Beating the market is easy. Just understate its performance.
Various investment promoters are touting their stock-picking prowess by
comparing their returns, including dividends, to the Standard & Poor's 500-stock
index ...Read more |
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Pension Funds Poised To Pump Billions Into Hedge Funds | Jun 06/11 |
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Pension plans — to be more precise, corporate pension plans
— are expected to pump
billions of dollars into hedge funds in coming years to help boost
investment portfolio returns.
According to a report by MarketWatch...Read more |
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Emerging market hedge fund assets at record $121 bln - HFR | Jun 06/11 |
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Assets managed by hedge funds betting on emerging markets rose to more than
$121 billion in the first quarter of 2011, toppling the previous record of $117
billion set in 2007, according to data released by industry tracker ...Read more |
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Consultant fed 'spot-on' tips to fund managers | Jun 03/11 |
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Opening arguments in trial of Primary Global's Jiau
First expert network consultant to go to trial
Eight guilty pleas in expert networking part of probe (Adds first witness'
testimony, trial details)
NEW YORK, June 2 (R...Read more |
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Assessing New Hedge Funds | Jun 03/11 |
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Family offices
shouldn’t shy away from emerging hedge fund managers, many of whom
outperform their more experienced brethren.
By Alan Swersky
In the relatively short history of hedge fu...Read more |
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Annual Auction for Lunch with Warren Buffett | Jun 03/11 |
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RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL PADDLES FOR THE
POWER LUNCH OF A LIFETIME
Annual Auction for Lunch with Warren Buffett Benefits
San Francisco’s GLIDE
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Charity Auction Runs From June 5 - 10
...Read more |
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Hedge funds post May losses from choppy markets | Jun 02/11 |
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Most hedge funds lost money in May's volatile markets, with stock-
and commodity-focused funds bearing some of the biggest losses.
The HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index tracking about 250 funds fell 1.83%
in the month as of May 2...Read more |
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Institutional investors outline operational wish list for hedge funds in AIMA guide | Jun 01/11 |
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Corporate governance featured highly in an institutional investor guide
laying out terms for the allocation of capital to hedge funds.
The guide, which was published by the hedge fund industry body, the Alternative
Investm...Read more |
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Buyout Firms Morphing Into Asset Managers as Deals Dwindle | Jun 01/11 |
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After making their founders billionaires, buyout specialists such as
Carlyle
Group and KKR & Co. are turning into asset managers that run hedge funds and
strip malls as fresh capital and takeover targets become scarce.
...Read more |
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Hedge funds are circling the REITs | Jun 01/11 |
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THE $74 billion listed real estate investment trust sector (REIT) is bracing
for a big upheaval as speculation mounts that international hedge funds are
poring over a list of 14 local REITS that are trading below net tangible ...Read more |
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AIMA’s Investor Steering Committee Publishes New Guide for Institutional Investment | May 31/11 |
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The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA),
the global hedge fund association, has published a guide for investors and
managers, written by members of AIMA’s Investor Steering Committee (ISC), that
reflects pre...Read more |
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Blackrock espouses virtues of alternative investments | May 31/11 |
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Blackrock Alternative Investors espoused the virtues of
alternative investments and the diversifying role they can play in institutional
client portfolios in a May 25 presentation entitled: The role of alternatives in
instit...Read more |
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BluMont Capital Corporation Completes Fund Merger | May 31/11 |
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 30, 2011) - BluMont
Capital Corporation ("BluMont Capital") announced today
that the merger of BluMont Core Hedge Fund (the "Core Hedge Fund")
into Exemplar Marke...Read more |
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Oil Fluctuates as U.S. Driving Season Counters Concerns Over U.S. Economy | May 30/11 |
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Oil fluctuated in
New York as
speculation that fuel demand will increase after the start of the U.S. summer
driving season countered concern that the economy of the world’s biggest crude
consumer is slowing.
Futures rose ...Read more |
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Hedge fund chiefs: short green tech, store gems | May 27/11 |
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Bet against solar energy, says famed short seller James Chanos. Squirrel away
gems, advises bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach. Go long on discount retailer Family
Dollar, counsels activist investor Bill Ackman.
These and other h...Read more |
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Hedge funds warned over interacting with investors via social media | May 27/11 |
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Hedge funds that utilise social media such as Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook
to interact with investors must ensure their staff are fully compliant when
using these digital communications platforms.
Hedge funds that utilise ...Read more |
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Hedge fund star calls for Microsoft CEO to go | May 26/11 |
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Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn called for Microsoft Corp Chief
Executive Steve Ballmer to step down, saying the software company's long-time
chief was stuck in the past.
Einhorn, speaking at the annual Ira S...Read more |
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Man Group looks to kick on after client inflows | May 26/11 |
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* Change in asset level likely to be driven by client flows
* Said in March it expects pretax profit of $560 mln
* AHL fund down 6 percent since May 2 after volatility
LONDON, May 26 (Reuters) - Man Group (EMG.L),
the...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Assets Cross $1.81 Trillion | May 26/11 |
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New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds delivered another month of strong
returns aided by favourable market conditions in April 2011 and rallies in
underlying markets, according to the May 2011 Eurekahedge Report. Total net
fl...Read more |
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Hedge funds up 1.8% in April says DJ Credit Suisse hedge fund index | May 25/11 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index posted positive
performance in April, finishing up 1.80%, with nine out of ten strategies
posting positive performance for the month.
Managed Futures was the best performing se...Read more |
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Soros brings fund managers to Two IFC | May 25/11 |
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Hedge fund guru George Soros has installed 21 fund
managers at his Hong Kong office, East Week, sister publication of The Standard,
reported.The roster includes his elder son Robert Soros, former Tiger Asia
Management di...Read more |
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Institutional hedge fund capital set to surge | May 24/11 |
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The latest Preqin study of institutional hedge fund investors has
found that just 7% have no plans to increase their commitments to the asset
class over the next three years. The results suggests that there will be a
signifi...Read more |
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Forward redemption notices on the up in May | May 24/11 |
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Hedge fund forward redemption notices increased slightly in May
according to the latest results issued by one of the industry's major
indicators.
The GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for May 2011 recorded a modest
incre...Read more |
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Vision Capital Announces Appointment of Jeff Roberts as Senior VP and Assistant Portfolio Manager | May 24/11 |
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Vision Capital Corporation (“Vision”) is pleased to announce the
appointment of
Jeffrey T. Roberts as its Senior Vice President and Assistant Portfolio
Manager.
Jeff joins the
Vision tea...Read more |
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Sean Foley Appointed CFO of Butterfield Fulcrum Group of Companies | May 24/11 |
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Note to Canadian Editors - Butterfield Fulcrum and FORS,
which services $100 billion in assets under administration, employ over
100 people in Canada with three offices: Toronto; Waterloo, Ontario; and
...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Snap Up Cisco, Intel and Yahoo | May 20/11 |
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Hedge funds have been all over the place in their investment choices in the
technology sector, so it's been difficult for investors to discern a pattern.
Hedge funds, which manage money for the wealthy, were net buyers of
n...Read more |
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Strauss-Kahn Resigns as IMF Managing Director | May 19/11 |
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, once considered a leading contender to win the
French presidency next year, resigned as head of the
International Monetary Fund after being charged with attempting to rape a
New York hotel maid. ...Read more |
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Spork committed fraud, OSC rule | May 19/11 |
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Canadian hedge fund manager Otto Spork committed fraud by falsely inflating
returns from investments in Icelandic glacier-water companies and charging
investors nearly $7-million in fees, the Ontario Securities Commission...Read more |
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Hedge Farm! The Doomsday Food Price Scenario Turning Hedgies into Survivalists | May 19/11 |
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On the rare occasion that New Yorkers talk about farming,
it's usually something along the lines of what sort of organic kale to plant in
the vanity garden at the second house in the Adirondacks. But on a recent
afternoon, T...Read more |
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The World's First Twitter-Based Hedge Fund Is Finally Open for Business | May 19/11 |
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This week, Derwent Capital Markets, a London investment firm, launched a $40
million hedge fund that will use Twitter to guide its investments. The
world's first
social media-based hedge fund will monitor a selection of tweet...Read more |
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Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index up 1.80% in April | May 18/11 |
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The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 1.80% in
April, with estimated new asset flows totalling USD9bn.
Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index Co., LLC, says, "Nine out of
ten sectors posted po...Read more |
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RBC Hedge 250 Index returned 0.94 per cent in April | May 18/11 |
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RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of April
2011 the RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 0.94 per cent. This brings the
year-to-date return of the index to 2.62 per cent. These returns are estimated
an...Read more |
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Hedge funds gain 1.32% in April | May 18/11 |
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Hedge funds gained 1.32% in April according to the Barclay Hedge
Fund Index compiled by BarclayHedge. Year-to-date the Index is up 3.24%.
“Higher prices for equities and bonds in April provided an accommodating
environment fo...Read more |
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Citigroup Sold by Hedge Funds Eton Park, Viking as Banking Revenue Slumps | May 17/11 |
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Eton Park Capital Management LP and Viking Global Investors LP were among at
least five
hedge funds that exited their
Citigroup Inc. (C) stakes in the first quarter as investors shied away from
U.S. banks facing revenue d...Read more |
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What to do if a hedge fund comes looking for your debt | May 16/11 |
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WITH bank loans tricky for small businesses to get their hands on,
staying in the black is becoming more difficult. While this is
terribly stressful for entrepreneurs, hedge fund managers are
rubbing the...Read more |
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