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SGGG builds first hedge fund appliance | Dec 17/10 |
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SGGG Portfolio Systems, a provider of technology to small and
mid-sized hedge funds, has built the first appliance specifically for hedge fund
managers.
The appliance combines hardware, operating system and SGGG's proprietar...Read more |
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Hedge funds launches pick up pace in Q3: report | Dec 16/10 |
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Hedge funds look hot again.
Encouraged by strong capital flows and investors' new taste for riskier
assets, hedge fund launches picked up the pace with 260 new portfolios launched
during the third quarter, data released o...Read more |
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George Soros invests in Flybe | Dec 16/10 |
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George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, has emerged as a
significant new investor in Flybe, the British low-cost airline, following
its flotation.The financier, famous for betting against the pound in the 1992
...Read more |
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Majority of fund managers remain opposed to AIFM Directive | Dec 16/10 |
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A Preqin survey of over 100 alternative assets fund managers
and investors found that just under a third support the Alternative
Investment Fund Managers Directive to some extent, with firms in certain
countries where ...Read more |
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East Coast Fund Management launches fund with Arrow Hedge Partners | Dec 16/10 |
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East Coast Fund Management has launched the East Coast
Investment Grade Fund with Arrow Hedge Partners.
Similar to The East Coast Performance Fund, it will invest primarily in
investment grade credit instruments of Ca...Read more |
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Funds-Of-Hedge Funds Assets Up 4% To $920 Billion | Dec 16/10 |
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The hedge fund industry in recent years has opened its gates, so to
speak, to more mainstream investors.
In some cases for as little as $50,000, investors can buy into so-called
funds-of-hedge funds. These basically ser...Read more |
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State Streets adds hedge fund client | Dec 16/10 |
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State Street Corp.
(NYSE: STT) said it has landed LibreMax Capital, founded by former
Deutsche Bank
executives, as a new client for its rapidly growing hedge fund
administration business.St...Read more |
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Distressed Asset Firms Offer to Buy Out Madoff Victims | Dec 15/10 |
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Following the climax of Madoff trustee Irving Picard's lawsuit frenzy,
The New York Times reports that hedge funds and other investors in
distressed assets are offering Madoff victims cash up front in exchange for the
chanc...Read more |
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Marketer signs on with hedge fund of funds FRM | Dec 15/10 |
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George Yepes was named managing director-head of North
American business development at hedge fund-of-funds manager
Financial Risk Management.The position is new, said spokesman
Roland Cross in an in...Read more |
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Hedge fund investors eager to sow seeds of capital as sector enjoys renaissance | Dec 15/10 |
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The latest Preqin survey shows that the number of hedge fund
investors expressing an interest in seed investments has almost doubled, from 11
per cent in 2009 to 21 per cent in 2010.
Investors feel that the benefits of inves...Read more |
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Hedge funds outperform since 2007 peak | Dec 15/10 |
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Since the equity markets reached a high in October of 2007, there
has been a double digit correction followed by a sharp double digit rally, which
has made for a very challenging investment environment.
While most broad base...Read more |
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Citi Launches Prime Finance Business Advisory Practice Consulting Services | Dec 14/10 |
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Citi Launches Prime Finance Business Advisory Practice Consulting Services for Hedge Funds in All Phases of Development
NEW YORK, Dec 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Citi
announced today that its Prime Finance division has launche...Read more |
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Hedge funds pull in almost $13B in November | Dec 14/10 |
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Hedge funds pulled in roughly $13 billion in new money from
investors in November, the fifth consecutive month of inflows and a shift from
the pullbacks that marked the first part of year, a research group reported
Monday.
...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Raise Bets on Commodity Rally to Highest Level in Four Years | Dec 13/10 |
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Hedge funds and large speculators increased their bets on a commodity rally
to the highest level since at least 2006 as copper and gold gained to records.
An
index tracking speculative positions in 20 commodity futures in ...Read more |
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Boston emerges as a major hub in insider probe | Dec 13/10 |
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Think of hedge fund hubs in the United States, and the names that tend to
come to mind are New York and Greenwich, Connecticut. Yet when it comes to a
major U.S. insider trading investigation, Boston is taking center stage.
...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Can't Stop Buying Apple | Dec 13/10 |
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With the way Apple not only straddles the
burgeoning tablet and smartphone markets but also holds sway across the
computer, home-entertainment, and media fields, the moves it makes can have an
impact on the future of hundr...Read more |
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Hedge Funds, Institutions to Increase Commodity Investments, Barclays Says | Dec 10/10 |
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Hedge funds and institutional investors will put more money into
commodities next year on bets that a recovery in the global economy will
boost demand for metals, grains and energy, according to a Barclays Capital
survey.
...Read more |
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Citigroup Adds Hedge-Fund Service Amid Scrutiny, Rules | Dec 10/10 |
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Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, said its prime finance business
is starting a consulting service for hedge funds amid increased scrutiny from
investors and new requirements from regulators.
Citi Prime Finance is...Read more |
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German family offices pile into hedge funds | Dec 10/10 |
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A survey has revealed the popularity of hedge funds among various investor
groups in Germany and Austria, with family offices shown to be the keenest
buyers.
The survey of 400 professional investors was conducted by Man Inves...Read more |
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GLOBAL HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY EMPLOYS 300,000 PEOPLE - AIMA | Dec 10/10 |
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The world’s hedge fund industry employs an estimated 300,000 people. That’s
according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) – the
global hedge fund industry association. It’s the first time the number of ...Read more |
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Skies have cleared for hedge funds globally: Ernst & Young | Dec 10/10 |
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Impending regulations still weigh heavily on fund managers' minds
Hedge funds no longer stand at the abyss, says a new global hedge fund survey
from Ernst & Young released Thursday.
“In 2008, at the height of the downtu...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Return 0.6% in November, Beating Stocks as Japan Managers Lead | Dec 09/10 |
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Hedge funds rose 0.6 percent in November, led by Japanese managers, and
outperformed global equity markets that fell during the month,
Eurekahedge Pte said.
Hedge funds posted positive returns for the fifth consecutive mont...Read more |
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MSCI launches series of 13 value weighted indexes | Dec 09/10 |
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MSCI has launched a series of value
weighted indexes, the MSCI Value Weighted Indices. They are based on
several flagship MSCI indexes.
The series of 13 indexes includes MSCI World Value Weighted
Index, MSC...Read more |
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Hedge funds experience largest net asset flow since 2007 | Dec 09/10 |
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Hedge funds recorded the
largest quarterly asset jump in over three years with
industry capital increasing by $120 billion in the third
quarter, boosted by performance and new money.
Investors all...Read more |
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Equity hedge leads hedge fund gains in November | Dec 09/10 |
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With a strong contribution from equity hedge
strategies, hedge funds posted a gain for November, with the
HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index up 0.26 per cent.
Sovereign credit risk was again a foc...Read more |
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Market Outperforms Hedge Funds? | Dec 09/10 |
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What do hedge fund managers and closet indexers have in
common? More than you think, according to
a new study by Emory and Harvard Universities.
The report examined over 11,000 hedge funds and the...Read more |
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Global hedge funds barely positive in November | Dec 08/10 |
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* Hedge funds return 0.2 percent in November
* Beat broader stock indexes
* November returns trail October's 1.95 pct gain
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Global hedge funds eked out tiny gains in
November but outpaced th...Read more |
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Hedge fund bet proves that not all assets are toxic | Dec 08/10 |
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Last week's data dump by the Federal Reserve, a spreadsheet accounting of
21,000 transactions representing its $3.3 trillion intervention in the
financial system, revealed:One, that the panic sweeping through the
glo...Read more |
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Hennessee Group: Hedge funds advance 0.2% in November | Dec 08/10 |
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Hedgefund investment adviser Hennessee Group LLC announced today that the
Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced to +0.2% in November (+7.0% YTD), while
the S&P 500 and the
Dow Jones
Industrial Average declined to ...Read more |
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Hedge funds take in $16 bln in October-report | Dec 07/10 |
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Global hedge funds pulled in $16 billion in new money in
October, marking the strongest inflows in nearly one year,
according to data released on Monday from TrimTabs and
BarclayHedge.
Pens...Read more |
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Maple Leaf shareholder not planning quick exit | Dec 07/10 |
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The money manager who is challenging the board of
Maple Leaf Foods
(MFI-T11.38-0.24-2.07%)
says he doesn’t want to break up the company – he just wants
to make management and the board more ...Read more |
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Hedge funds on insider probe: Bring it on | Dec 07/10 |
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Although the insider trading investigation is still
in early stages, some fund managers are already positioning
their firms to attract new clients from its wreckage.
Think the insider trading probe is bad fo...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Increase Bullish Oil Bets Most in Eight Weeks: Energy Markets | Dec 06/10 |
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Hedge funds increased bullish bets on oil by the most in eight weeks as signs
that the global economic recovery is gaining pace stoked speculation demand for
crude will rise.
The funds and other large investors boosted so-ca...Read more |
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Reluctant Analyst Pressured by the FBI | Dec 06/10 |
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation raised the legal heat on an independent
analyst who declined to help the government gather evidence in an expansive
insider-trading investigation.
The FBI served a subpoena Friday to John K...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Decline in November Amid Europe Debt Crisis, Stock Market Drop | Dec 06/10 |
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Hedge funds declined the most in six months in November as the European debt
crisis pushed stock markets lower across the globe.
The Bloomberg aggregate
hedge fund index fell 1.5 percent, the most since May, when a sudden s...Read more |
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News Investors wary of putting money with top-performing emerging market hedge funds | Dec 06/10 |
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Emerging markets hedge funds show
strongest growth year-to-date but investors have allocated only $10
million of net new capital to these hedge funds compared with $19
billion to developed markets.
Assets under...Read more |
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Credit Suisse index posts negative hedge fund performance for November | Dec 06/10 |
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The Credit Suisse Liquid
Alternative Beta (CS LAB) Index turned in a negative performance
for hedge funds in November, falling 1.29%, as managers
struggled to find profitable positions.
European equiti...Read more |
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Commodities to Get Boost From New Regulation Effort, Arrowhawk's Fan Says | Dec 03/10 |
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The most sweeping rewrite of Wall Street rules since the 1930s will encourage
traders to invest in physical commodities, potentially keeping supply off the
market and affecting prices, said
Jennifer Fan, a partner and senio...Read more |
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Shortage of EM Credit Hedge Funds | Dec 03/10 |
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Emerging markets credit has grown as an asset class and should have an
important role to play in any institutional investor global portfolio. However,
investors are struggling to find robust EM credit hedge fund managers that ...Read more |
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250+ hedgies and investors came together in Tokyo | Dec 03/10 |
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On Thursday 2 December more than 250 local, regional and
global hedge fund managers and Japanese institutional investors came together at
the at the exclusive Roppongi Hills Club for the Tokyo Hedge Funds Club year-end
party...Read more |
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CFA suggests endowments, foundations limit hedge fund investments | Dec 02/10 |
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Endowments and foundations should consider restrictions on
investments with hedge funds and other private funds that have
defined lockup periods that prevent access to invested capital,
according to the ...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Got Fed Help, Too | Dec 02/10 |
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Wall Street banks weren’t the only ones approaching the Federal Reserve for
help.
When the credit markets nearly froze up in the fall of 2008, the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York helped hedge funds, mutual funds and other bi...Read more |
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Get Ready, Hedge Fund Mutual Funds Are About To Fundamentally Change The Market | Dec 02/10 |
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With the large scale shuttering of hedge funds coupled with investor
skittishness over fraud, it seems like the migration of hedge funds to a
transparent, publicly available mutual fund structure is inevitable. We
...Read more |
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New wave of hedge fund start-ups find life is tough | Dec 01/10 |
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The hedge fund industry's proverbial 'two traders and a terminal in Mayfair'
are back.
But starting your own hedge fund is likely to prove a much less lucrative
venture for the foreseeable future, thanks to hard bargainin...Read more |
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Hedge fund managers remain predominantly downbeat on US equities | Dec 01/10 |
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Hedge fund managers remain predominantly downbeat on US equities,
according to the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge survey of hedge fund managers for
November.
About 39 per cent of the 83 hedge fund managers surveyed are bearish on the...Read more |
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Palos Joins the Scotia Capital Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index | Dec 01/10 |
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MONTREAL, Dec. 1 –Recently, the Palos Income Fund L.P. became recognized as a
major player nationally. We are proud to announce that our flagship fund is now
included in the Canadian Hedge Fund Performance Index, published by ...Read more |
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Hedge Fund-M&A: Stormharbour Alternative Investments | Nov 30/10 |
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New York (HedgeCo.net) – New York independent advisory firm, StormHarbour
Partners LP, has acquired London-based hedge fund Fortrinn Partners LLP, a FSA
regulated investment manager that specialises in volatility trading strat...Read more |
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Diamondback Hedge Fund Gets U.S. Grand Jury Subpoena | Nov 30/10 |
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Diamondback Capital Management LLC, one of three hedge funds raided by the
FBI last week, said it received a federal grand jury subpoena and is cooperating
in a U.S. probe that it said includes research consultants.
The firm...Read more |
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RWC Partners to launch macro hedge fund in January | Nov 30/10 |
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RWC Partners will launch the RWC Macro Fund managed by Peter
Allwright and Stuart Frost at the end of January 2011.
The fund will be the first fund that RWC Partners will domicile in Ireland.
Subject to approval it will be s...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Raise Natural Gas Wagers to Four-Month High: Energy Markets | Nov 30/10 |
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Hedge funds increased bullish bets on natural gas to the highest level in
four months on speculation that lower-than-normal temperatures will bolster
heating demand and trigger withdrawals from record stockpiles.
The funds a...Read more |
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