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About Aaron Wormus

Aaron Wormus works as the Managing Director of Website Creation at HedgeCo Networks and has worked with HedgeCo since the end of 2004. Prior to working with HedgeCo Networks, Aaron managed a private consulting firm based in Frankfurt, Germany. During this time he worked implementing back-end systems for clients ranging from telecommunications companies to mining companies and Silicon Valley software distributors. Aaron Wormus is a published author who has studied Information Technology and Journalism in Finland. His written work has been published in various technology magazines, translated into 5 European languages, as well as published book. Aaron regularly speaks at PHP Programming conferences, and is involved in the organization of his local technology user group.

Updates on the Wharton Hedge Fund Conference

The First Annual Wharton Hedge Fund Conference was held at the Jon M. Huntsman Hall in Philadelphia. The Wharton Hedge Fund Conference is the first major conference hosted by a university to focus exclusively on the hedge fund industry.  Seeking Alpha as a couple blog entries that go into detail of the one-day conference and the various speakers. Keynote speaker Marc Lasry: Hedge […]

Is the Stanford Group’s $8 BLN Fraud the next Madoff

This morning the SEC filed a complaint against Allen Stanford, the Stanford group and the Stanford International Bank. Reading through the article some things sound very familiar: SIB is operated by a close-knit group of family and friends. The firm’s investment committee, which oversees the bank’s portfolio, is made up of Stanford; his father, who lives in Mexia, Texas; Pendergest-Holt, […]

More on Hedge Fund Administrators

I’ve been going back and forth in a couple discussion forums on hedge fund administration and the viability of smaller hedge fund administration firms. This morning I went through our Hedge Fund Service Provider Directory, and pulled up our Hedge Fund Administrator list. I think this gives a sampling of some of the big and small firms out there. Feel […]

The third option for Hedge Funds: Increase Risk

Penny Hersher tries to analyze hedge fund ethics and how they affect regulation over on Huffington Post. There are a a couple things wrong with the assumptions that she makes, but I’ll wanted to discuss something that is taken for granted in this post. Penny assumes that the hedge fund has a high water mark and is down 20% from […]

on Hedge Fund Administrators

I’ve been spending some time in LinkedIn‘s hedge fund discussion boards. I came across this interesting question regarding the recent fraud scandals and how they effect hedge fund administration firms. I’m re-posting it for the benefit of those not on LinkedIn. Here’s the question: In light of recent developments in the hedge fund industry there is an increasing demand by […]

Get hedge fund news headlines to your cell phone in a few easy steps

HedgeCo uses the Twitter micro-blogging platform to broadcast news as it happens. To get your news straight to your phone follow the following steps. Step 1: Visit the Hedge Fund News Update page Step 2: Click on the “Join Now” to create an account Step 3: Enter your name, email address and a password to finish the process. Once you […]

Hedge Fund liability: A Checklist for Investors and Hedge Fund managers

Legal claims against hedge fund managers are broad in scope. Such claims include not only those brought by injured investors in private causes of action, but also those brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other federal or state government agencies. Hedge fund managers and investors must be cognizant of potential claims and liability. This memorandum, prepared by […]

Richard Dukas on Finding Jobs

This morning when I woke up I found an email from Richard Dukas of Dukas Public Relations, in my inbox. In this short interview with Fox News, Richard discusses the difficulties in finding jobs in this environment and what is the best way to overcome them. Most interesting I thought was the segment about salary expectation. Don’t expect to make […]

New interview with Hedge Fund – Diamond Peak Capital

Our most recent manager interview is now availabe to accredited investors on HedgeCo.Net. The interview with Diamond Peak Capital gets into detail of the structure/strategy of the fund, as well as what it takes for a hedge fund to stay afloat through one of the worst year ever for the hedge fund and fund of funds indexes.

Madoff Feeder Funds

Here’s a list of madoff feeder funds, and the amount of money was reported lost Fairfield Sentry Ltd ($7.3 billion)(1)(2) Rye Select Broad Market Fund LP ($3.3 billion)(1)(2) Kingate Global Fund Ltd. ($2.8 billion)(1)(2) Herald USA Fund & Herald Luxemburg Fund ($2.1 billion)(1)(2) Ascot Partners L.P. ($1.8 billion)(1) Gabriel Partners ($1.5 billion)(1) LUXALPHA SICAV- American Selection (1.4billion) (1) M-Invest Ltd (as much […]


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