Monthly Archives: May 2007
Market Wizards Delays Hedge Fund IPO
MSN MoneyCentral (AP)- Market Wizards Fund Ltd., a hedge fund investment company that had planned to debut on the London Stock Exchange postponed its initial public offering because it wouldn’t havemet a target of 200 million pounds ($397.3 million), highlighting […]
Correlation Trade is Extreme Sport for Hedge Funds
Reuters- Hedge funds are driving a surge in demand for the riskiest credit derivatives, with winner-takes-all strategies that appear to have turned the art of investing into the financial equivalentof extreme sports. As hedge funds jostle for space in London’s […]
Ernst & Young Launch Islamic Hedge Fund Report
The 1st Annual Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments Report (IFIR) is being launched to address the exciting and dynamic landscape of Islamic Private Equity market. The inaugural report will focus on the spectrum of asset classes and drivers […]
Amanda Capital Hedge Fund of Funds Exceeds Target Size at Closing
Amanda Capital Group, the first publicly listed private equity hedge fund-of-funds in Scandinavia announced that Amanda III Eastern Private Equity L.P. fund-of-funds exceeded its target size of EUR 100 million ($134.5 million). Amanda III is one of the five fund-of-funds […]
Ernst & Young Launches Islamic Funds & Investments Report
1st Annual Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments Report (IFIR) is being launched to address the exciting and dynamic landscape of Islamic Private Equity market. The inaugural report will focus on the spectrum of asset classes and drivers that […]
Syz & Co Launches Two Spanish Funds of Hedge Funds
In a press release today, Swiss banking group SYZ & CO and Madrid-based asset management firm A&G Fondos, Asesores y Gestores Financieros Fondos announced the launch of two Spanish-regulated funds of hedge funds, the AYG SYZ Multi Strategy and the […]
Hedge-Fund Pioneer Steinhardt Sees Rocky Art Market
Bloomberg- Michael Steinhardt, who made hundreds of millions as a New York hedge-fund manager, said owners of contemporary art may have a rocky ride when values fall. “We’ve seen some extraordinary rises in prices, but we haven’t seen the downside,” […]
Call for progress on hedge funds, Doha trade round
Daily Times- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday reiterated her call for increased transparency among hedge funds and for progress in the stalled Doha round of world trade talks. “On the one hand, hedge funds increase the efficiency of the […]
UK Watchdog Warns Activist Hedge Funds
FT Alphaville- The UK’s Financial Services Authority on Thursday embraced the growing numbers of activist hedge funds but warned them not to conspire to mislead the market. The regulator issued guidelines for the first time to shareholder activists on what […]
Hedge funds invested US$50 bln in Mainland stock market
China Knowledge Online– International hedge funds have poured as much as US$50 billion into the Mainland’s stock markets, becoming a force that regulators cannot afford to ignore, according to a top Mainland think-tank. The estimate is the result of the […]
Hedge Funds Shift Weight to Small Caps
Wall Street Journal- A new report from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. highlights some differences between hedge funds and mutual funds in the second quarter, including that hedge funds were more weightedtoward energy, technology and small-company stocks in recent portfolios. The […]
Incremax Wins Microsoft Hedge Fund Competency Award
Incremax was awarded with Microsoft’s Third Quarter New York/New Jersey Area Partner Award for Competency in understanding the scalable infrastructure, information productivity and custom business applications that drive both Fixed-Income and Equity hedge fund management firms. “Most Managing Directors are […]