Monthly Archives: June 2014
Hedge Fund Association Adds Three Females to Prominent Leadership Positions
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Hedge Fund Association (“HFA”), a global nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization, announces it has added three female leaders including FINalternatives Publisher Deirdre Brennan as UK Regional Chapter Director; C&A Consulting Director Amy Poster to […]
Kingdom Trust and Alternative Capital Advisers, LLC (ACA) Form Strategic Relationship
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Alternative Capital Advisers, LLC and The Kingdom Trust Company announce a strategic relationship in which Kingdom will custody investments by IRA owners in alternative strategies through ACA’s Master Select Fund. Alternative Capital Advisers, LLC (ACA), a […]
Hedge fund shorts Saga shares as losses mount for thousands of small investors
Telegraph.co.uk – One of the world’s biggest hedge funds is betting against Saga in the wake of the company’s high-profile flotation that has left hundreds of thousands of private investors out of pocket. GLG Partners, which is part of Man […]
This $12 Billion Hedge Fund Bought Cisco, Microsoft, and Xerox
Fool.com – The latest 13F season is here, when many money managers issue required reports on their holdings. It can be worthwhile to pay attention, as you might get an investment idea or two by seeing what some major investors […]
Conn. ranks high among hedge fund capitals
StamfordAdvocate.com – Connecticut may not be the world’s capital of hedge funds, but it’s not far off — literally or figuratively. The state has the third-most hedge funds managing more than $1 billion in assets, trailing only New York and […]
Hedge funds bet on euro decline
Financial Times – Hedge funds that specialise in anticipating central bank policy have ramped up their bets that the euro will fall as markets price in aggressive action from the European Central Bank to weaken the single currency. So-called global […]
May 2014 Performance IQ Hedge Family of Investable Benchmark Hedge Fund Replication Indexes
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, today announced the performance of its proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta indexes. Designed as investable benchmarks that replicate the performance characteristics of sophisticated […]
Pershing Launches Alternative Investment Center
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, today launched its Alternative Investment Center, the latest addition to an expanding suite of alternative investment solutions, at its INSITE™ 2014 conference in Hollywood, Florida. Pershing’s Alternative Investment Center, which […]
Hedge-Fund Wolfpack Stalks Financials as Alpha Pangs Grow
Bloomberg – Once a quarter, Citigroup Inc. strategist Tobias Levkovich pulls a David Letterman and creates a Top 10 list of equity holdings at the biggest hedge funds and mutual funds. The latest study could arguably be titled “Top 10 […]
The unglamorous life of hedge fund startups
CNN Money – Situated on the 46th floor of a gleaming office tower in lower Manhattan, Mike Winston is running his hedge fund empire. Missing is the sleek trading floor with its supercharged technology and legions of shouting traders. Picture […]
GAM Holding Near Acquisition of U.S. Hedge Fund Beachwood Total Return
WSJ.com – Swiss money manager GAM Holding AG GAM.EB +1.81% is in advanced negotiations to acquire a New Jersey hedge-fund firm, the latest example of growing interest in alternative investments among large firms. GAM, with about $129 billion under management, […]
The Children’s Investment Fund partner departs for rival hedge fund
efinancialnews.com – Mark Derbyshire, a partner at high-profile activist hedge fund firm The Children’s Investment Fund Management, has left to join a rival hedge fund. Derbyshire, a senior lawyer at TCI who had been at the London-based firm for almost […]