Monthly Archives: June 2009

Confluence Whitepaper Outlines Hedge Fund Reporting and Control Challenges

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Financial administration automation specialist, Confluence, released a new whitepaper for hedge fund administration executives, entitled "Hedge Fund Reporting: The Change Imperative". "Mandates from investors, regulators, and auditors are driving significant change in hedge fund back […]

Barclays and BlackRock: Passive-Aggressive

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Barrons – A big question surrounding BlackRock’s $13.5 billion purchase of Barclays Global Investors, including its iShares exchange-traded-funds business, is how effectively a passive management group can work with an active one. The combined firm will have more than 9,000 […]

Obama readies stricter rules on financial institutions

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Detroit News – President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America’s troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression. The goal is to prevent a […]

Could hedge funds be the Holy Grail for weary investors?

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Herald Tribune – Investors are always searching for the "Holy Grail" of investing; that is, investments with high returns, low risk and little correlation to the returns of the broad stock and bond markets. Some investors believe that they have […]

Hope for hedge funds

June 14, 2009 : Permalink

Stuff – Hedge funds meeting for their annual get-together in Monaco this week are hoping recovering profits will help placate clients, after the industry was heavily culled and suffered its worst year on record. An exodus of investors followed a […]

Hedge Fund BlackRock Buys Barclays, $2.8 Billion In Commitments From Investors

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – BlackRock, Inc. announced the purchase agreement to acquire Barclays Global Investors, including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC. “We are incredibly excited about the potential to significantly expand the scale and scope of […]

Hedge Funds Post Best Performance Since February 2000

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Hedge funds returned an average 5.2 percent in May, the best performance in more than nine years, as they attracted more money and global markets rallied, Eurekahedge Pte said. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index, tracking more than 2,000 […]

Traditional art fetching good prices in recession

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Traditional works of fine art are fetching good prices despite the recession as buyers seek security and quality, industry insiders said this week at the Art Basel show. Film star Brad Pitt grabbed the headlines by splashing out […]

BGI deal flags institutional bank, fund arm split

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

Forbes – Consolidation in the asset management industry is set to intensify as encroaching regulation and client demands for independence force banks to hive off fund arms, Barclays said on Friday. Major investment banks were finding it ever harder to […]

Hedge fund group Man climbs on talk of MF Global stake sale

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

The Guardian – Hedge fund manager Man has moved to the top of the FTSE 100 risers, as traders heard talk it may dispose of its remaining stake in broker MF Global. Man spun off the brokerage in July 2007 […]

Battered hedgies see cause for hope at Monaco summit

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters – Hedge funds meeting for their annual get-together in Monaco next week are hoping recovering profits will help placate clients, after the industry was heavily culled and suffered its worst year on record. An exodus of investors followed a […]

JPMorgan’s future in hedge funds

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

FierceFinance – Not too long ago we were lamenting the trend by top investment banks to move into hedge funds and alternative investments in general. Buying hedge fund firms and launching them internally didn’t work out so well for Citigroup. It […]