Monthly Archives: June 2006
Hedge Funds seeing Metals Meltdown
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – “Meltdown May†is a catch phrase for weary traders and managers who remember last year’s volatility in the hedge fund market. Now they are beginning tobelieve that this year’s troubles could be far worse. May has […]
Federally registered Hedge Fund Advisers on the rise-new survey
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A new released survey has found that the number of federally registered investment advisers providing their services to hedge fund clients is on the increase.While on the other hand, the numbers of mutual fund […]
Lipper Tass, Institutional Investor News, and Glocap release 2005 Hedge Fund Compensation Report
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Institutional Investor News, Glocap Search LLC and Lipper TASS have unveiled the 2005 Hedge Fund Compensation Report, the new report takes a critical analysisof the factors influencing the level of compensation for the U.S. […]
Hedge Funds move into Municipal Bonds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Increasing number of hedge funds are embracing less risky municipal bonds, the strategy dubbed munitrade arbitrage, is a simple trade in U.S. municipal bonds.Analysts believe the strategy has become attractive to hedge funds from […]
SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager with fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has charged a hedge fund manager with fraud for allegedly lying and deceiving investors. According to the SECCharges, Jon Hankins of Tenet Asset Management Company a 33-year […]
Bank exposure to Hedge funds on the rise-BIS
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Bank for International Settlements in Basel Switzerland has commented on the rising level of Banking Institutions� exposure to Hedge funds. According toBIS, while altogether banks had strengthened controls around hedge funds their exposure […]
Schroeder says U.S. officials want Hedge funds to be more transparent
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder is continuing his push for more regulations for the global hedge fund industry. In a prepared speech Schroeder saidthat U.S. government officials want more transparency for the global hedge […]
Increasing number of economists see connection between Hedge Funds and the real estate bubble
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge funds have been accused of basically causing problems in the global economy even when there is no evidence to support such claims. During the financialcrisis of the Asian Tiger economies, some of the […]
Lackluster stock performance helps push investors towards Fund of Funds
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The dull performance of both stocks and bonds continues to push new investors towards Hedge Funds, particularly the Fund of Funds category. According to datafrom the Chicago based Hedge Fund Research, the number of […]
Executives at Reuters Summit believe that Hedge Funds push their trading boundaries
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The executives attending the Reuters Hedge Fund Summit believe that hedge funds are likely to continue to push their trading limits in an effort to maintain acompetitive trading advantage against their competitors. The executives […]
Fewer investment managers see Hedge Funds as a threat-new study
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – A new study has shown that fewer number of investment asset managers now see hedge funds as a threat; the number of managers who still consider hedge funds athreat continues to decline when compared […]
Hedge Fund managers don’t believe hedge funds are threat to the markets
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Hedge fund managers told Reuters news that hedge funds are not a threat to the final markets. However they believe that hedge fund aggressive trading actioncould sometimes lead to market abuses, but hedge funds […]