Monthly Archives: September 2007
Carbon Hedge Fund Growth, Explained
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Daniel Butler, the Trade Director for Czech carbon asset fund manager Blackstone Global Ventures sent us at HedgeCo this much needed Carbon Market simplification; It could be said that when the average man on the street hears […]
Two hedge funds boost their stakes in LSE
LONDON (Reuters) – Two hedge funds have been buying shares in the London Stock Exchange as Nasdaq Stock Market seeks to sell its 31 percent stake, according to regulatory documents filed on Tuesday. Horizon Asset Management and Kinetics Asset Management, […]
Swiss financiers seek to tempt hedge funds
SwissInfo- With only four out of around 9,500 hedge funds domiciled in the country, the moneymen fear a bonanza is slipping from their grasp. Surprisingly though, these specialists are pointing the finger at the tax and regulatory systems. Hedge funds […]
Goldman Ex-Partner, Hedge-Fund Chief Sender Fight Over Church
Bloomberg- Dennis Suskind, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, plans to convert a church in Sag Harbor, New York, into a residence. Hedge-fund manager Adam Sender wants the 19th century landmark to show his art collection. The Sag Harbor […]
Hedge fund investments rocket 400%
Sify- Its not difficult to fathom why SEBI chairman M Damodaran is hell-bent on getting guidelines in place to regulate – at least partially – hedge funds in India. Total assets in hedge funds investing primarily in India’s markets […]
New IFSB Hedge Fund Regulators
New York (HedgeCo.Net)- Islamic hedge fund regulators have agreed to admit 12 new members tothe the Council of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) bringing the total members to 137. Two new regulatory and supervisory authorities have joined the IFSB […]
Jeff Koons’s `Blue Diamond’ for Sale at Christie’s New York
Bloomberg- A sculpture by Jeff Koons, whose collectors include billionaire Eli Broad and hedge-fund manager David Ganek, will be sold at a November contemporary art sale in New York at Christie’sInternational. Koons’s “Blue Diamond” from 2005, made of shiny stainless […]
SEC Sues Lancaster Hedge Funds for Insider Trading
Bloomberg – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Lancaster Investment Partners LP and hedge-fund manager Robert Berlacher for alleged illegal trading that the agency said generated $1.7million in ill-gotten gains. Berlacher’s funds violated trading rules for at least 10 […]
TS Launches Second Fund After First Success
Single manager hedge fund ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC. today announced the launch of the TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class B. The new class is an unleveraged version of an existing and successful TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class A and will […]
Legal Search Firm Hires Hedge Fund Specialist
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Lucas Group announced today in a press release that Todd Caissie has joined as the new Managing Partner of the New York Legal Executive Search office. Caissie brings nine years of recruiting experience to his new […]
Red Kite Metals Lost 20% in August
Bloomberg- Red Kite Metals, the world’s largest hedge fund dedicated to metals, tumbled about 20 percent last month as the $2.5 billion Touradji Capital Management LP commodities fund gained. The decline at Red Kite, co-founded by Michael Farmer, extends its […]
HFN Aggregate Average Down for August
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Early estimates from the HFN Hedge Fund Aggregate Average is -1.26% for August of this year. The decrease was the largest since May 2006 and was thefirst month since May 2007 that the average hedge fund […]