Monthly Archives: September 2006
Some hedge funds hit a slump this year –
USA Today – In the spirit of glasnost, here’s an illuminating fact about the secretive hedge fund world that investors pining to get into these mysterious investments should know: Many hedge fundsare losing money this year. Roughly 20% of the […]
Hedge fund Amaranth loses heavily on gas trades
Earthtimes – NEW YORK: Hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC informed investors its two main funds fell by as much as 50 per cent in September because of the decline in natural gas prices. The firm is selling a major portion […]
Hedge Funds and US Elections
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge funds are proving to be a growing power in the political arena, complicating the issues by pouring funding into the Democratic side of the playing field, giving mostly to candidates and causes that interest them […]
Hedge Fund’s double Bond Trading
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – In a report late last week by Greenwich Associates, 45% of annual trading in emerging market bonds, 47% of distressed debt and 55% of credit derivatives in the 12 months werereported to be hedge fund trading […]
Launch Of CD Private Equity Natural Resources Fund
HedgeCo.net ( New York ) –CD Capital and PCE Investors are pleased to announce the launch of the CD Private Equity Natural Resources Fund (‘the Fund’). The Fund will be established by Ms Carmel Daniele who was until recently at […]
GAM Multi-Manager Group Head of Operations Malcolm Paterson is joining Signina Capital
HedgeCo.net ( New York ) After almost 9 years, Malcolm Paterson, currently Manager of Operations at GAM’s Multi Manager Group, is leaving to join Signina Capital. Signina Capital is an independent financial services provider, which specialises in Structured Asset Management. […]
Hedge funds that take from the rich and give to the poor
THE idea behind one of the most innovative and ÂÂinfluential philanthropic organisations of our time sprang from one of the more boneheaded macroeconomic calls ever made on Wall Street. Or as hedge fund ÂÂmaestro Paul Tudor Jones tells it: “The […]
Encinitas man accused in $18 million hedge fund fraud
North County Times – An Encinitas investment manager is one of four men accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding at least 70 investors of about $18 million. The SEC said the scheme was aimed at investors […]
Goldstein beat SEC on hedge fund rule
Morris County Daily Record – That fellow who recently forced the Securities and Exchange Commission to stop trying to register hedge funds? He turns out to be smart, gabby and garrulous, and colorful. And he recently set up shop in […]
SAC’s Cohen sees risk of mass hedge fund exit
Reuters – Steven Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that there may eventually be a sharp fall in the stock market, exacerbatedby hedge funds crowding into similar shares. In […]
Banks and Asian Central Hedge Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – A number of Asian central banks, among the biggest investors in U.S. government debt, are looking at alternative targets for their vast dollar holdings. Since 1997, currency reserves at Asia’s central banks have risen to about […]
Hedge fund trading of bonds, derivatives doubles
El Di�rio La Estrella – Hedge fund trading of bonds and derivatives in the U.S. more than doubled in the past year, giving the funds so much influence that some markets can’t operate efficientlywithout them, Greenwich Associates said. Hedge funds […]