Monthly Archives: September 2006
Activist hedge funds’ returns are waning as opportunities dwindle
Marketwatch – Before a surfing injury derailed his investing career, Robert Chapman ran an activist hedge fund sporting annual returns of more than 20% in a seven-year stretch that included the market’s lean years after the dot-com crash. Chapman, […]
Australia’s incoming central bank chief warns about impact of hedge funds
Forbes – Hedge funds can disrupt the efficient functioning of markets if fund operators decide simultaneously to exit or take new positions, incoming Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens warned in a speech delivered in Hong Kong, a copy […]
Soros, Hedge Funds Pump Cash Into Elections
NewsMax.com – Top hedge fund managers are pouring money into U.S. political campaigns ahead of November’s congressional elections as the government considers what to do about the lightly policedhedge fund industry. Campaign finance records show 20 of the most successful […]
Fund of Funds Downgrade Investment Expectations
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – According to a Reuters poll this week, funds of hedge fund managers have downgraded expectations for returns over the next six months as global growth and a commodities bull run cooled. A fund of hedge funds […]
5th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Rock for a Cure + Industry Awards, Finalists Announced
Hailed as one of the biggest events of the year, over 550 experts across the Hedge Fund industry will join together at HOME nightclub on Thursday 21 September to rock with Ian Moss of Cold Chisel fame, Typhoon, Shy Guys […]
Fear, No Fear, How Hedge Funds Might Save All of us
AXcess News – Over the last several months fear has crept into investors psyche. While some of that might be just prudence, the kind of fear that grips most of the folks who take the time to drop mea line […]
Hedge fund gets antitrust OK for McDonald
KWQC – An activist hedge fund received anti-trust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to buy nearly 794 (m) million dollars in shares of McDonald stock. In a September 1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Oak Brook-based […]
Cayman Islands Mark 8,000th Hedge Fund
PR Newswire – The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority announced on 5 September that the jurisdiction now has more than 8,000 registered hedge funds, an increase of more than 2,000 funds compared to thebeginning of 2005. More than 1,000 new hedge […]
SEC Eying Broker-Dealer, Hedge Fund Ties
MSN MoneyCentral – The Securities and Exchange Commission will be monitoring hedge funds through their dealings with broker dealers, and those relationships will come under more scrutiny, thecommission’s director of enforcement said Wednesday. Linda Chatman Thomsen, speaking in New York, […]
Citigroup offers Alternative Investment Hedge Fund arm in Asia
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Citigroup has launched an administration business hedge fund in Asia Pacific. The service will benefit hedge fund mangers by easing their administration burden. In effectclients will be outsourcing their administration requirements to Citigroup. In a statement, […]
AmericaVest Launches “10/10” Hedge Fund
AmericaVest Capital Management LLC has announced the launching of its new flagship hedge fund, the AmericaVest “10/10 Fundâ€Â. Drawing on over 70 years of collective experience in financial services, wealth management and asset backed investing. The hedge fund offers investors […]
Ex Goldman Sachs and Tudor Traders Join With KTH Fund Management To Launch the Westferry Global Markets Fund
HedgeCo.net ( New York ) — LONDON -SEPTEMBER 2006. Ex Goldman Sach trader Chris Clarke and ex Tudor Capital, Hans Summers join forces with KTH Fund Management to launch the Westferry Global Markets Fund. The offshore fund started trading in […]