Monthly Archives: September 2006
BT backs new hedge fund
The Financial Standard – BT Financial Group has partnered with new hedge fund manager Voyager Funds Management in a distribution deal for the group’s flagship Voyager Pan Asia Fund. The long-short equities fund, run by Voyager’s seven person investment team, is market […]
Citigroup Names Head of Hedge Fund Unit
New York Times – Citigroup named Dean Barr as the head of its Tribeca Global Management unit, succeeding Tanya Styblo Beder, in an effort to jump-start the hedge fund unit’s sagging returns. Ms. Beder, 50, joined Citigroup in May 2004 […]
Hedge Funds Return +1.30% in August; Up +7.0% YTD
Forbes – The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index returned +1.30% in August according to a preliminary report released today by Greenwich-Van Advisors, LLC, a leading hedge fund index provider. In comparison, the S&P 500, NASDAQ, Nikkei 225 and the Lehman […]
Solios Asset Management Launches new Uranium Fund
While researching in nuclear power, we uncovered an attractive opportunity to invest in physical uranium for power plants. We found that the prices of the uranium metal were less volatile and more consistent than the related equities. The following chart […]
Emerging Markets see continued Hedge Fund Interest
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Recent TABB survey forcasts, surveying 81 U.S. hedge funds managing some $89 billion in early 2006, confirming research which suggests that money continues to flow into emerging market hedge funds, largely from institutional investors looking for […]
Harcourt’s Belmont Fund registered for public distribution
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Harcourt Investment Consulting AG is pleased to announce that its Belmont (LUX) style fund of hedge funds range has been approved for public distribution in Switzerland. This takes effect immediately. The Belmont (LUX) funds are funds […]
UK hedge fund targets Stork
Independent – Centaurus Capital, a London-based hedge fund, has launched a shareholder campaign to try to force the Dutch engineering group Stork to break itself up. Centaurus, acting with the fellow hedge fund Paulson & Co, which is based in […]
Wegener talks to British fund over strategy
Reuters – Dutch-based media group Wegener said on Friday it had talked to British fund Governance for Owners but had not come under pressure over its strategy amid a mounting debate over shareholderactivism. Dutch financial daily Het Fianancieele Dagblad reported […]
Ahold says no talks with hedge funds
Reuters – Dutch retailer Ahold posted forecast-beating second-quarter earnings on Thursday and said it was not in talks with two hedge funds keen on a break-up, or private equity firms eyeing abuyout. The stock rose more than 3 percent, approaching […]
Hedge Fund Link Ends for U.S. Official
Washington Post – One of the Treasury Department’s top officials dealing with hedge funds has agreed to forgo up to $1.5 million in severance payments from his former employer, which invests in hedgefunds. Emil Henry Jr., assistant secretary for financial […]
Islamic Hedge Fund Niche
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund Shariah Capital, is looking for strategic partners in the Middle East among the local banks with international funds, and major investment institutions and high net worth individuals. “Hedge funds are all about diversification†they […]
Hedge Fund Hurricane
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge funds are embracing the risk of CAT, or catostrophe bonds, as insurers sell more of the securities to protect themselves from increasingly unstable weather triggered by global warming. After seeing yields of as much as […]