Yearly Archives: 2005
Hedge-Fund Rule Yields Little Info So Far
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Hedge funds are starting to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and so far the agency isn’t getting much useful information, according to a commissioner who opposed the new rule. Commissioner Paul Atkins, a Republican […]
Hedge Funds Generate Negative Return of -1.32 in October
HEDGE FUNDS GENERATE NEGATIVE RETURN OF -1.32% IN OCTOBER Hedge Funds Caught Out Looking For Fourth Quarter Rally November 8, 2005 – New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, today announced that hedge funds […]
Hedge funds down in Oct. but not as much as feared – Reuters
BOSTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – October was a miserable month for many hedge funds because most lost money, but new data show the losses were not as high as some investors feared after big funds were hit by moves in […]
Hedge Funds to the Rescue: The Growing Influence of Hedge Funds on …
Love em or hate em. No one can deny the impact that hedge funds have had on the institutional equities business in recent years and will continue to have. That influence was subtly highlighted only last month when mutual fund […]
Pi Capital Inc. to Launch Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 8, 2005–Pi Capital Inc. will launch this month Pi Cap U.S. Equity Long/Short Growth Fund, Ltd., an offshore long/short equity hedge fund open tointernational investors. Pi Capital has retained Bear Stearns as the fund’s prime broker […]
Hedge fund use of CFDs on emerging stocks to jump – Reuters.uk
LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds are increasingly looking to derivatives to give them low-cost exposure to booming emerging market stocks, a global brokerage firm said on Wednesday. Many hedge funds prefer to use derivatives such as contracts for difference because […]
Tremont Capital Management, Inc. Appoints John Matwey Director of … – PR Newswire (press release)
RYE, N.Y., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Tremont Capital Management, Inc., a leading provider of hedge fund and asset management products and services worldwide, today announced its hiring and appointment of John Matwey as Director of Risk Management and Portfolio Services. […]
Citadel hedge fund forms second reinsurance firm
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Citadel Investment Group, a leading hedge fund manager, is again pushing into the reinsurance market by launching a new Bermuda-based venture backed by $500 million infund assets. The new reinsurance company, called New Castle […]
DOW JONES Indexes to license Islamic market index as underlying for First Islamic Exchange-Traded Fund
NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2005)â€â€Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it has licensed its Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index to Family Finans Houseâ€â€the largest, noninterest banking service in Turkeyâ€â€as the underlying for an exchange-traded […]
Hedge Fund Report: Betting It All on Russian Gas
www.thestreet.com Speculation can take different forms. You can reach for big returns in far-flung lands, invest in sectors with a lot of historicalvolatility, or eschew diversification by betting all your money on a single stock. Gazinvest, a hedge fund based […]
Hedge funds want Deutsche Boerse/Euronext merger
www.reuters.com – LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds want a merger between European bourse operator Euronext and rival Deutsche Boerse because it would create thebest value for investors, hedge fund sources said. Last year Deutsche Boerse made a bid for the […]
October 2005 Performance Review of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks
A monthly report from Dow Jones Indexes on the performance of the Dow Jones Hedge Fund Strategy Benchmarks After ending the third quarter on a high note, all of the hedge fund strategies covered by Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes […]
