Yearly Archives: 2005
The Appetite of High-Net-Worth Individuals for Hedge Funds Cooling-Merrill
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Merrill Lynch�s new report says the world�s high-net-worth individuals are cooling off their appetites for hedge funds, the report shows that, �the world’srich have become increasingly cautious with their investments.� However the report also […]
Hedge Fund Fees seen falling-Panelist says
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Panelists at a hedge fund industry conference in Switzerland have concluded that fees charged by hedge fund managers will likely go down when investor realizethat part of the returns hedge fund achieve are not […]
More Hedge funds may seek Stock listing in the future-Man’s group manager says
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Man�s group Plc Chief Executive Stanley Fink, said that more hedge funds around the world may sell shares to the public as part of efforts by their managers tolock in profits resulting from the […]
Is the SEC’s era of reform and vigorous enforcement over?
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has defended actions taken the agency in light of mounting criticisms that it failed to uncover the mutual fundscandals and illegal trading activities which cost market investors billions […]
German Government considering tightening Hedge Fund Controls
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The German government is now considering ways of tightening controls on hedge funds according to Reuters. However the group is said to have refused proposalsto limit the voting rights of hedge funds as shareholders. […]
UBS AG Strategist Defects to Hedge Fund Management
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – Another traditional asset manager and strategist have moved over to the arena of hedge fund management in an unending trend which has seen many traditionalasset managers cross over to the realm of hedge fund […]
Lagging Hedge Fund Returns won’t slow Hedge Fund growth
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – U.S. Hedge Fund industry experts believe that the current low and lagging returns by hedge funds will not derail the new asset inflows into hedge fund managedvehicles. According to such sources, despite such slow […]
S&P Hedge Fund Index rose 0. 29 percent in May
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Standard & Poor’s Hedge Fund Index (S&P HFI) rose 0.29% for the month of May, according to Standard & Poor’s new data. S&P said, �HedgeFund managers were able to capture a large portion […]
Van Global Hedge Fund Index advances 1.2 percent in May
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Van Global Hedge Fund Index rose 1.2% net of fees in May according to new preliminary data released by Van Global LLC (VAN), a leading hedge fund indexprovider. The gains in the Van�s […]
Veteran Fund Manager John Mack to head Pequot Capital Management
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – John Mack, a former Credit Suisse First Boston Chief Executive and a longtime Wall Street money manager has defected to a hedge fund company. Mack has beennamed to the post of Chairman of Pequot […]
Bush Selects Rep. Christopher Cox to lead SEC
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – President Bush has selected Republican Christopher Cox to be the next Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, following last week�s resignation ofWilliam Donaldson. Cox was widely expected to receive the nomination. Chairman William […]
SEC Charges Amerindo Investment Advisors and Its owners with fraud
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (www.hedgeco.net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed Securities fraud against Amerindo Investment Advisors, Inc., Alberto William Vilar and Gary Alan Tanaka,Amerindo�s co-founders and principals. According to the SEC the charges resulted from misappropriation of […]
