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Hedge Funds Flocking To Ireland
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) is reporting an uptake in applications by fund managers seeking authorisation in Ireland under the new Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD). According to information released from the Central Bank […]
Google & Autism Speaks Invite Hedge Funds To Listen
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an effort to link private investors and hedge funds to innovative autism-related business developments, Autism Speaks, a leading autism nonprofit, is teaming up with Google to hold the 2014 Autism Investment Conference. The event will be held March 4-5 […]
Proposed revision to Bridgewater zone draws support and sharp questions
Westport News – Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, plans to keep a presence at its Glendinning Place corporate campus, regardless of whether it moves some of its offices out of town, according to the lawyer who […]
SEC investigating Goldman, Citi on bonds: report
HedgeWorld – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a probe into how Wall Street banks, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc., allocate and trade corporate bonds, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday [Feb. 28]. The SEC is examining […]
Confessions Of A Hedge Fund Manager
The Motley Fool – What do you call a room full of hedge fund managers? Could it be an academy of hedge fund managers? Or maybe we should call them a college of hedge fund managers. Whatever we eventually decide […]
13 hedge funds get Sebi approval
FC – More than a dozen hedge funds have received the regulatory nod after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) allowed hedge fund-like strategies to launch operations in India under alternative investment fund (AIF) Category-III segment. The funds […]
Hedge funds sit out the emerging market turmoil
CNBC – Hedge funds usually thrive on volatility, but many of them are sitting out the emerging market turmoil even as they become more positive on the segment. Greater differentiation among global emerging markets, leading to less correlation within the […]
$12 Million Fraud: Over 5 Years In Jail For Hedge Fund Manager
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A NY hedge fund manager was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison for defrauding investors in a $12 million scheme, Reuters reports this morning. Lloyd Barringer pled guilty in July 2013 to four counts of […]
Markowitz attacks hedge fund diversification claims
Risk.net – Nobel prize winner Harry Markowitz says alternative investments may not deliver the diversification benefits sought by investors. Harry Markowitz, one of the pioneers of modern portfolio theory and 1990 Nobel prize winner, has claimed alternative investments such as […]
Hedge Fund Wants Nintendo to Make Mobile Games
WSJ – A Hong Kong hedge fund manager called on Nintendo Co. on Wednesday to begin developing and selling mobile games, a sign of growing dissent among shareholders of the world’s largest videogame company. In a letter seen by The […]
This $73 Billion Hedge Fund Is Buying Memory, Drugstores, and Telecom
The Motley Fool – The latest 13F season is commencing, when many money managers issue mandatory reports on their holdings. It can be worthwhile to pay attention, as you might get an investment idea or two by seeing what some […]