Author Archives: Editor
Here’s How Hedge Funds Are Trading Puerto Rico
Business Insider – There has been a recent flurry of activity regarding Puerto Rico, involving their debt, rating agency views of that debt, the bond insurers that have been insuring their debt, the state-specific mutual funds that are holding Puerto […]
A Dating Service for Those Who Love Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – There’s a new dating website in town. This one doesn’t care if you like brunettes, how often you shower, or if you would ever have sex on a first date. Instead, it wants to know what you like in a […]
Funds Roundup: Too Many Hedge Funds; the Fed’s Next Crisis
Barron’s – Reading connected in one way or another to investing in funds: The Federal Reserve is to blame for what could well be the start of a new Asian financial crisis. –Michael J. Casey, Wall Street Journal Hedge-fund assets […]
Nirvana Solutions Winner in HFMWeek’s Annual Hedge Fund Services Award Ceremony
Nirvana Solutions is proud to announce its recent recognition in HFM Week’s Annual US Hedge Fund Services Award Ceremony, as the ‘Best Technology Company for Emerging Managers.’ The ceremony recognizes and celebrates those service providers who have outperformed their peers […]
Credit Suisse sees Qatar fund in emerging markets push
Reuters – Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is looking at more investments in emerging markets in order to diversify beyond developed nations, said a senior executive of Credit Suisse who is one of the top advisors to the fund. With assets estimated […]
RCS Capital Corporation Announces Agreement to Acquire Investors Capital Holdings
Press Release – RCS Capital Corporation (RCAP) announced today that on October 27, 2013, RCAP and a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of RCAP entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Investors Capital Holdings, Ltd. (ICH) by which RCAP will […]
ThinkStrategy’s Kapur Gets Time Served in Hedge Fund Case
Bloomberg – ThinkStrategy Capital Management LLC’s Chetan Kapur, who initially was accused of deceiving investors about returns in his hedge funds, avoided prison when he was sentenced to time served for failure to preserve books and records of an investment. […]
Rocktoberfest Raises $400,000 For Charity
FINalternatives – The 2013 iteration of Rocktoberfest, one of the most unusual fundraising events on the hedge fund industry calendar, has raised $400,000 for the A Leg To Stand On charity. Finance industry professionals from the Tri-State area gathered in […]
Hedgie Scaramucci Speaks Out On Stephen Cohen
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund millionaire Anthony Scaramucci spoke to CNBC yesterday regarding the looming SAC Capital settlement with the SEC, saying “The Department of Justice and the SEC are gone crazy in these matters.” “I think it’s sad […]
Hedge fund to keep Nine stake
Data Room – One of Nine Entertainment Co’s two US hedge fund owners has agreed to retain its entire stake in the company, as the first details of pricing in its upcoming float have emerged. Media understands that the company […]
Battle of the billionaires erupts over Keystone
CNBC – Billionaire investors love fighting with each other over the markets, safely out of public view in sleek Greenwich or Manhattan offices. But a new political fight is pushing them into a high-profile debate over the future of energy […]