Author Archives: Editor
Telus girds for battle with U.S. hedge fund
Vancouver Sun – Telus has filed a complaint with the B.C. Securities Commission regarding conduct of a New York hedge fund that happens to be the telecom’s single-largest shareholder. Telus alleges in the complaint, filed earlier this week, that Mason […]
McClendon’s Secret Hedge Fund Appears To Violate His Fiduciary Duty To Chesapeake
Forbes – Another day, another big, bad revelation about Aubrey McClendon. A tip of the hat to the seven Reuters’ reporters who uncovered this latest story on the $200 million hedge fund that McClendon and co-founder Tom Ward were running […]
Senator Seeks U.S. Probe Into Chesapeake Energy
Reuters – U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) plans to ask the Justice Department to investigate Chesapeake Energy Corp. for potential fraud and price manipulation, an aide to the lawmaker said. Mr. Nelson’s request comes after Reuters reported on Wednesday [May […]
Ex-Trader at Enron to Retire From Hedge Fund
WSJ – John D. Arnold, a former star trader at Enron Corp. who went on become one of the energy markets’ biggest speculators, is retiring from his hedge fund at 38 years old to focus on his philanthropic interests, a […]
Fed’s Tartullo: More Must be Done on Shadow Banking
Reuters – U.S. regulators should take steps soon to strengthen government oversight of money market funds and short-term bank funding markets so that the “shadow” banking system can be better policed, a top Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday [May […]
UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip and UAIX – Weekly Update – May 2nd 2012
The UCITS Alternative Index Blue Chip is up 0.22% this week after ending April down -0.60%. Event-Driven and Emerging Markets are the best performing strategies this week, with gains of 0.95% and 0.61%. CTA (up 0.55%) and Long/Short Equity (up […]
Law Firm Launches Blog Focused on New Regulatory Hedge Fund Developments
New York (HedgeCo.net) – – The attorneys and securities compliance consultants with hedge fund law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP have launched a blog for broker-dealers, investment advisers and private investment funds. The new blog, Compliance Corner, alerts […]
Occupy the regulatory system!
Washington Post – Many of the Occupy wonks once worked on Wall Street, and some of them still do. They’re former derivatives traders, risk analysts, compliance officers and hedge fund quants. They hail from Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns, […]
Allenbridge acquires Moody’s hedge fund research arm
New Model Adviser – Allenbridge Epic Investment Advisers has taken over Moody’s hedge fund analysis and research service in a deal which will see the US ratings giant take a 25% stake in the new business. The combined group is […]
Regulations, investor demands put pressure on hedge funds
Cay Compass – New regulations and investor demands have put financial pressure on many new and smaller funds, which in turn squeeze the fees of service providers, delegates at the GAIM Ops conference on hedge fund due diligence heard last […]
Ben Liss Joins Hedge Fund KeyPoint Capital
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Dallas-based KeyPoint Capital LLC., announced that Ben Liss has joined the $39 million hedge fund as an Analyst, effective May 1, 2012. “We are confident that Ben’s extensive, ground-level diligence in the real estate sector – combined […]
Movie, Hedge Fund War Spreads to Attorneys
Courthouse News Services – Two Los Angeles-based law firms representing a hedge fund operator helped their client wage “an aggressive litigation campaign” against a film investor, using confidential information divulged by the investor’s former attorney, the investor claims in Superior […]