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Agecroft Partners Wins Best Hedge Fund Third Party Marketing Firm for 5th Year in a Row
Agecroft Partners, the hedge fund consulting and third party marketing firm, was recognized by Hedgeweek as the winner of the “2012 Best Third Party Marketing Firm in North America” at their global Hedge Fund Awards ceremony held in London on […]
Hedge Fund Industry Raises $2.2 Million to Prevent and Treat Child Abuse
Hedge Funds Care, an international non-profit organization which raises funds and awareness for programs to prevent and treat child abuse within the hedge fund industry, raised $2.2 million at its 14th Annual Hedge Funds Care New York Open Your Heart […]
UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy Index continues positive run, up +0.99% in February 2012
New York (HedgeCo.net) — After a good start into the year the UCITS Hedge Fund Strategy (HFS) Index was able to continue its positive performance with gains of +0.99% in February 2012. The first three days into the month already […]
Agecroft’s Steinbrugge interviewed on Reuters Insider Television about Commodity Trading Advisors
Reuters – CTAs have attracted more assets than any other HF strategy since the market correction of 2008. Since 2007 CTAs and global macro managers assets have increase by 50%, while l/s equity managers have seen their assets decline by […]
Move to electronic trading will increase hedge fund use of futures
Hedge Funds Review – Competition among buy-side firms and regulations such as Dodd-Frank will push hedge funds to trade electronically, says research from Tabb. Futures trading, mainly electronic, will also increase. Increasing use of algorithms among US hedge funds and […]
Blackstone tops hedge fund investor list
Reuters – Blackstone was the largest fund of hedge funds last year ahead of banking groups HSBC and UBS , according to a survey which showed that the total assets managed by these types of investors failed to grow amid criticisms of […]
Hedge Funds Off to Best Start in Over a Decade
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +1.72% in February (+4.07% YTD), while the S&P 500 advanced +4.06% (+8.60% YTD), the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
Hedge funds find loophole to trigger Greek default
Reuters – Some hedge funds have found a legal loophole they believe will force Greece to repay some of its debt in full, three sources close to the matter said on Thursday, in a move that would intensify the standoff between the […]
UK Hedge Fund Firm Expands US Operations
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Rule Financial, an independent provider of business consultancy, IT consultancy and IT services to the global hedge fund community, announced its acquisition of North American consultancy, Waterline Group. This strategic acquisition will accelerate Rule Financial’s growth […]
Hedge Funds See Tax Break in Republican Bill
Bloomberg – A Republican proposal to give small businesses an extra 20 percent tax deduction may yield cuts for some multibillion-dollar hedge funds, law firms and other enterprises that create significant profits with few employees. Republicans hope to release details of […]
February: Hedge funds See $20 billion in net positive asset flows
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds witnessed US$20 billion in net positive asset flows, positive returns for all regions and strategies. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index was up 2.06%1 in February as optimism about European debt and strengthening global economy […]
Goldman Begins 2-Year Hedge Fund Wind-Down Per Volcker Rule
This month Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) began unwinding its investments in hedge funds to comply with the Volcker Rule’s ban on banks holding stakes of greater than 3% of the assets of any single fund. The process will take […]