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Philanthropy: Private Equity vs. Hedge Fund Basketball Tournament

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Over 150 executives from the Wall Street community will join New York Knicks legends, corporate sponsors, and high school students for a charity basketball tournament hosted by Youth, I.N.C. (Improving Nonprofits for Children) Wednesday, March 7th; […]

Ogier Cayman Named ‘Best Offshore Law Firm’ for a Second Year

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – Ogier Cayman announced today it has secured top honours in the 2012 Hedgeweek Awards, including ‘Best Offshore Law Firm’ – the second year in a row it has secured that accolade – and runner up […]

Eurekahedge Launches New Insurance Linked Hedge Fund Index

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Eurekahedge has launched a new hedge fund index, the ‘Eurekahedge ILS Advisers Index’, focusing on insurance linked securities  in partnership with ILS Advisers. Increasing amounts of government intervention in worldwide financial markets has created an unprecedented correlation […]

Paramount Access Advisors offers exclusive access to the world’s top hedge fund managers to a select group of advisors

Addison, TX – Paramount Access Advisors <http://www.ParamountAccessAdvisors.com>  is pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement with Shoreline Associates, an independent consortium of consultants responsible for sales and distribution to the Registered Investment Advisor community. Paramount Access Advisors […]

Personal assistant pleads not guilty to ripping off hedge fund manager

NY AM – A personal assistant pleaded not guilty Thursday to bilking $900,000 from her famous boss – Aon heir Todd Meister – and may claim the alleged unauthorized purchases were the spoils from their romantic relationship, according to published […]

Two Hedge Fund Managers Sentenced to a Combined 17 Years Behind Bars

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Utah-based hedge fund managers Thomas Repke and James Jeffery were sentenced today to federal prison on charges of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. The pair were principals of  hedge fund operator known as Coadum Capital […]

Aima defends credit funds against ‘shadow banking’ label

HFM Week – Aima, the industry trade body, has released a paper arguing that credit hedge funds should not be considered part of the ‘shadow banking’ sector, in its latest attempt to defend the reputation of the hedge fund industry. […]

Vanderbilt expert: Don’t ignore warning signs of hedge-fund fraud

Vanderbilt University – A Japanese hedge fund company some are calling “the Japanese Bernard Madoff” seems to be reaffirming the maxim that if returns are too good to be true, there probably is something wrong. According to initial media reports, AIJ […]

Dr. Meier: many fund of hedge funds managers are still not adequately equipped to execute proper selection and DD

Opalesque – Prof. Dr. Peter Meier heads the Centre for Alternative Investments & Risk Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Zhaw), as well as hedgegate, a free database and index for Swiss funds of hedge funds. He talked to Opalesque about […]

Henderson, Tantallon shut Asian hedge funds

Reuters – Henderson Group said it has shut its Asia-Pacific Equity Multi-Strategy Fund, and a source said Singapore-based Tantallon Capital is winding down its long-only Asia ex-Japan Bass Rock Fund, signaling tough time for Asia’s hedge fund industry. Asian hedge funds […]

MerchantCantos Interviews Man Group’s Senior Hedge Fund Executives

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Man Group has reported booking $16.7 billion of product sales for the nine months ended 31 Dec 2011.  A spike in hedge fund redemptions in September led to modest net inflows in alternatives and an outflow in […]

UBP to Acquire Hedge Fund Manager Nexar Capital Group

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Union Bancaire Privee, UBP SA, one of the leaders in Switzerland’s hedge fund industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nexar Capital Group, a global alternative investment manager. The combined UBP-Nexar alternative investment group  will […]