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Taking The “Fun” Out Of Hedge Funds
Benzinga – On the precipice of another new year, the hedge fund industry is fighting to overcome its troubles of the last 12 months. The New York Post reports that in 2010, the average hedge fund closed up a mere […]
More companies meeting with hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds
CPI Financial – 93 per cent of surveyed firms meet with hedge funds, 47 per cent meet with SWFs. Nearly a quarter considering secondary stock listing in emerging markets, according to BNY Mellon Investor Relations Survey. Nearly a quarter (22 […]
Defendant in ‘Expert Network’ Insider Case Jailed After Failing to Post Bail
WSJ – A California woman, accused of providing inside information on publicly traded companies to hedge funds, was ordered jailed until Monday after failing to meeting conditions for bail. Winifred Jiau, 43, was required by a federal judge in San […]
Factbox: Who’s who in the latest insider trading arrests
Reuters – Prosecutors on Wednesday arrested a California woman on charges of leaking secrets about technology companies to two hedge funds in exchange for illegal payments, marking the sixth recent arrest in their big probe into insider trading. A list […]
BBVA Compass Launches Native iPad Application
Press release – BBVA Compass today announced the launch of a native iPad™ application that marks the first U.S. mobile banking application that visually goes beyond the traditional on-line banking interface of the few other iPad banking applications. The BBVA […]
Three Hedge Funds Got Inside Data From Consultant, U.S. Says
A former Primary Global Research LLC expert-networking consultant was charged by U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan with selling inside information to portfolio managers at three unidentified hedge funds. Winifred Jiau, arrested in Fremont, California, as part of a national probe of insider […]
Gold rush helps hedge funds bounce back
Guardian – After two years of client withdrawals and pressure from regulators, hedge funds returned strong performances this year, fuelled by successful bets on metals and emerging markets. The hedge fund industry, heavily criticised for gambling on the collapse of some […]
Hedge Funds support US equities
Markets 24/7 – More optimistic appeared hedge funds managers on U.S. stocks, as many managers forecast improved course in the coming months, according to a survey of TrimTabs Investment Research and BarclayHedge Ltd. Nearly 46% of the 92 hedge-fund managers […]
Analysis: Size acts as barrier to growth of Asian hedge funds
Reuters – Two smaller Asian hedge funds that have bet on Thai and Southeast Asian stocks have made a killing this year, racking up more than 80 percent gains and ranking among the world’s 100 top-performing hedge funds. The Thai […]
Terra Partners Hires Belgrade Hedge Fund Analyst
People Moves – Frontier market-focused hedge fund manager Terra Partners Group has hired Danijela Mirkov-Arkula as an analyst in Belgrade, Serbia to increase Terra’s coverage of Eastern European companies with an emphasis on the Balkan region. “From the inception of […]
Hedge Funds Bet Gas Will Fall in Warm New Year
Bloomberg – Hedge funds raised bearish natural gas bets by the most since October on forecasts that higher- than-normal temperatures in the first weeks of the New Year will reduce demand for the heating fuel. The funds and other large […]