Category Archives: Press Releases

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 […]

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 […]

Survey Finds Cost of Health Insurance for Hedge Fund Managers Rising at Slower Rate

The cost of providing health care insurance to the hedge fund community is rising at a slower rate for the first time in years, according to SKCG Group’s Annual Hedge Fund Health Insurance Survey. According to SKCG’s analysis, insurance carriers […]

Hennessee: Hedge Funds Post Gains as Equity Markets Rally

New York, NY – Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, announced today that the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +2.51% in January, while the S&P 500 advanced +4.36%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased +3.40%, and the NASDAQ Composite Index climbed +8.01%.  Bonds also advanced, as […]

Remarks by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on the State of Financial Reform

Thursday, 2 February 2012 – I want to use the occasion of this week’s Financial Stability Oversight Council meeting to review the progress made on financial reform to date and to outline our priorities and challenges for the year ahead. […]

Private Equity Growth Capital Council Names Steve Judge President and CEO

The Private Equity Growth Capital Council (PEGCC) today announced that Steve Judge has been appointed president and chief executive officer.  Judge succeeds Douglas Lowenstein, who stepped down last year. Since August 2011, Judge served as interim president and chief executive […]

Northern Trust Offers New Fund of Hedge Funds Reporting Platform

Press Release – Northern Trust has enhanced its offering to Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) clients with a new reporting platform which provides clients with better, more flexible access to key data elements. This, the latest in a series of enhancements, […]

Black Diamond Capital Management Appoints Kenneth Rubin as a Senior Managing Director and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager

Black Diamond Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Black Diamond”), a leading alternative asset management firm with over $10 billion in assets under management, today announced the appointment of Kenneth Rubin as a Senior Managing Director and Hedge Fund Portfolio Manager. Mr. Rubin […]

LightSquared Names Marc Montagner Chief Financial Officer

LightSquared, a wholesale carrier building a nationwide wireless broadband network that will create consumer choice and drive industry innovation, today announced the appointment of telecommunications veteran Marc Montagner as chief financial officer. In this role, Montagner will report to Sanjiv […]

Dow Jones Indexes, UBS Securities LLC Launch Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend

Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and UBS Securities LLC today announced the launch of the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend, a gauge that measures diversified exposure to longer-dated commodity futures contracts spread across the commodity […]

IMN Survey Finds Investors Eager to Intensify Risk Appetite & Grow International Exposure

A recent survey conducted by Information Management Network (IMN), global organizers of institutional finance and investment conferences, found that 93.3% of respondents believe market volatility will remain the same or increase in 2012, indicating that another year of instability is […]

Women-Owned Fund of Hedge Funds Participates in White House Forum

Kimberly Mounts, Managing Partner of MAP Alternative Asset Management Company, a women-owned Fixed Income Fund of Hedge Funds, was one of 120 business leaders who participated in a White House Business Leaders’ Forum recently in Washington, DC. The forum brought […]