Category Archives: Press Releases

Hedge Fund Launch: Bluenose FX

Press Release – BVI-based investment manager Bluenose Capital Management is on schedule to launch its managed forex program, Bluenose FX, on November 1, 2010. The systematic forex program is aimed at U.S. qualified eligible persons as defined within CFTC rule 4.7 […]

Paladyne Implements Thirty Global Hedge Fund Start-Up Managers in 2010

New York (Press Release) – Paladyne Systems, Inc., announced a new bundled offering known as Paladyne FastStart™, to address the operational and budgetary requirements of today’s start-up and growing hedge funds. The solution combines Paladyne’s firm-wide technology platform, with a […]

Financial Markets Releases Money Market Funds Report

Washington – The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) today released a report detailing a number of options for reforms related to money market funds. These options address the vulnerabilities of money market funds that contributed to the financial […]

Deloitte’s Asset Management Services Launches Hedge Fund Emerging Manager Platform

Press Release – Deloitte announced today its asset management services practice has launched a global full-service hedge fund emerging manager platform offering a unique mix of traditional and non-traditional professional services across audit, tax, financial advisory and consulting. The program […]

IRS Issues Massive Broker-Dealer Tax Reporting Rules – Starting Date January 1, 2011

By Steven M. Etkind and Roger D. Lorence – The 2008 Energy Act required the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to issue rules effective January 1, 2011 specifying how broker-dealers in securities that provide Form 1099-B (information return of broker-dealers to […]

Alternative Investments North America Summit Fall 2010

The forum will take place at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 14-16, 2010. The meeting will bring together esteemed industry thought leaders and service providers to a highly focused and interactive networking event. The summit includes presentations […]

AsiaHedge: Asian Hedge Funds Remain Mostly Static

A recent asset survey by AsiaHedge reveals that industry assets for Asian hedge funds remained mostly static in the first half of 2010 at $137.75 billion, a marginal 3.9% increase over the $132.48 billion recorded at end 2009. “The numbers […]

Hedge Funds Posted their Best Performance Year-to-Date in September

Returns for the LAB Liquid Indices suggest that hedge funds produced their best monthly returns year-to-date amid September’s market rally according to Jordan Drachman, Head of Research for Alternative Beta Strategies at Credit Suisse. Dr. Drachman noted, “The Credit Suisse […]

Hedge Fund Mergers and Acquisitions: PGI Agrees to be Acquired by Blackstone

Polymer Group, Inc., today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. This transaction is the result of the strategic review process initiated by PGI on April 7, […]

Texas Hedge Fund Association Announces Election of a New Chairman and Three New Board Members

The Texas Hedge Fund Association (THFA), a member-supported trade association organized to support the Texas hedge fund industry, today announced the election of a new Chairman and three new members of its Board of Directors. The Board unanimously elected Heather E. Gilker of Dallas-based strategic […]

Hedge Fund Research: OTR Global Joins Forces With Assay Research

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Investment research team OTR Global LLC, announced a distribution agreement with Assay Research LLC, an independent research firm providing quality-of-earnings analysis to hedge funds and other professional money managers. “Assay’s financial expertise is a perfect fit […]

People Moves – Frederic Gautier Appointed Portfolio Manager of Chilton’s European Equities Strategy

Stamford, CT and London (Press release) – Chilton Investment Company, LLC, a global investment management firm with approximately $6 billion in assets under management, announced today that Frederic Gautier has joined the firm as Portfolio Manager of Chilton’s European equities […]