Category Archives: Press Releases
People Moves: BTIG Hires Two US-Based Senior Sales Traders
New York – BTIG LLC, a broker dealer specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, today announced that it has made two senior hires in the U.S. as part of its ongoing global expansion. Brad Berk and Michael Stamberger […]
Africa and Middle East Manager Targets New Investors for Award Winning Hedge Fund
London (Press Release) – Insparo Asset Management (Insparo) has bucked the industry trend by offering shorter redemption terms for its outperforming Africa & Middle East fund. The Insparo Africa & Middle East Fund returned 31.4% in 2009, significantly outperforming the […]
Adept Capital’s Early Stage Asia Fund reaches Two Year Milestone with Strong Performance
New York – Adept Capital Partners Early Stage Asia Fund recorded a 14.9% increase in value in 2009 with a sharpe ratio of 2.08 for the year, consolidating its position as a top quartile performer in Asian fund of hedge […]
Nearly All Financial Pros Take Home Bonus
New York (Press Release) – Nearly every Wall Street professional will receive a year-end bonus – and for those collecting more, the amounts are double the previous year’s payouts, according to a survey on the bonus season’s early results by […]
Hedge Fund Technology Specialist GlobeOp Celebrates its 10-year Anniversary
New York (HedgeCo.net) “When you start a new business you need a great idea, hard work and a little luck,” said Hans Hufschmid, CEO of GlobeOp. “GlobeOp launched at the beginning of one of the hedge fund industry’s fastest growth […]
Hedge Funds Industry Trends Report 2009 – 2010 Outlook
New York (HedgeCo.net)Heidrick & Struggles surveyed more than 400 portfolio managers (PMs) and studied more than 100 hedge fund firms for a report providing a comprehensive view of the hedge fund industry and its talent flows. Highlights of the report […]
Bandon Embraces Alternative Strategy for Non-accredited Investors
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Boutique Independent Broker Dealer and hedge fund manager, Bandon Capital Management, LLC, announced a new relationship with American Independent Securities Group, LLC (AISG) enabling the advisors of AISG to make available Bandon’s flagship investment strategy, the […]
Macquarie Funds Group Grows Global Fund-Linked Derivatives Business
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Macquarie Funds Group, the asset management arm of Macquarie Group, announced the appointment of Pratap Dasgupta as a Managing Director in its fund-linked derivatives business, based in New York. The hiring of Mr. Dasgupta follows the […]
Geneva Hedge Fund Outperforms Swiss Equity Market
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund completed it’s 2nd successful year of operation at the end of November 2009. The hedge fund outperformed the Swiss Equity market by more than 17% p.a. during that time. Managed […]
Ghahramani Launches Hedge Fund Trading Firm
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Sassan Ghahramani announced the official launch of SGX Advisors, a foreign exchange and global macro intelligence and trading firm for hedge funds, asset managers, and policy makers. “We are living in a world where a Dubai […]
