Category Archives: Success Stories
Maples Expands Hedge Fund Services in Luxembourg
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Independent hedge fund services provider, Maples Finance, has expanded its European service offering in Luxembourg following the approval of its Registrar Agent license by Luxembourg’s financial supervisory authority, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier. “We […]
Hedge Fund Muse Louis Wolfson’s Bio Completed
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Perilune Pictures, a startup film company based in Savannah, Georgia, is scheduled to release the film “L.E.W.,” a documentary based on the life of America’s first corporate raider Louis Wolfson. Wolfson is credited with creating the […]
Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Benefit
New York (HedgeCo.net) Hedge Funds Care is holding its 12th Annual New York “Open Your Heart to the Children” benefit on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street. A committee will award Michael E. Novogratz, President of Fortress Investment […]
Silk Road Awarded Hedge Fund “Oscar”
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Silk Invest’s Luxembourg SICAV hedge fund, the Silk Road Income Fund, has been awarded the 2009 ‘Golden Bull’ prize for innovation at the ‘Finanzen Nacht’ ceremony in Munich. Hailed by the German press as the “Oscar […]
The Hedge Fund CFO Dilemma
New York (HedgeCo.net) – You are starting a hedge fund, or you have started, are successful and assets are growing, returns are solid. A tough feat in the current market environment, but you are worried. Auditors are constantly calling, the […]
[Updated] Russian Hedge Funds lead the way in October
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Russia lead the way in October reporting gains of 4.16% in October. Emerging markets total index grew 1.55% in October and is up 36% this year. Latin America rose 2.18% for the month and Asia, excluding […]
Taleb: I Have Discovered The Solution To The Global Financial Crisis
The Business Insider – Nassim Taleb and his hedge-fund partner Mark Spitznagel weigh in in the FT with an analysis of the world’s problem (too much debt) and a reasonable solution (convert some of the debt to equity). As usual, […]
Obama’s Overhaul Would Register Hedge Funds
Courthouse News Service – President Obama’s plan to overhaul financial regulations, to prevent a repeat of the country’s credit and banking catastrophe, is laid out in a "nearly final" 85-page document the president is expected to reveal today. Among […]
BT could face £11bn pension fund deficit
Daily Telegraph – Mr Ralfe estimates that under "true market valuations" the hole in BT’s pension could have ballooned to over £11bn – more than the market capitalisation of the former state-owned telecoms company. The claims came ahead of BT […]
Hedge Fund Tracking: Seth Klarman & Baupost Group, Q3 2008
SeekingAlpha.com – This is the Third Quarter 2008 edition of our ongoing hedge fund tracking series. Next up is Baupost Group ran by Seth Klarman. Klarman received his MBA from Harvard Business School and started working at Baupost at age […]
What 2009 holds for smaller resource stocks
Investors Chronicle – 2008 witnessed a boom and bust of monumental proportions in the junior mining and oil and gas sectors. From being among the London market’s strongest performers, driven by record commodity prices, resources stocks plummeted out of favour […]
Hedge Fund Launched in ’07 Completes Successful 1st Year
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The DM Swiss Equity Asymmetric Fund has successfully completed its first year of operation realising a net gain for its investors +2.67%. "We are extremely pleased to see the fund successfully navigate its way through […]
