Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge fund replication index offers exposure to alternatives
Investment News – Seizing on an anticipated increase in demand for alternative investments, a Greenwich, Conn.-based firm has rolled out an investible hedge-fund-tracking index that offers liquidity and transparency. TrueBeta LLC’s index is designed to replicate the performance of the […]
Key elements of the Obama financial overhaul
AP – The Fed would gain power over big firms whose failures could traumatize the system. Previously unregulated hedge funds, private-equity firms and investment advisers would have to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All the regulators would force […]
Lyxor sees managed account assets doubling
Guardian – French Bank Societe Generale’s Lyxor Asset Management expects to double the assets under management in its managed accounts platform to about $25 billion by the end of the year, reclaiming ground it lost in 2008’s wave of redemptions, […]
What caused the decline in market liquidity
The Economic Times – The mavens continue to pore over figures and analyse the why, how and after-effects of bankruptcy of the major-league investment bank Lehman , on September 15 last year. It’s clear that financial innovation in the mature […]
Star trader defends bonus payouts
BBC – A Wall Street trader thought to have received the biggest bonus of all time has defended industry payouts. Adam Levinson runs two hedge funds at Fortress Investments. It was so keen to keep hold of him that they […]
Hedge fund hiring starts to pick up again
Cape Cod Times – Hedge funds — southwest Connecticut’s native industry — are beginning to hire again as the economy and the stock market show glimpses of recovery, according to Sandy Gross, founder and managing partner of Pinetum Partners LLC. […]
U.S. hedge fund D.E. Shaw sees chance in Gulf region
Reuters – D.E. Shaw, the world’s fourth largest hedge fund, is opening in Dubai to tap public and private opportunities in the world’s largest oil exporting region and ease Gulf Arab investors moves into overseas markets. “We wanted to be […]
Watchdogs spell out hedge fund investor protection
Reuters – Global market regulators published new rules on Monday spelling out how small investors putting money into funds of hedge funds should be protected. The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published its final set of standards on best […]
Tough Accusations In Hedge Fund Lawsuit
Conneticut Law Tribune – Stamford Superior Court Judge John F. Blawie ordered the international investment giant to post the funds in advance of litigation, stating that the hedge fund established probable cause that UBS sold the debt instruments even though […]
Agile clients sue over frozen accounts
The Denver Post – The plaintiffs allege Agile inappropriately placed their funds into a high- risk, unsuitable investment called the Agile Safety Variable Fund, which destroyed their retirement nest eggs. The Safety Fund, despite its name, was a leveraged hedge […]
Oil Falls for Second Day on Doubts Over Pace of Demand Recovery
Hedge fund managers and other large speculators increased their net long position in New York crude oil futures in the week to Sept. 8, according to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data. Speculative long positions, or bets prices will rise, […]
Capital Gold Group Clients Haunted by Lehman Fall 1 Year Later
CNBC – A year after the fall of Lehman Brothers, Capital Gold Group, Inc. is still helping retirees and investors to diversify and protect what is left of their investment funds and retirement portfolios in tangible gold assets. During the […]