Tag Archives: advisory firm
Rogers Investment Adds Staff for Private Equity Fund
Bloomberg – Rogers Investment Advisors Y.K., a Tokyo-based hedge-fund advisory firm, said it hired Rory Kennedy, Yuka Watanabe and Masayo Fukushima as it prepares to start its second fund investing in Asia. New York-based Wolver Hill, advised by Rogers Investment, […]
Hedging on Hedge Fund Scrutiny Fine With Court: Ann Woolner
Bloomberg – Let’s say you hand a million dollars or more to an investment advisory firm that boasts a sterling reputation, grand results and a promise to thoroughly investigate hedge funds before recommending them. For all the claims of super […]
Japan’s First Short-Biased Hedge Fund Bets Exporters Will Fall
Bloomberg – Alphex Investments Co., the adviser to Japan’s first short-biased hedge fund, plans to sell exporters’ shares, wagering they’ll fall on a rising yen and weak global economy, boosting the fund that started in March. “What we’re seeing right […]
Advisory firms split decisions on Ackman
StarTribune.com – Score a big one for Target Corp. provocateur William Ackman. The activist shareholder got a boost from the business world’s most influential proxy advisory firm on Tuesday, when RiskMetrics Group said that investors should vote for Ackman and […]
Greenwich Investor Starts Advisory Firm in Stamford
American Chronicle – An investment professional from Greenwich with more than 20 years of experience is going out on his own by starting a Stamford-based advisory firm for small- to medium-size companies from here to Texas. Peter Schweinfurth, a former […]
US hedge funds worry about expected new rules
CNN Money – For years, U.S. hedge fund managers have worried that their loosely regulated and secretive industry would one day face tougher regulations. Now that day seems to be here. "It was inevitable that this would happen," said Brad […]
Pelorus Advisors Offer Risk Service Exclusively To Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – As investors look to independent and unbiased hedge fund risk due diligence, Pelorus Advisors has decided to launch an operational risk management service for hedge fund investors. Unlike other due diligence firms, Pelorus only offers […]
