Tag Archives: advisory-services


Growth in Alternative Investments Among Institutions and Financial Advisors Expected to Continue

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Morningstar and Barron’s today released highlights of a recent national survey examining the perception and usage of alternative investments among institutions and financial advisors. “Our survey found that both institutions and advisors want alternative investments […]

Hedge Fund Brotman Capital Shows Top Performance

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Brotman Capital Partners LP, based in Boca Raton, Florida, has turned in the best performance Year to Date of a Market/Trend Timing Hedge Fund according to Barclays Hedge Fund Database. Through October, 2008 the Fund […]

Salus Alpha offers a fund based on hedge fund index to investors

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Because of investors’ demand Salus Alpha decided to make the Salus Alpha Directional Market accessible as a fund. This way Salus Alpha continues to launch tracker funds for all hedge fund indices launched by Alternative-Index […]

Former Citigroup Manager Joins RFA

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund IT provider, Richard Fleischman & Associates, announced that Colin Moe has joined the firm as account manager. The appointment furthers RFA’s unprecedented growth and commitment to serve its client base of 400-plus alternative […]

Man’s Investment Research Laboratory at Oxford Expands

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – A pioneering collaboration that brings together the best of the academic and finance worlds has been such a success that the venture has outgrown its premises, just a year after its establishment. Man Group plc, […]

Goldman Fund Loses Nearly $1 Billion in 9 Months

CNBC – A Goldman Sachs hedge fund that launched in January with over $6 billion under management lost close to $1 billion by September, according to the Financial Times. The fund, known as Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, has told investors […]

How hedge funds could hurt Apple

There’s an interesting and timely paragraph about Apple buried in the middle of Scott (”The Finance Professor”) Rothbort’s latest primer on hedge funds (Hedge Fund Liquidations: Five Things You Need to Know). He’s explaining how hedge fund investors — technically, […]

Polygon Concedes to British Energy, Winds Down Flagship Hedge Fund

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative investor, Polygon Investment Partners LLP has agreed not to further oppose the restructuring of the company by British Energy and other shareholders, in exchange the shareholders and British Energy have agreed to stop all […]

The Central Bank of Bahrain Joins Hedge Fund Summit

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Central Bank of Bahrain will be participating in the Hedge Funds Review, Middle East Summit in Bahrain on November 11-12, 2008. "As the funds industry continues to gather pace in the global arena, the CBB […]

Hedge Fund Pentwater Suspends Redemptions

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a letter to investors, Hedge Fund manager Pentwater Capital announced that due to a number of unexpected redemption notices for year-end they have suspended redemptions and withdrawals, effective immediately. "The entire hedge fund industry […]

Emissions Fund Pure Capital Peforms Well

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In this time of extreme market moves and poor investment performance, specialist investment manager, Pure Capital, a “targeted non-correlation manager” has been performing nicely, according to sources. “The bespoke portfolio solutions we have developed for […]

Shareholder Sues CSX, Claims Hedge Funds Were to Blame

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CSX is finding themselves in the middle of another battle, this time with a shareholder who is suing the railroad company along with hedge funds TCI and 3G Capital Partners. Shareholder Deborah Donoghue is seeking the […]