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Mooring Hedge Fund Gains Amid Losses

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Mooring Financial Corp., a private investment firm specializing in the management of alternative assets, has seen its hedge fund, the Mooring Intrepid Opportunity Fund gain 37% year-to-date, while global hedge fund returns have declined almost […]

Big hedge funds suffer big losses in September

Reuters – Hedge funds made history in September but not the kind most managers want to remember. Among the biggest losers, as last month’s returns are slowly revealed to investors, are some of the $1.9 trillion hedge fund industry’s most […]

Pharos Russia Funds Resilient, but Drop With Russian Market

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Conservatively positioned given the high level of stress that existed on the global financial system, the 3 Pharos Russia Funds’ current strategy uses alpha generation which comes from a combination of stock selection and active […]

Hedge Fund Manager Launches Lettable Space Park In Romania

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Argo Group, an emerging markets investment manager, announced the launch of The Era Shopping Park Iasi. Projected to generate EUR 18 million ($25.7 million) in annual rental income the launch is funded by Argo’s private […]

Update – Vodia Expands Into Frontier Markets

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Reflecting a growth in corporate activities, Vodia Group has rebranded as Finadium. The move was made, the re-named Finadium says, to showcase an ability to develop new ideas and create products and marketing strategies in […]

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP Announce Legislation Task Force

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP today announced that it has formed a multi-disciplinary Task Force to guide financial institutions, private investment funds, institutional investors and other market participants through the legislative, regulatory and enforcement challenges posed […]

SGAM Launches Hedge Fund Replicant

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – SGAM (Société Générale Asset Management) Alternative Investments launched the SGAM ETF T-Rex (for total return exposure), on Euronext Paris. "It is possible to build a portfolio of dynamic strategies designed to replicate overall allocations in […]

Citadel resolves spat with JP Morgan

JP Morgan Chase & Co and Citadel Investment Group resumed trading with each other on Friday, one day after the bank had cut off the hedge fund over a hiring dispute, a person familiar with the matter said. "The dispute […]

MSCI Barra Joins Morningstar Arrangement

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – MSCI Barra and Morningstar have entered into an arrangement to calculate and distribute hedge fund indices jointly. “We are delighted to be working with Morningstar, and believe that this exciting development will greatly benefit all […]

Rooney Brothers Put up Steel Curtain for Hedge Funder Druckenmiller

New York (HedgeCo.Net) Hedge fund billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has pulled his bid for his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers that he originally placed over nine months ago.  Rooney brothers Tim, John, Pat and Art Jr., had been wavering on their decision of […]

Hedge funds Down in August

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index lost 3.12% in August, significantly underperforming U.S. and global equity and bond markets. August, like July, was characterized by a large drop in emerging markets and commodities. "Even though […]

SEC Plans to Protect Lehman Investors

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – While coordinating with overseas regulators to protect Lehman’s customers and maintain orderly markets, the SEC staff who have been on-site at the U.S. broker-dealer will remain in place to oversee the orderly transfer of customer […]