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Introduction Capital Announces Executive Sponsors for its Forum
TORONTO – Introduction Capital announced today that BMOCapital Markets and Sprott Asset Management have signed on as the executivesponsors for its third annual forum for sophisticated global investors whoare interested in the Canadian hedge fund market entitled "Canadian HedgeFund Managers […]
DLA Piper names Australian Luke Gannon to launch transactional funds
Hedge Week.com – DLA Piper has appointed Australian corporate and financial services lawyer Luke Gannon as a partner in its corporate group and head of the firm’s funds practice throughout Asia. Gannon, who will be based in DLA Piper’s Hong […]
Hedge Fund Forum 2008
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Greenwich Hyatt will be the scene of the 2008 Global Alpha Forum, the hedge fund event is for both fund managers operating in Connecticut and investors wishing to get to know those managers. The […]
Comedic relief with hedge fund humour
Globe and Mail – Hedge-fund manager Ben Shoval, wearing a green Thomas Pink shirt and a $1,600 Giorgio Armani suit, grabbed the microphone last week at New York’s Broadway Comedy Club to riff on his day job. The 31-year-old hedge […]
Russell to boost Asia property fund exposure
Reuters Singapore – U.S.-based Russell Investments, which manages over $211 billion (110 billion pounds) in assets, wants to boost its exposure to Asian real estate as it sees growing markets in China and India withstanding a global downturn. The company, […]
Sexism and the city: you dont need men when you run $60bn in assets
The Independant – Susan Solovay, founder of a New York-based fund of hedge funds, explains to Martin Baker why her strategy of investing only with female managers will pay off – and why Warren Buffett is in fact a woman […]
New York Hedge Funds Need Quick Turnaround
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York’s top 100 hedge funds are in trouble and can’t seem to get out of the red, according to performance reports obtained by the New York Post. Prominent hedge funds are still trying to recover […]
Attack of the acronyms
WA Today- Australia’s biggest life insurer and funds manager, AMP, was ducking for cover today. What are AMP’s holdings of CDOs, CLOs ABSs and CDSs? Not much of an answer to that one. "We are holding a number of these […]
US lawyers busy as hedge funds face scrutiny
Reuters- It’s turning into a busy summer for U.S. lawyers who advise hedge funds as the industry faces growing questions about potentially manipulative trading and regulators are knocking at fund managers’ doors. With the markets in turmoil, the loosely regulated […]
Introduction Capital Announces Partner Sponsors
TORONTO – Introduction Capital announced today that HorizonsBetaPro ETFs, Felcom Data Services Inc. and JovVentures Inc. have signed onas the partner sponsors for its third annual forum for global sophisticatedinvestors interested in the Canadian hedge fund market entitled “CanadianHedge Fund […]
Investors quit emerging markets for developed safety
Reuters UK- Investors are responding to the sharp falls on equity markets around the world by shifting from what are now being seen as vulnerable emerging markets to relatively safer developed ones. The moves — which can be seen in […]
