Tag Archives: hedge-fund-managers
Hedge fund shrink says success is all in your head
Reuters – Hedge fund managers may want to get their heads examined. We’re not talking Rorschach tests and distant memories of parents. Rather, psychiatrist Ari Kiev has helped hundreds of star traders improve their market performance by increasing concentration, managing […]
AIMA Statment On The Turner Review
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – “We welcome the publication of the Turner Review, which is an impressive and comprehensive piece of work." Andrew Baker, Chief Executive of The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), said, "It is about the banking system’s […]
AIMA Statement On G20 Finance Ministers Meeting
“We welcome the communiqué from the G20 Finance Ministers. AIMA, as the trade body for the global hedge fund industry, has already announced its support both for the authorisation and regulation of hedge fund managers worldwide with their national regulators, […]
Hedge Fund, Private Equity Titans Crowd Billionaire List
FINalternatives – The richest hedge fund manager in the world, clocking in as the 29th richest person in the world, is George Soros, whose $11 billion fortune actually increased during the difficult 2008. Joining him among the top 100 are […]
Connecticut To Raise Accredited Hedge Fund Investor Standard
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Banks Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly voted yesterday to pass a bill that will raise the minimum financial qualifications for hedge fund investors to $2.5 million, and for institutional investors, $5 million. If […]
February Sees Lower Hedge Fund Redemptions
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – There were fewer redemptions in February 2009,($11 billion) compared to January,($30 billion), according to preliminary reports from Eurekahedge, pointing towards the easing of redemption pressures for hedge funds in the future. The Hedge Fund Index was down […]
Hedge funds see $159-bn outflows in Oct-Dec period
Business Standard – Spooked by increasing performance losses and record investor redemptions, the global hedge fund industry saw net outflows worth $158.91 billion in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2008, the highest level since 1994. According to a report […]
Connecticut is Latest to Push for Increased Hedge Fund Legislation
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Connecticut has long been a haven for the hedge fund industry; where light regulation and a dense population of ultra wealthy investors lure the most talented of hedge fund managers. But if some state lawmakers have […]
Why hedge funds might shine in 2009
Morningstar.ca – Hedge fund managers, once the swashbuckling frontiersmen of international finance and subject of fawning cocktail party banter, have quickly gone from hero to goat. As the global credit bubble burst with a vengeance in 2008, so too did […]
Emerging Hedge Fund Managers Get Fee Cuts Through Philanthropy
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -Hedge fund admin provider, Variman LLC, and Hedge Funds Care are working together offering discounted monthly service fees to emerging hedge fund managers who donate the standard set-up fee to Hedge Funds Care on behalf of […]
