Tag Archives: hedge funds
Hedge Fund Man Research Laboratory Expands At Oxford
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Man Research Laboratory (MRL) and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI) opened new, larger premises in Jericho, Oxford, on 24 September, demonstrating that the two groups’ unique collaboration is flourishing as it moves into its […]
US tax chiefs target loans from hedge funds offshore
Reuters – U.S. tax authorities have advised staff in New York to pursue legal cases against hedge funds and companies that avoided taxes through loans that originated in the United States but are approved offshore. The Internal Revenue Service, in […]
Prime Brokerage Services Division Launch For Hedge Funds and Investment Advisers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – TradeStation Securities, Inc., has launched the TradeStation Prime Services division to fill the growing need of start-up to mid-sized hedge funds, the company said today. TradeStation Prime Services will be co-headed by Lance Baraker and William […]
The hills are alive… with the sound of hedge funds
Guardian – Visitors to Pfäffikon, a small Swiss town on the shores of lake Zurich, would never suspect that they were in a hedge fund hot spot. But many have followed in the wake of London-based Man Group, the world’s […]
UK ‘blocking tough finance rules’
BBC News – The UK has “particular difficulties” regulating hedge funds “to put it politely”, Mr Steinbrueck told the weekly German news magazine. “There clearly is a lobby in London that wants to defend its competitive advantage tooth and claw,” […]
Hedge Funds Keep Watch on Washington
BusinessWeek – As legislators and officials in the Obama Administration debate and potentially draw closer to passing new rules regarding health care, carbon emissions, and financial services, hedge fund managers are awakening to the need to reexamine the assumptions they […]
Recession winners: historians and hedge funds
Sydney Morning Herald – Hedge funds over bankers. If Lehman Brothers had a dollar for every time someone warned that hedge funds would bring the financial system to its knees, the bank wouldn’t have gone bust. While hedge funds took […]
Hedge Fund Performance for August – Morningstar
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds’ good fortunes persisted in August according to a preliminary hedge fund performance report from Morninstar. “Hedge fund returns in August were driven by strong equity markets throughout the developed world,” said Nadia Papagiannis, Morningstar […]
Md. gets $9M judgment against former hedge fund
The Examiner – The Maryland attorney general’s office says it has won a $9.5 million judgment against the operator of several former hedge funds. The judgment was granted in Prince George’s County Circuit Court against John Henry Williams. In February […]
Babcock & Brown Gets Refinancing Proposal From Hedge Funds Through RBS
RTT News – Tuesday, Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Limited said it received on September 17, a refinancing proposal from Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, acting on behalf of an investor group, which comprises mainly international hedge funds. As revealed […]
Bucco says Corzine should disclose ties to casinos and hedge fund
Jackson, NJ – Senate Republican Budget Officer Tony Bucco called on Governor Jon Corzine to release all documents detailing links between casinos and a hedge fund company in which the governor is invested. The Governor’s financial disclosure forms show that […]
