Tag Archives: hedge funds
CME Partners With Hedge Funds in Restructuring Clearing Services
New York (Hedgeco.net) – CME Group is restructuring its credit default swap (CDS) with hedge fund Citadel Investment Group as a strategic program targeted at providing clearing-only services for the nearly $27 trillion CDS market. Key features developed as part […]
10-Year Mark for Mooring’s Flagship Hedge Fund
New York (Hedgeco.net) – The second quarter of 2009 marked the 10th year of operation for Washington, DC-based hedge fund, Mooring Capital Fund, which delivered a quarterly compounded return of 12.40% per year. “Our flagship Mooring Capital Fund has provided […]
Europe Fund Law ‘To Cost $2.8 Billion’ in Year One, Survey Says
Bloomberg – The European Union’s proposed rules for hedge funds and private equity firms may cost as much as 1.9 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in the first year and 985 million euros annually thereafter, an industry survey says. The Directive […]
Hedge fund closures still outpace launches
The hedge fund industry continues to shrink — though the pace is slowing a bit, according to the latest report from Hedge Fund Research Inc. During the three-month period ended June 30, the industry saw 182 launches and 292 liquidations, […]
High-Frequency Trading And Mutual Funds
Forbes – Earlier in the decade, the mutual fund world was rocked by a market-timing scandal. Mutual fund companies allowed certain deep-pocketed hedge funds to trade in and out of their portfolios to take advantage of pricing imbalances caused by […]
Cumulus Tops Europe’s Energy Hedge Funds; Sword Shuts
Bloomberg – The Cumulus Energy Fund gained 46 percent this year through July, beating the returns of 10 of its peers after anticipating rainy weather in Scandinavia would increase hydropower supplies and lower prices. The $41 million fund’s appreciation surpassed […]
To Reduce Hedge Fund Risk, Let Everyone In
New York Times – It is time to get serious about hedge fund risk. This, however, is not the usual argument for more regulation of hedge funds. Here is a contrarian view: the best course for our capital markets may […]
Hedge flows above pre-crisis levels -Martin Currie
Guardian – Scottish fund firm Martin Currie is seeing investors put money into its hedge funds at a faster rate than before the credit crisis, an executive told Reuters, in another sign the industry is reviving. After $300 billion of […]
US and UK regulators agree to work together on hedge funds
Daily Telegraph – The Financial Services Authority has agreed to work with the Securities and Exchange Commission the leading US financial regulator in an effort to better regulate the work of crossborder hedge funds. The City watchdog has agreed with […]
Brazil Private Equity Funds to Grow as Falling Rates Hurt Bonds
Bloomberg – Brazilian money managers will open more funds targeting real estate, private equity and corporate debt as record low interest rates reduce demand for government bonds, said Jose Luiz Osorio de Almeida Filho, a former chief securities regulator. Investors […]
No country for stimulus packages – SilkInvest on MENA Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an update from MENA hedge fund investor SilkInvest, CEO Baldwin Berges writes, “While the major economies are still fuelled on policy support level, there are several economies in our region of focus that benefit from […]
Griffin Shifts Funds’ Strategy to Fortify Citadel
Bloomberg – Ken Griffin started trading convertible bonds 22 years ago from his Harvard University dorm room. Now he’s moving away from the investments that made him a billionaire hedge-fund manager — and unraveled last year, leaving clients with a […]
