Tag Archives: hedge funds
Hollywood studios in midst of their own horror show
Los Angeles Times – In the decade’s early years, high-net worth individuals and cash-flush hedge funds poured billions into Hollywood, backing independent productions and co-financing big-budget popcorn movies. But as those investors lost fortunes in the markets (and, too often, […]
Sheila Bair Wants To Shut Down Hedge Funds, Too
The Business Insider – FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair wants to end the too big to fail concept and extend the proposal to create the authority to shut down failing systemically important financial firms to insurers and hedge funds. No one […]
Venture capitalists not treated as hedge funds under House bill
The Hill – Venture capitalists breathed a collective sigh of relief Thursday when a proposal from the House Financial Services Capital Markets Subcommittee did not seek to treat them like private equity firms or hedge funds. Venture capital investors had […]
Fueling Growth: Outsourcing Solutions for Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new whitepaper published by Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, and Aite Group LLC examines critical hedge fund operations, entitled, Fueling Growth: Outsourcing Solutions for Hedge Funds, reports that an increase in client redemption requests […]
Global Hedge Fund AUM Slip In First Half of 2009
New York (HedgeCo.net) – There has been a continuing decline in global hedge fund industry AUM during the first half of 2009, slipping a further 8.5% during the first half of 2009 to reach a total figure of $1.67 trillion […]
Silicon Valley sees surge in deal-making
Mecury News – September brought a sharp uptick in M&A activity, according to the 451 Group, a firm that analyzes the tech industry. The month began with the $2 billion “carve out” deal for Skype, in which eBay sold 65 […]
London hedge funds talk the walk over Swiss move
Reuters – A hedge fund exodus from London to Switzerland in the face of higher taxes and tougher EU rules is unlikely to occur this side of a British general election, although the industry pretender remains ready to pounce. Eyeing […]
RCM plans new hedge funds to boost sector assets
Guardian – RCM, Allianz’s equity fund management unit, is launching two new hedge fund products aimed at increasing its assets under management in the sector by more than 50 percent, its Chief Investment Officer said. Andreas Utermann told Reuters that […]
Cogent Consulting Releases Free Broker Review System for Hedge Funds
Press Release – Cogent Consulting LLC today announced a free version of its HedgeTrak web-based broker review and evaluation service for hedge funds. HedgeTrak Lite enables hedge funds to properly value trading and research services provided by their brokerage firms, […]
Here comes the death of the bearish funds
Blogging Stocks – One year ago today, a quarter ended that put hundreds of bullish hedge funds out of business. Today, a quarter ends that will put hundreds of bearish hedge funds out of business. Oh, sure, last year some […]
Hedge Fund Manager SilkInvest Launches Fixed Income Frontier Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a move that shows that product innovation is still alive and well, Silk Invest, an asset management firm regulated by the FSA, has just announced the launch of its new UCITS Luxembourg domiciled fund. Focused […]
