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May Performance Up 4.06%, Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Confirms
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – “Hedge funds finished up 4.06% in May, capturing the largest monthly gains since February 2000." Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index, said, Emerging Markets funds were the strongest performers, finishing up 6.96%. The Emerging […]
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Gains Full IOSCO Membership
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) was formally admitted as the 189th member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) at the meeting of the Presidents’ Committee at IOSCO’s 34th Annual Conference in Tel […]
Ex Hedge Fund Trader Vs. Ex Wife, High Powered Hide and Seek
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a bizarre hedge fund story sent to me by a reader, an ex JP Morgan Director and ex trader for hedge funds Tudor and Brevan Howard has been traced by his ex wife’s investigators […]
Hedge Fund Paulson & Co Buys $100 Million CB Richard Ellis Stock
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Real estate services company, CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell in a direct placement 13,440,860 shares of its Class A common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $100.0 million, to […]
Hedge Fund Prime Brokerage Provider Expands To Chicago
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – NorthPoint Trading Partners, LLC has opened a new office in Chicago, IL., with 12 year industry veteran, Michael Ferro, as head. Ferro has held positions at Genworth Financial, Knight Capital Markets, and X-Change Financial Access. […]
Bowne and HedgeOp Join Forces to Launch Hedge Fund Compliance Software
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Bowne & Co., Inc. has signed an alliance with HedgeOp Compliance to offer two new compliance solutions for hedge funds and other registered investment advisers. The first of the hedge fund tools, ‘Bowne ComplianceTrak’, is […]
Hedge Fund Expert to Run ATC’s Cayman Operations
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Ali Mudeen has joined hedge fund provider ATC Group as managing director of its Cayman Islands operations. Mudeen will oversee and build the firm’s Private Clients and Corporate Services practices in the region, as well […]
StarInvest Acquires Hedge Fund Provider EXX
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Stock transfer agency, StarInvest Group, Inc (STIV) has completed the acquisition of a privately held hedge fund provider EXX.COM. “This acquisition will unleash the value of STIV management, and relationships in our effort to grow […]
Larger/Younger Hedge Funds Reported Better Returns for 2008: Study
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -While previous research has confirmed the widely held belief that emerging funds tend to outperform older and larger funds, hedge fund performance in 2008 saw a partial reversal of that trend, according to PerTrac Financial Solutions […]
