Tag Archives: quantitative-investment


Octagon, Run by Ex-GIC Staff, to Start Hedge Fund

April 23, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Octagon Capital Management Pte, run by former managers of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.’s quantitative-investment group, plans to start a fund that seeks to profit from broad economic trends. Octagon, which uses computer models to pick trades, […]

A Novel Approach to Monitoring Hedge Fund Returns

April 14, 2009 : Permalink

Seekingalpha.com – In just about every action movie and TV show these days there is at least one scene where the hero asks one of his or her techies to “sharpen” a satellite image. Suddenly, what looked like a fuzzy […]

Morgan Stanley’s Mack Says Some Hedge Funds May Fail

October 17, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack said tumbling markets may drive some hedge funds out of business, prompting his firm to “resize.” “Friends in that community say that by year-end, you’ll see the number of firms in the […]