{"id":36119,"date":"2013-06-13T09:19:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T13:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=36119"},"modified":"2013-06-13T09:27:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T13:27:15","slug":"goldman-sachs-ranks-as-top-hedge-fund-prime-broker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/06\/2013\/goldman-sachs-ranks-as-top-hedge-fund-prime-broker.html","title":{"rendered":"Goldman Sachs Ranks As Top Hedge Fund Prime Broker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/664px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18493\" alt=\"Goldman Sachs\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/664px-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/664px-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/664px.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Goldman Sachs is again the most popular choice for hedge funds in the Americas, topping the annual\u00a0<i>Absolute Return<\/i>\u00a0prime brokerage rankings for the\u00a0second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>J.P. Morgan stuck to the second spot, while Credit Suisse leapfrogged over Morgan Stanley for bronze.<\/p>\n<p>Prime brokerage is the generic name for a bundled package of services offered by investment banks and securities firms to hedge funds and other professional investors needing the ability to borrow securities and cash to be able to invest on a netted basis and achieve an absolute return. The prime broker provides a centralized securities clearing facility for the hedge fund so the hedge fund&#8217;s collateral requirements are netted across all deals handled by the prime broker.<\/p>\n<p>The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor\u00a0<a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a>\u00a0is a premier\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">hedge fund database<\/a>\u00a0and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">HedgeCo.net<\/a>\u00a0is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for\u00a0<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Goldman Sachs is again the most popular choice for hedge funds in the Americas, topping the annual\u00a0Absolute Return\u00a0prime brokerage rankings for the\u00a0second consecutive year. J.P. Morgan stuck to the second spot, while Credit Suisse leapfrogged over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36119"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36125,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36119\/revisions\/36125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}