Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today HedgeCo Networks LLC announced the launch of the next generation online analytical and reporting tool, the Hedge Fund Calculator. Available as a monthly or
Property investments (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Wall Street Journal - 22 hours ago By LAURA SANTINI Global financial mayhem may be laying waste to many hedge -fund portfolios, but w HIPs awing markets are boosting a small group of hedge funds ... Volatility tests the equities machine Financial News Volatility Wears Down Equities Desks Wall Street Journal all 3 news articles Source: news.google.com Breakingviews.com A...
DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hedge funds’ annus horribilis is getting worse. The average fund, after losing nearly 5 percent in the first eight months of the year, was down an additional 7 percent in September, according to Hedge Fund Research. Many other factors are making life difficult for fund managers, too. An industry shakeout looks inevitable, says Breakingviews. At the [...]...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The 70 million pound Close Man Hedge Fund , with notes due to mature in December 2012, said it has suspended redemptions and is planning to return assets to shareholders. It cited redemptions of shares to date, which have left 2.9 million pounds in the fund as of Sept. 26. Redemption requests received and accepted before the last closing date of Sept. 11...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Mebane Faber submits: Portfolio Manager Mebane Faber attended this week's Value Investing Congress . Here are his notes from the first day: While some of the most famous hedge funds are getting hammered (letters here ), there are still some top investors presenting at the Value Investing Congress . If these managers liked their picks last week, they probably like them even more after...
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hedge fund profits, challenges attract exceptional employees While recent market problems mean many in the financial sector will be out of work or taking home smaller bonuses, there’s still wealth waiting for those in hedge funds. That wealth attracts many entrepreneurs, workers and students to hedge fund employment. Why work for a hedge fund?...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK (Marketwatch) -- Wachovia shareholder and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said the financial firm could be worth between $7.29 a share and $19.59 a share, well above its recent trading level of $5.62 a share on Monday. Ackman said at a presentation that there could be more than $20 billion of cash at Wachovia's holding company. Wachovia's brokerage and asset management units could be...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
David Enke submits: September may in fact be the cruelest month of all, at least for hedge funds - now even worse than the previous " comeuppance month " just this last July (see previous post ). Popular funds, such as Greenlight Capital and Maverick Capital had especially difficult months (see WSJ article and click to enlarge chart, below), driving year-to-date losses beyond...
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tantallon Capital Tantallon Capital | Hedge Fund Notes The following piece on Tantallon Capital is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge fund s in the industry. To review other hedge fund research notes please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool . Tantallon Capital, founded by Merrill Lynch & Co. former head of sales Nicholas...
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hedge Fund Meltdown? Hedge Fund Meltdown? | 30% Decline in AUM? One of the most frequent questions I keep receiving over the past 3 weeks has been, "What does this (the financial crisis) all mean for the hedge fund industry as a whole?" It is relatively straight forward to predict the short-mid-term consequences, but over the long-term I disagree with many....
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Prime Brokerage Singapore Article on Prime Brokerage in Singapore Here is a recent post from our associated PrimeBrokerageGuide.com site: When visitors arrive at Singapore's Changi Airport, they get both an immigration card and an application form for opening a hedge fund . This was one of the jokes making the rounds in 2007. The fact is that hedge funds in Singapore were...
Property investments (Free subscription) | yesterday
Economic Times, India - 16 hours ago â Hedge funds are getting hurt â" they are leveraged organisations like the banks. Private equity is going through their own funding problems â" they donât get ... Source: news.google.com HSE issues gas safety alert - InsideHousing The governmentâs safety watchdog has issued an alert about a potential carbon monoxide poisoning risk from gas...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ogier has walked away with yet another coveted hedge fund industry award marking its leadership in the offshore investment funds arena.
Newmark's Door (Free subscription) | yesterday
Disaster or opportunity, you decide:So depending on the leverage in the hedge fund system, multiple $100 Billion x (amount of leverage in those hedge funds) and that's how much selling could potentially go on in the 4th quarter to meet...
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hedge Fund Leverage Hedge Fund Leverage | Prime Brokers One of key functions of prime brokers is to provide financing to its hedge fund clients, so they can acquire the leverage needed for their strategies. Since with leverage can come increased risk, the prime broker generally determines the degree of leverage that can be extended to hedge funds...
