Deutsche Bank Ranked Second in Hedge Fund Administration Survey
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Deutsche Bank’s Alternative Fund Services, part of the bank’s Global Transaction Banking (GTB) division, has ranked second among top administrators in Global Custodian...
View ArticlePalladio Alternative Research goes live
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Swiss-based Palladio Alternative Research Group has started operations in August 2009 via its first Geneva-based subsidiary. Designed to provide outsourcing solutions for hedge...
View Article10-Year Mark for Mooring’s Flagship Hedge Fund
New York (Hedgeco.net) – The second quarter of 2009 marked the 10th year of operation for Washington, DC-based hedge fund, Mooring Capital Fund, which delivered a quarterly compounded return of 12.40%...
View ArticleHedge Fund Man Research Laboratory Expands At Oxford
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Man Research Laboratory (MRL) and the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI) opened new, larger premises in Jericho, Oxford, on 24 September, demonstrating that the...
View ArticleBNY Mellon/Dreyfus Launch Two Fund of Funds
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Dreyfus Corporation, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, announced the introduction of the Dreyfus Satellite Alpha Fund and the Dreyfus Diversified Global Fund. “Many...
View ArticleFormer President Bill Clinton Honors Alternative Investor LeapFrog
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In the Closing Plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative 2009, former President Bill Clinton featured LeapFrog Investments, which raised the world’s first microinsurance fund....
View ArticleNew Zealand Hedge Fund Partners Offshore Investors With Local Clean Tech Experts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – A new hedge fund is being launched to bridge the distance barrier between New Zealand and the rest of the world. Milestone Capital has established the Rutherford Innovation...
View ArticleFueling 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...
View ArticleCharles Schwab and Hedge Fund Founder Ken Fisher Recipients of Tiburon’s...
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Ken Fisher, Founder and CEO of Fisher Investments will be honored along with Charles Schwab as recipients of Tiburon’s Inaugural CEO Summit Awards, recognizing their...
View ArticleHedge Funds Up In September Despite 3Q Risks
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Despite rich equity market multiples and uncertainty surrounding the upcoming 3rd quarter earnings reports, Hennessee Group said that hedge fund investors continued to pile...
View ArticleHedge Fund Manager’s Email Scrutinised For Knowledge of Downturn
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The jury selection has begun for the trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Matthew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi, over the alleged hedge fund securities and wire...
View ArticleUK Hedge Fund Manager Sought
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The London Metropolitan police are considering launching an investigation into the whereabouts of Nicholas Levene, who is being accused by investors of disappearing with their...
View ArticleRBC Hedge 250 Index returned 2.20% in September 2009
New York (HedgeCo.net) – RBC Capital Markets reported today that the RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) had a net return of 2.20% for the month of September 2009. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index...
View ArticleGlobal Custodian Chosen For Capula Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – London-based government fixed-income specialist firm, Capula Investment Management LLP, has appointed BNY Mellon as provider of global hedge fund custody services for their...
View ArticleSpeculation Over Hedge Fund Manager’s Downfall In Full Swing
New York (HedgeCo.net) The Galleon scandal is raging full force, with Raj Rajaratnam’s global hedge funds under a microscope. Supervising the case is U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who’s...
View ArticleRajaratnam Out On Bail, Winds Down Hedge Funds In Letter to Clients
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a letter first made public by Reuters today to Galleon employees and clients, Raj Rajaratnam, who has been released on bail, said “I have decided that it is now in the best...
View ArticleHedge Fund Shareholder Appointed To Legg Mason’s Board Of Directors
New York (HedgeCo.net) – $703 billion global asset management firm, Legg Mason, announced today that an outstanding shareholder, hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz, will be elected to the Company’s Board...
View ArticleCioffi Told Investors Only ‘Couple Million’ Redemptions on Call
Bloomberg – Bear Stearns Cos. hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi told investors in April 2007 that there had been a “couple of million” dollars in redemptions, days after being told an investor asked to...
View ArticleNorthern Trust Named Best Overall Hedge Fund Administrator
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Northern Trust has been named the Best Overall Hedge Fund Administrator by HFMWeek in the magazine’s inaugural U.S. Service Provider Awards. The awards recognize companies that...
View ArticleUK Fraud Office Investigates London Hedge Fund – Oil Sales Contracts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – London-based hedge fund, Dynamic Decisions Capital Management, which operated the Cayman Islands-based Growth Premium Master fund is being investigated by the Serious Fraud...
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