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by Alex Akesson on March 8, 2010
Andrew Schneider, co-founder of HedgeCo Networks has been selected by his industry peers to represent the hedge fund industry on the 2010/2011 Board of Directors of the Hedge Fund Association (HFA).
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by Alex Akesson on February 9, 2010
Halcyon Holdings has accepted a deal from hedge fund Pacificor yesterday after a five-hour auction, according to a report by IndieMoviesOnline.com.
The Terminator rights were sold for $29.5 millio...
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by Alex Akesson on February 4, 2010
Galileo Capital Management has launched LGBT Capital, a specialist Corporate Advisory and Investment Management Unit focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) consumer market.
LG...
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by Alex Akesson on February 3, 2010
The London Nominees Football Fund launched on Feb 1, 2010, with approximately $40 million in assets under management.
The investment panel includes ex international players, coaches and leading ind...
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by Alex Akesson on February 1, 2010
Hedge Funds Care is holding its 12th Annual New York "Open Your Heart to the Children" benefit on Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street.
A committee will award Michael E. No...
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by Alex Akesson on February 1, 2010
Silk Invest's Luxembourg SICAV hedge fund, the Silk Road Income Fund, has been awarded the 2009 'Golden Bull' prize for innovation at the 'Finanzen Nacht' ceremony in Munich.
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by Alex Akesson on January 27, 2010
FINRA and the SEC have recently issued statements and taken bold steps to put the industry on watch, hedge fund compliance consulting firm, FrontLine Compliance, LLC., reports. FINRA is now being mo...
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by Alex Akesson on January 20, 2010
The Cayman Islands were hit by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake Tuesday at 9:23 am ET, the earthquake took place 30 miles southeast of Grand Cayman Island.
The major offshore hedge fund center in the Car...
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by Alex Akesson on January 19, 2010
There has been a recent focus on financial services and the hedge fund space in Cyprus, the UN went so far as to declare Cyprus the forerunner for the new Luxembourg UCITS model. The government, worki...
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by Alex Akesson on January 19, 2010
The Alternative Investments Conference organised by the London School of Economics Private Equity Society and Financial Markets Group has attracted unprecedented interest among students and financial ...
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by Alex Akesson on December 1, 2009
Hedge funds are well positioned for a good year in 2010 and are likely to continue their momentum into the end of the year. This should lead to additional gains for investors during the month of Dec...
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by Alex Akesson on November 6, 2009
The SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms has brought allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals.
The charged defendants include hedge fund ma...
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by Alex Akesson on November 6, 2009
Yesterday's Fall Networking Event attracted 200+ investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals for a night of food, drink, music and mingling with other members of the alternati...
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by Alex Akesson on November 3, 2009
100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Board of Directors today announced that Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will receive its 2009 Effecting Change Award at its New York Gala...
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by Alex Akesson on November 3, 2009
CEO at QuantZ Capital Management, Milind Sharma, is in the process of launching his own hedge fund, sources say.
The hedge fund manager is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million for the QuantZ...
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by Alex Akesson on October 15, 2009
Third party marketers (3pm's) are essentially hedge fund brokers. They represent various hedge fund products and introduce and sell these products to qualified investors.
The Third Party Marketer...
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by Alex Akesson on October 15, 2009
Starting A Hedge Fund In The Post-Madoff Era, a seminar organized by Andrew Schneider and Hedgeco Networks, 220 managers, investors and service providers came together at the U.S. Trust Building to h...
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by Alex Akesson on September 30, 2009
As one of Wall Street's most popular annual events, Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest features bands whose members work in the hedge fund and finance industry. All of the five bands scheduled to perform on...
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by Alex Akesson on September 23, 2009
After the urgency of finding a cure for Batten Disease was brought to the attention of representatives of The New Jersey Nets, the basketball team committed to joining hedge fund, Capstone Global Mark...
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by Alex Akesson on September 16, 2009
Hedge fund investor, logi ENERGY LLC., has announced the formation of The Peak Oil Value Fund. Launched September 8, the new hedge fund is the first of its kind aimed at institutional and accredited i...
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by Alex Akesson on September 15, 2009
A Leg To Stand On is celebrating the sixth anniversary of their annual benefit, Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest. It is being held at B.B. King Blues Club in New York on Thursday, October 8.
The Rocktoberfes...
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by Alex Akesson on September 9, 2009
Net inflows for hedge funds reached $4.5 billion in August, with over 50% of the reporting funds attracting capital during the month.
Preliminary reporting from Eurekahedge finds that August marks t...
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by Alex Akesson on September 3, 2009
This morning on the HedgeCo hedge fund blog, Aaron posted this interesting piece on Cerberus and the new three-year lock up policy that they instituted for their new hedge funds. The article points at...
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by Alex Akesson on August 27, 2009
The top 50 funds are certainly managing less, but they are not out of the game. Smaller funds, of course, are facing an even tougher time. Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research (HFR) has reported that ove...
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by Alex Akesson on August 25, 2009
Looking at the charts of performance for emerging markets across the globe, analyst Alex Thompson noticed that while volatility varied from country to country, every chart had the same shape. Every tr...
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by Alex Akesson on July 18, 2009
Capital Introduction is a service usually provided by hedge fund prime brokers. The biggest teams coming from the largest prime brokers, firms like Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lyn...
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by Alex Akesson on July 16, 2009
I've also started a twitter page for the stories on the go. Follow me at; http://twitter.com/alexakesson
With so much going on in the news these days I think I'll start doing a weekly news ro...
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by Alex Akesson on July 16, 2009
Richard H. Baker, President and CEO of the Managed Funds Association (MFA) wrote a letter to MFA members this afternoon, highlighting today's announcement by the Obama Administration requiring all...
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by Alex Akesson on June 16, 2009
"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 ...
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by Alex Akesson on June 10, 2009
According to Friedrich Kiradi, head of Merit Alternative Investments GmbH and director of the world-wide first Art Photography Fund. "Investments in material assets such as real estate, commoditi...
