Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 4, 2009, 5:52 pm
It’s that time of year again - firm registration renewals are due by December 11, 2009. Other important upcoming dates: * December 24, 2009 - Deadline to submit any form filings for 2009. ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 4, 2009, 5:33 pm
Blogger - “The Alternative Investment Management Association, as the global hedge fund industry association, supports the efforts of policymakers in the U.S. to tackle systemic risk. We support the ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 4, 2009, 6:29 am
HedgeCo News Archives - Three hedge funds managed by $24.8 billion Highland Capital Management, L.P. have agreed on a settlement with Deutsche Bank AG. The hedge funds' had filed suit against Deu...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 4, 2009, 6:09 am
HedgeCo News Archive - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam was investigated by federal prosecutors ten years ago according to legal filings obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The paper reported that t...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 3, 2009, 7:20 am
HedgeCo News Archives - LeapFrog Investments has announced a ZAR 50 million (over $6 million) investment in AllLife, one of Africa's most innovative insurance businesses. The announcement took pla...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 3, 2009, 6:59 am
HedgeCo News Archive - Based on November performance for the Credit Suisse Long/Short Equity Liquid Index (LAB Long/Short Equity Liquid Index), Long/Short Equity funds did not fully capitalize on Nove...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 2, 2009, 6:39 am
New York (HedgeCo.net) – State Street Corporation is expanding its global servicing capabilities with an agreement to acquire alternative fund manager Mourant International Finance Administration in...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 2, 2009, 6:32 am
Merlin Securities has expanded its trading capabilities to include 24-hour international and domestic coverage. Hedge fund experts Troy Prince and John Perna will oversee the expanded trading desk. �...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 2, 2009, 5:45 am
HedgeCo News Archives - In one of the years biggest US hedge fund launches, the Wall Street Journal reports that four of the founders of the now defunct Citigroup hedge fund, Old Lane, have a new star...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Dec 1, 2009, 10:46 am
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 Decem...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 1, 2009, 7:10 am
Hedge funds are well positioned for a good year in 2010 and are likely to continue their momentum into the end of the year, which will lead to additional gains for investors during the month of Dece...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Dec 1, 2009, 5:26 am
HedgeCo News Archive - New regulations and laws, including the recently enacted anti-money laundering and know-your-client laws are making the outsourcing of hedge fund administration more and more co...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 30, 2009, 8:27 am
Hedgeco Archives - Hedge funds and equity markets are likely to continue their momentum heading into the end of the year and lead to additional gains for investors during the month of December, hedge ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 30, 2009, 7:52 am
HedgeCo Archives - Some hedge funds are considering a move to Switzerland or Asia as the European Union doles out new taxes and regulations. The hedge fund industry is worth over $377 billion in Europ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 25, 2009, 8:18 pm
Up march Option Expiration at The Hedge Funds Weblog The implications are that Option Expiration is up...for March. March 14th Indexes Have had buying through out the aftern...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 25, 2009, 7:50 am
New York (HedgeCo.net) - The billionaire hedge fund manager is arguing that authorities violated his constitutional rights by taping telephone conversations between Rajaratnam and his clients, the Wal...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 23, 2009, 4:32 pm
Wow, Cortney writes good article here on the integration of foreign Swedes back into their roots. Tough stuff! Moving to Sweden from the U.S. or England poses no great threat to security and future e...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 23, 2009, 7:44 am
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The seventh-largest U.S. public pension fund is reported to be investing $200 million in Asia private equity hedge funds. Bloomberg reported this morning that the Teachers...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 23, 2009, 6:47 am
UK-based emerging markets hedge fund firm, Insparo Asset Management has expanded their Africa & Middle East Fund with the appointment of Jamie Allsopp. Jamie has a strong background in fund managem...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 20, 2009, 8:28 am
I. PROMOTE ROBUST SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF FINANCIAL FIRMS A. Create a Financial Services Oversight Council 1. We propose the creation of a Financial Services Oversight Council to facilitate in...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 19, 2009, 6:39 am
HedgeCo News Archives - New York (HedgeCo.net) – “Hedge funds performed as advertised in October—they hedged,” said Nadia Papagiannis, Morningstar alternative investment strategist. “Though...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 19, 2009, 6:16 am
HedgeCo Blog Archives - The October edition of Hedgebay Trading Corporation’s monthly index has shown that the purchase of hedge fund assets is being driven by two prevailing sentiments among invest...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 19, 2009, 5:25 am
HedgeCo News Archives - According to investors, hedge fund manager John Paulson, who through Paulson& Co., has raised over $1 billion for clients, has plans to launch a fund dedicated to buying up sha...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 18, 2009, 6:33 am
HedgeCo News Archives - Hedge fund Hermitage Capital's legal adviser, Sergey Magnitskiy, died on Monday night in a detention centre in Moscow, the Guardian reports. The 37 year old father of two ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 18, 2009, 6:05 am
HedgeCo News Archive - The fund which the U.S. House Financial Services Committee is setting up to dismantle large insolvent financial institutions will be limited to $200 billion, MarketWatch reporte...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 17, 2009, 7:53 am
The precious metal outperformed every major equity index in the world in 2008. The question is, can gold—and other precious metals—keep on flying? Or would buying today be buying high and selling ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 17, 2009, 7:51 am
While many Western investors remain fixated on somehow acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan’s natural gas riches, despite a recent scandal over the country’s actual reserves, there is another country...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 17, 2009, 6:44 am
New York (HedgeCo.net) - Jean-Philippe Blochet has left Europe's biggest hedge fund firm, Brevan Howard, Bloomberg reports, "Following his return from sabbatical last year, Jean-Philippe Blochet h...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 17, 2009, 6:31 am
HedgeCo News Archives - Highlights of a second annual national survey released by Morningstar and Barron’s Magazine examining the perception and usage of alternative investments among institutions a...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 15, 2009, 8:18 pm
Currency trading with Retirement money at The Hedge Funds Weblog I saw a story the other day , How Retirement Funds are looking into the world of Currency trading....
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 13, 2009, 5:15 am
The South Florida Benefit for Hedge Funds Care is being held Thursday, December 3, 2009, from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the The Betsy Hotel South Beach during the most important art show in the U.S. Art...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 11, 2009, 7:28 am
HedgeCo Archives - Winner of the “Fund of Hedge Funds Leader of the Year” 2009, Liongate Capital Management, has opened a Dubai office after being awarded a license by the Dubai Financial Services...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 11, 2009, 6:06 am
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness (CCMC) today reaffirmed its position on reforming America's capital markets and outlined actions the administration, C...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 10, 2009, 7:41 am
HedgeCo Archives - Early estimates indicate the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index will finish almost flat with a +0.17% return in October. Hedge funds had a slightly positive month overall with ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 10, 2009, 6:29 am
HedgeCo Archives, Study - A new independent study that examines the continued emergence of investment managers in the equity long and short marketplace and their convergence with hedge funds has been ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 9, 2009, 7:22 am
HedgeCo New Archives - Regulatory hedge fund compliance consulting firm, FrontLine Compliance LLC, sent out an alert announcing that the House Financial Services Committee has taken the first officia...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 6, 2009, 10:43 am
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 m...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 6, 2009, 10:31 am
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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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 6, 2009, 9:05 am
HedgeCo Blog Archive - The U.S. Department of Justice released the names of the eight defendants who were arrested yesterday, 5th Nov, 2009: 1. Zvi Goffer, who formerly worked at The Schottenfeld Gro...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 6, 2009, 7:40 am
HedgeCo Archives - Allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals have emerged from the SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms. The charged defenda...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 6, 2009, 5:48 am
HedgeCo Archives - Held at the Nikki Midtown yesterday, the HedgeCo Fall Networking Event attracted 200+ investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals for a night of food, drink, mu...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 5, 2009, 3:26 am
HedgeCo Archives - Independent alternative investment group, Weston Capital Management LLC and Zurich-based Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, have joined in a strategic alliance to seed and develop n...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 4, 2009, 2:14 am
HedgeCo Archives - The SEC has appointed hedge fund veteran Norm Champ as Associate Regional Director for Examinations in the agency's New York Regional Office (NYRO). Beginning in January, Champ ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 3, 2009, 12:42 pm
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 Ga...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on HedgeFunds Weblog - Nov 3, 2009, 12:33 pm
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 Q...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 3, 2009, 8:30 am
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 Ga...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 3, 2009, 7:40 am
Christine Montgomery and Neil Robson are to join Martin Currie’s global equities team by the end of the year. The highly experienced team, led by CIO and head of global equities James Fairweather, c...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 2, 2009, 8:05 am
New York (Press Release) - Ticonderoga Securities, an institutional broker dealer, today announced the launch of its Equity Derivatives Group, which will be led by Vuk Bulajic, an industry veteran wit...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 2, 2009, 8:01 am
HedgeCo News Archives - 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 ...
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Alex Akesson posted an article on Hedge Fund News - Creative Volatility - Nov 2, 2009, 6:18 am
HedgeCo Blogs Archives - Knight Capital Group, Inc. today announced that Knight Libertas has established a Global Emerging Markets Sales team based in Greenwich, Conn., Hong Kong and London. Effecti...
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