Hedge Fund Law Firm creates NFA required self-examination checklists to assist all types of CFTC registered managers. The checklists can be downloaded online at http://www.hedgefundlawblog.com/
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 9, 2010 — In an effort to better serve firms registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Mallon P.C. has developed a set of easy-to-use [...]
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Manger: Mellon Capital Management Corporation; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Public/Private: Public
Website: www.mcm.com
Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/mellon-capital-management
Locations: San Francisco (HQ), Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh
Company Size: 201-500 employees
Founded: 1983
AUM: $153.2 billion
Clients: 606
Registration: SEC Registered
Notice Filings: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, [...]
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Manger: Coast Asset Management, LLC
Public/Private: Private
Website: http://www.coastasset.com/
Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/coast-asset-management
Location: Los Angeles
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Founded: 1991
AUM: $4.487 billion
Registration: SEC Registered; California notice filed
Strategies: fixed-income investments, employing fixed-income arbitrage, multi-manager portfolio management, and credit-spread
Important Personnel: David E. Smith (CEO); Lori D. Edwards (SVP); Christopher Lewis (CCO); Simon Anderson (CFO)
Funds: COAST DIVERSIFIED FUND II-ALTERNATIVE, LTD., COAST [...]
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Manger: The Tudor Group
Website: www.tudorfunds.com
Location: Greenwich, CT (HQ), Boston, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Washington D.C.
SEC Registered: YES
Strategies: global macro trading, fundamental equity investing in the U.S. and Europe, emerging markets, venture capital, commodities, event driven strategies and technical trading systems
Founder: Paul Tudor Jones
Other: In 1980, Jones founded Tudor Investment Corporation , which is [...]
Background Information:
Manger: Prisma Capital Partners LP
Website: http://www.47n.com/
Location: New York, NY
SEC Registered: Yes
Member: Alternative Investment Management Association Limited (AIMA)
Strategies: shipping and freight, power derivatives, film finance and emissions
Founders: Claude F. Porret
Key Employees: Fraser R. McKenzie (Investment Research & Risk Management), Richard C. Mueller (Business Development & Investment Research), Annette Diem-Schreiber (Legal & Compliance)
Other: 47 Degrees North [...]
47 Degrees North Launches Fund Combining Innovative Alternative Investment Strategies
47 Degrees North Capital Management Ltd announced the launch of the 47 Degrees North Innovation Fund as of June 1st 2009, a fund that offers investors access to a diversified portfolio of new and innovative alternative investment strategies.
The Fund combines a thematic set of alternative investment [...]
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Manger: Long Term Capital Management
Website: http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/ltcm.htm
SEC Registered: Yes
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: around $3.65 billion
Strategies: arbitrage opportunities
Founders: Myron Scholes and Robert C. Merton
Key Employees: John Meriwether; David Mullins, Eric Rosenfeld
Other: LTCM was to look for arbitrage opportunities in markets using computers, massive databases and the insights of top level theorists. These opportunities arose when markets deviated [...]
Background Information
Manager: Fortress Investment Group LLC
Website: http://www.fortressinv.com/
Public/Private: Public
SEC Registered: Yes
Location: New York City
AUM: around $26.5 billion
Key Employees: Wesley R. Eden (CEO); Peter L. Briger, Jr. (President); Randall A. Nardone (COO)
Related Entities: NewCastle Investment Corp., Eurocastle Investment Limited
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Fortress Approved to Manage D.B. Zwirn & Co. Funds
Fortress Investment Group LLC Approved to Manage D.B. Zwirn & Co. Funds
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) today announced that the Company has replaced D.B. Zwirn & Co., L.P. as the manager of D.B. Zwirn’s funds and accounts. These funds will be renamed the Fortress Value Recovery Funds I. The transaction, which is estimated to [...]
Clover Capital manages $2.8 billion in value equity, balanced and fixed-income assets: Transaction expected to be complete by year end
Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated), one of the nation’s largest investment managers announced on September 15th, 2008 its agreement to acquire Clover Capital Management, Inc. (Clover Capital), a n investment manager that specializes in value investing. The [...]