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 [...]
Christopher Murray, owner, director, and writer of Hedge Fund Productions, provides audiences with monthly mini hedge fund clips on his website www.hedgefundproductions.com. These “webisodes” are based on four male slackers who arbitrarily decide to form a false hedge fund because they have nothing better to do. The allure of the hedge fund lifestyle is [...]
Hedge Fund Charity on the 4th
We know about Hedge Funds Care is an organization devoted to helping children. Below is a letter the organization sent out to the hedge fund community regarding this weekend.
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July 3, 2009
Dear Friend,
This coming weekend is July 4th, and in the United States that really is the beginning of summer. And [...]
Startup Hedge Funds Find it Difficult to Attract Investors in Tough Financial Times
In the wake of the Madoff scandal and the financial crisis of 2008, hedge fund investors are less willing to invest in startup hedge funds. Despite an increase in startup hedge fund performance this year, the hedge funds’ total assets under management have [...]
The video below discusses the following issues this week:
Connecticut Does Not Pass Hedge Fund Bill
A Connecticut bill seeking to enforce transparency regulations on hedge funds was not brought to a vote at the state house of representatives. According to the Wall Street Journal, the House failed to vote on it before the 2009 legislative [...]
The hedge fund industry may get a $50B boost via investments from pensions, family funds, and other investors. US pensions ($360B in investible assets) us private banks 216B, European private banks with 177B are the top 3 hedge fund investor segments. Insurance companies, private banks, endowments & foundations may reduce their allocations to hedge funds.
NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - RBC Capital Markets today reported that for the month of April 2009 the RBC Hedge 250 Index(R) had a net return of 2.37 per cent. This brings the year-to-date return of the Index to 2.60 per cent. These returns are estimated and will be finalized by the middle of [...]
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 [...]
PerTrac Study Reveals New Trends in Hedge Fund Performance
PerTrac Financial Solutions (www.pertrac.com) today released its third annual study that examines hedge fund returns, volatility and risk, based on a fund’s age and size. While previous research has confirmed the widely held belief that emerging funds tend to outperform older and larger funds, hedge fund [...]
New Credit Suisse/Tremont Research Paper Examines the Recent Turnaround in the Convertible Arbitrage Space
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index has released a new research report, Convertible Arbitrage: Shifting Gears, which examines the reasons behind the Convertible Arbitrage meltdown in 2008 and the factors driving the strategy’s recent turnaround.
Convertible Arbitrage went from being one of [...]