9-18-06 Charles Gradante on CNBC’s Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo
This interview came after Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital made comment to the Wall Street Journal regard big hedge fund returns. According to the video Mr. Cohen stated that the time of big returns to hedge funds were over - that everything has been picked [...]
The video below provides details on hedge fund manager Blackstone refusing a request by the SEC to provide information on the returns of its hedge fund and private equity fund returns. Blackstone will not disclose this performance in its filings to investors (although Fortress complied with the SEC request). For more information on this story, [...]
IndexIQ to Ring Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange on April 7th
Ceremony marks the March 25th launch of the first U.S. Listed Hedge Fund Replication Exchange-Traded Fund
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, will ring the Opening BellSM at the New York Stock Exchange this morning in a ceremony that [...]
New Credit Suisse Research Paper Suggests the Time Could Be Right for Global Macro Hedge Funds
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Credit Suisse Liquid Alternatives, Alpha Strategies, has released a new research report exploring the Global Macro hedge fund strategy; specifically, how the strategy has performed through market dislocations, what factors have driven Global Macro hedge funds’ returns [...]
Yesterday the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the Madoff scandal. Those present included: Senator Christopher J. Dodd; Professor John C. Coffee, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law, Columbia University Law School; Dr. Henry A. Backe, Orthopedic Surgeon; Ms. Lori Richards, Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Ms. [...]
Equinox Fund Management, LLC Appoints New Member to Executive Committee
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Equinox Fund Management, LLC (“Equinox”), a commodity pool operator and sponsor of The Frontier Fund, announces the appointment of Ajay Dravid, Ph.D. to its Executive Committee. The Frontier Fund is a public managed futures fund with a family of products available to retail investors. The [...]
SSARIS Advisors, LLC Honored at InvestHedge Fund of Hedge Fund Awards Named “Group of the Year” and “Arbitrage Fund of the Year”
STAMFORD, Conn., Mar 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — SSARIS Advisors, LLC, an absolute return hedge fund and fund of funds manager and member of State Street Global Alliance, LLC, announced today that it was [...]
Investcorp Leads Investment in L’azurde to Build Jewellery Brand Internationally
Second investment by Investcorp’s Gulf Opportunity Fund is made in world’s fourth largest manufacturer of gold and jewellery and leading Middle East brand
BAHRAIN, March 19 /PRNewswire/ — Investcorp, the asset management firm specialising in alternative investments, and its consortium partners Eastgate Capital Group and The National [...]
Allowing Investor Viewing Access to Brokerage Account
I have recently been talking with many hedge fund service providers about what they are seeing in the industry right now. The following quote aptly summarizes what I have been hearing:
it’s a buyer’s market and managers need to be mindful if they are going to attract investors
Accordingly, this article [...]
American Discovery Adds Attorneys and Review Facility to Address Increase in Hedge Fund Litigation
Financial Industry Legal Outsourcing Leader Incorporates New Infrastructure to Support Client Growth
LOS ANGELES, CA (March 16, 2009) – American Discovery, the knowledge-based leader of legal outsourcing to the nation’s top law firms and Fortune 500 corporations, today announced the addition of new [...]