Cogent Partners to launch hedge fund advisory effort with Pascale Alvanitakis-Guély
London, 11 May 2009 – Cogent Partners, a specialty investment bank focused on alternative assets, today announced the launch of a new hedge fund advisory business and the appointment of Pascale Alvanitakis-Guély, a former Lehman Brothers Managing Director, as a Senior Adviser to spearhead [...]
SkyBridge Capital’s First Annual SALT Conference To Be Headlined by Alternative Asset Management Industry Leaders
NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ — SkyBridge Capital, which provides strategic capital to new and early-stage hedge funds, announced today that more than 500 asset managers and investors and other industry thought leaders have registered to convene at its first annual [...]
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Royce & Associates, LLC (Royce), investment advisor to The Royce Funds, is pleased to announce three recent additions to its investment staff. Carl Brown, Brendan Hartman and Jim Stoeffel joined the firm on May 1, 2009.
Carl Brown, Portfolio Manager of Royce, has 15 years of investment industry experience. Prior to joining Royce, he [...]
Acclaimed Corporate Credit Strategist Sam DeRosa-Farag Joins Morgan Creek Capital Management
13-Year Institutional Investor - Ranked High Yield Strategist Named Morgan Creek Principal
CHAPEL HILL, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, a $9 billion global investment management firm and registered investment advisor based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with offices in New York, Hong Kong and Beijing, [...]
dms Management Ltd. Article ‘Fund governance: size matters’ Featured in Hedge Fund Manager Week, Cayman Report 2009
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — dms Management Ltd. (dms), the largest management firm in the Cayman Islands focused on serving the hedge fund industry, recently penned an article, “Fund governance: size matters”, for the financial industry [...]
Dow Jones Newswires Adds Hedge Fund Manager and Financial Services Expert to Editorial Team
NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ — Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV) , today announced two new editorial hires in the London and New York newsrooms of Dow Jones Newswires. Paul Sharma, [...]
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 [...]
Managed Funds Association Espouses Smart Approach To Regulatory Reform as Group of Twenty Concludes in London
WASHINGTON, DC –Managed Funds Association (MFA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard H. Baker, issued the following statement as the Group of Twenty (G-20) concludes its meeting in London to discuss global economic stability:
“Financial system stability and the restoration of [...]
Grant Thornton LLP Launches New Hedge Fund Registration and Compliance Services
NEW YORK–In response to investor demand for greater transparency as well as pending new legislation, Grant Thornton LLP’s Financial Services practice is launching Hedge Fund Internal Control, Governance and Regulatory Compliance Services. These services will help funds attract new investors who might be wary of [...]
State to Increase Regulation of Hedge Funds
(www.hedgefundlawblog.com) Connecticut, home of many of the biggest hedge funds in the world, may begin regulating hedge funds in a heavy handed manner. Recently state lawmakers have introduced three bills (Raised Bill No. 953, Raised Bill No. 6477 and Raised Bill No. 6480) which would greatly increase oversight of [...]