Against the backdrop of difficult market conditions and growing investor…
10/04/2012
Hedge funds were up in March, yielding the best first quarter since 2006, according to hedge fund advisors the Hennessee Group. Hennessee’s Hedge Fund Index gained 0.59% last month, taking YTD returns to 4.59%.
10/04/2012
The Hedge Fund Association (HFA), an international organisation that represents hedge funds, service providers and investors, has endorsed US President Barack Obama’s signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act last week, saying that emerging managers in particular will be set to benefit.
05/04/2012
Paulson & Co.’s Advantage and Advantage Plus funds have posted negative returns for the first quarter, compounding double digit losses accrued in 2011.
05/04/2012
MEP uses letter to attack AIFMD, saying it sends a “terrible signal to the financial sector,” in a sign of growing anger at the European Commission’s approach
05/04/2012
A leading hedge funds lawyer has warned that the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) – the latest draft of which was released last week – is causing “a lot of concern” among US managers, who believe the EU is “out to get them.”
05/04/2012
Today: Falcone says bankruptcy is an option for LightSquared; Paulson hedge funds mixed in first quarter; ECB liquidity fuels high stakes hedging; strong first quarter for some funds; and more...
04/04/2012
Stone Toro Asset Management, a New Jersey-based alternative investment firm, has scored a seed investment for its first hedge fund, HFMWeek has learned.
04/04/2012
Cliffwater Associates, the US investment consultant giant with around $21bn in hedge fund assets under advisory, is setting its sights on opening a London office, HFMWeek can exclusively reveal.
03/04/2012
Falcon Edge Capital, one of this year’s most highly anticipated launches, has hired senior talent from Lansdowne Partners and CQS as it continues to assemble a high-pedigree operational team ahead of its 1 June launch, HFMWeek has learned.
04/04/2012
The head of Pentagon Capital Management has become the recipient of the biggest fine ever levied on a foreign citizen by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), after the London-based hedge fund manager and his firm saw a recent penalty for market abuse increased to nearly $100m.
The hedge fund industry has always had a bit of a schizophrenic relationship with the media, particularly here in the US
Mayfair’s position as the undisputed heartland of London’s hedge fund community was called into question last month
The pressure cooker purred in January and February, squealed in March and April, and, this week, finally blew a gasket
07/06/2012
Join us and our panel of experts for HFMWeek's Subscribers' Club June's UK breakfast briefing, 'Impact…
31/05/2012
The next US HFMWeek Subscribers' Club breakfast, will take place on Thursday May 31. Join us and…
02/02/2011
HFMWeek's European Hedge Fund Services Awards are designed to recognise companies that have outperformed...
