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Hedgestock Vibes Make Business a Pleasure
By Staff WriterHedgestock is an industry event unlike any other. Not only is it a racing certainty that the hedge fund industry has never seen anything like it, it is a fair bet that no other business group has ever organized a conference of such originality. And even the English weather cooperated!...
June 05, 2006
HSBC Launches Placings for Two Funds of FundsLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--HSBC Republic Investments has launched placings to raise additional capital for two exchange-listed funds of funds, the HSBC European Absolute and HSBC Global Absolute funds. The placing will close on June 23, with dealings to commence on June 29. "Fund of hedge funds products such as European and Global...
June 05, 2006
Italy Funds Damaged by Tax AnomaliesMILAN, Italy (HedgeWorld.com)--Italy's investors began to withdraw en masse from Italian-domiciled investment funds in the first quarter of 2006, according to the latest data from Assogestioni, the Italian fund managers' association. This was in spite of a robust 1.24% rise in total funds under management. While total funds under management...
June 05, 2006
Impath Boss's Sentence Enlivens DebateNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--A federal judge sentenced the former president of Impath Inc., New York, a provider of cancer-related laboratory services, to more than three years in prison May 30 [Tuesday] on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud, and the filing of false statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission--a sentence...
June 01, 2006
Saving Grace for Hedge FundsConcerns over inflation and economic growth resulted in significantly lower equity prices in May. But it wasn't just stocks that got pounded. Virtually every type of asst class ended the month lower, including commodities, the U.S. Dollar Index, high-yield bonds, gold, and the energy complex.
June 01, 2006
Masters at the HelmWouldn't it be great if you could get help with your most irksome compliance or regulatory chore from say, Arthur Levitt, who was the longest...
May 09, 2006
Rating Agency Welcomes SidecarsAnalysts at Moody's Investors Service are predicting that life insurers will join the movement to use "reinsurance sidecars."The sidecar arrangements are simple, short-lived companies that ...
May 02, 2006
Treasury Official: HF Institutionalization GoodGrowing pension fund investments in hedge funds can, if properly structured and carried out, benefit not only the pension funds but the hedge fund industry and the investment community at large, U.S. Treasury official Emil Henry told attendees at a conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Tuesday...