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Volatility Up, Leverage Down; Barclays Economists Expect Turning Point
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Plenty of liquidity with no threat of inflation, a circumstance that was useful to some hedge funds in the past two years, can no longer be expected. But changes in the economy may be beneficial to other strategies. Consumer price index data released today confirmed that prices are...
March 23, 2005
Hedge Funds Still OK For Variable Policiesby Norse N. Blazzard and Judith A. HasenauerThe financial and insurance trade press has been publishing articles in the past few weeks regarding final regulations ...
March 21, 2005
Van Indexes Show Gains in FebruaryNASHVILLE, Tenn. (HedgeWorld.com)--After opening 2005 on a down note, hedge funds tracked by the Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted positive returns in February. Preliminary results showed gains in all strategies, Van officials said in a news release. For the month, hedge funds earned 1.7%, putting them at 1.6% for...
March 21, 2005
Charlemagne East European Fund Closes to InvestmentEmerging markets specialist Charlemagne Capital, London, stopped taking subscriptions for its long/short OCCO Eastern Europe Fund, in recognition of the liquidity constraints on the short side in those markets.
March 21, 2005
S&P Index Recovers from Slow StartNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Standard & Poor's added its February hedge fund index returns to the growing collection of evidence that January's slow start may not be a sign of a backslide in hedge fund returns. The S&P Hedge Fund Index gained 0.83% in February, bringing its total return for the first...
March 21, 2005
Donaldson: Lawyers Need to Promote Hedge Fund EthicsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission so far has collected US$1.4 billion in disgorgement and US$1 billion in penalties in mutual fund trading scandals, and SEC Chairman William Donaldson is on a mission to boost ethical investment practices.
March 07, 2005
FXall Sees Its Volume Grow, Opens Boston OfficeLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--FXall founders have long known their online foreign exchange trading system had the possibility of gaining traction, but 2004 proved the staying power of electronic routing. Mark Warms, global head of sales and marketing for FXall, said that electronic trading has made foreign currency trading more widely available to...
March 01, 2005
Fraternal Reaches $2.5 Million Relief GoalNU Online News Service, March 1, 2005, 3:33 p.m. ESTThrivent Financial for Lutherans, Minneapolis, has raised a total of $7.5 million to help victims ...