Tag: hedge funds

In the wake of increased hedge fund and private-equity fund registration as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, the Securities and Exchange...

A report by GreySpark Partners on digital investment banking and the relevance of single deal platforms analyzes the position of various banking platforms from...

October was not a particularly good month for hedge-fund returns. While everything from a flip-flop on tax inversion benefits to adverse legal rulings have...

More than 70 clients are now using diliger to help manage procurement and regulatory pressure around market data choices and cost LONDON – 11th November,...

Social media is fast becoming a dominating force online, helping both individuals and businesses gain the attention they need and/or want. For businesses who...

A Florida securities firm owner operated two websites through which he offered by subscription a “stock analyzer” touted as utilizing mathematical algorithms to identify...

What Is The Principle of Market Neutrality? Market Neutrality is another Hedge Fund Strategy that has been developed with one goal in mind, i.e. to...

Six federal agencies have approved the final rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. The rule is an implementation...

So far, we have discussed the various strategies that Hedge Funds use to earn profits and operate in a financial market. The main purpose...

Much hype has surrounded the outreach efforts of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “engage” the private fund industry. The campaign supposedly is...

What is Equity Long-Only Investments? There is a strong connection between Equity Long-Only Investments and Hedge Funds. Where the latter has always been in search...

  Billions of hedge fund dollars have recently been invested in companies which have announced plans to merge with overseas organizations with the intended outcome...

  Apart from the many investment strategies define previously, Fixed Income Arbitrage is another move used by institutional traders. It is particularly popular with Hedge...

In 2003, the U.S. government founded the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) to oversee confirmation, settlement and delivery of fixed-income assets in the United...

Sometimes people use the terms hedge funds and mutual funds interchangeably, which is incorrect as they have some marked differences between them.  First, let’s...

In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) that enhanced the ability of startup entrepreneurs and those growing...

  A former hedge fund manager has been ordered to pay more than $358 million in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit that charged...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced an enforcement action against an online brokerage for allegedly having violated their “gatekeeper” obligations by engaging...

The South Pacific island nation of Nauru — population 10,000 — was once considered one of the phosphate mining capitals of the world, a...

By: Tom Ziemba If you are a service provider, such as a hedge fund manager, you probably felt the effects of 457A.  In 2008, the...

This section aims to look at hedge fund indices, what they are and why they are important. Whenever we are discussing hedge funds, it...

Last month, America’s largest public pension fund, California’s Public Employees' Retirement System (“CALPERS”) announced that it was ending its investments in hedge funds after...

What is a Global Macro Strategy? Global macro is defined as a hedge fund strategy in which the fund invests and takes long and short...

According to a recent survey, assets managed by South African hedge funds rose more than 27 percent in the year ending June 2014 (source:...

Funds of hedge funds: An Alternative Investment Strategy Funds of hedge funds are an alternative investment strategy whereas the investment portfolio consists of a number...