An Asian equity long-short hedge fund called Iridium Asset Management focusing on commodity-related industries will be launched on May 3rd in Singapore...
The Robertson Foundation, founded by hedge fund legend Julian Robertson, has announced a $10.2 million gift to Duke University to create a Translational...
One day after an Obama administration official stood behind the corporate governance changes included in the Senate financial regulation bill a dozen...
Oil prices plunged on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud in its marketing of certain subprime mortgage...
Philippe Gougenheim will join European asset manager, Unigestion as Managing Director, Head of Hedge Funds next month. Prior to joining Unigestion, Mr....
In this week’s hedge fund hiring report, we look at recent additions made by BlueCrest Capital Management, JD Capital Management, Paulson & Co, Mudrick...
2009 saw a noticeable increase in the number of experienced executives appointed to company boards by activist shareholders. According to the Wall Street...
Hedge fund managers AM Investment Partners and BAM Capital have recently announced that the two firms will merge. According to Bloomberg, the founders...
March was the best month in 2010 for the UCITS HFS Index as it advanced by +2.24%, which was not good enough to beat the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index (+3.05%)...
Hennessee Group has released its latest data for March of 2010. According to its press release, the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index advanced +3.05% last month,...
Eric M. Jackson, Ph.D., is Founder and Managing Member of Ironfire Capital LLC, based in Naples, FL. Ironfire is an equity long-biased and corporate governance-focused...
Energy hedge fund manager BlueGold Capital Management returned 12.5% over the month of March and a 1.5% return for the first quarter of 2010. According...
Quantitative trading and computer-driven trading hedge funds in general make up one of the more mysterious sectors in the hedge fund market, with closely-guarded...
Panda Global Advisors, a firm founded by Hans Haywood, has launched a new emerging markets macro fund. According to Absolute Return+Alpha, the Panda...
Last week, James Mitarotonda’s Barington Capital Group sent a letter to the Chairman and CEO of Ameron International Corporation (NYSE: AMN) stating...
Dublin-based partnership Hermes BPK has announced the launch of a new fund of funds that invests in commodity trading advisors. According to an article...
EFX Prime Services, a division of the trading firm First New York Securities, will be hosting an exclusive opportunity for investors and hedge funds to...
Ramius Capital Group announced the creation of Ramius Trading Strategies and the launch of the RTS Global Fund last month. The RTS Global Fund will offer...
Pension systems worldwide are in crisis. U.S. public and private pensions alone are facing a shortfall of more than $1 trillion. To catch up, pensions...
The SEC has charged investment adviser Enrique F. Villalba, Jr. with fraud after he used Money Market Alternative LP, his former investment advisory business,...
So, do we really want to put substantial effort into bringing individual investors to the corporate ballot box? I think not, only because these days it’s...
Research led by Dr. Loran Chollete at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and Columbia University has found an interesting connection...
Hedge fund Steel Partners lost a shareholder vote for the removal of directors from Sapporo Holdings Ltd, a Tokyo-based Yebisu brewer, after about 70%...
