Sidley Austin LLP Named Top Law Firm for Hedge Funds by Alpha Magazine for Second Consecutive Year
For the second consecutive year, Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP (www.sidley.com) the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among onshore law firms. Additionally, Sidley placed first in almost every sub-category, including "business planning," "client service," "hedge fund expertise" and "regulatory and compliance."
Maureen Ennor, Senior Vice President at The Channel Checkers, Appointed Co-Chair To 100 Women In Hedge Funds Membership Committee
The Channel Checkers proudly announce the recent appointment of Maureen Ennor who is Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales for the West Coast Region. Ms. Ennor was named the co-chairperson of the membership committee for the West Coast Chapter of the International organization of 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Ms. Ennor will work with current members as well as assist in the recruiting efforts for this dynamic organization.
Hedge Funds Have A Place - Hedge Fund Investing Tips From Papamarkou Asset Management
Hedge Fund Investing Tips From Papamarkou Asset Management
The Problem With Hedge Funds
Are hedge funds a suitable investment for you? Hedge funds are an appropriate investment for qualified purchasers with a net worth above one million dollars and an annual income exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Purchasers are often required to sign an acknowledgement confirming their qualifications to invest in hedge funds.
RFA eHarbor Backup/Restore Solution Securely Protects Hedge Funds' Valuable Data Before a Computer Crash
The best protection against disaster is to prevent it from happening in the first place. With your security in mind, RFA has developed eHarbor, a simple-to-use, WAN-based backup/restore solution for file and email data to provide secure, off-site data storage.
Lost data is a common contributor to downtime that can lead to business failure. Whether due to viruses, human error, power failures, malicious acts or corrupted disk drives, computer crashes are a regular occurrence, and are a significant and typically hidden cost in any business. A recent Gartner survey found that 109 million U.S. adults have received e-mail attacks by way of phishing in 2006 - up from 57 million in 2004. Financial losses from phishing attacks in 2006 cost mo...
Opalesque Roundtable Finds Endowments, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Large Global Hedge Funds Come Back to Japan - What Do They See?
** Endowments, sovereign wealth funds and large global hedge funds come back to Japan - What do they see? Japan based hedge fund managers confident: best investments found now ** Japan's largest private-sector pension fund manager, the Pension Fund Association, confirms trend towards absolute return vehicles, hedge funds for portable alpha strategies.
Hedge Funds and M & A?s
The merger mania is continuing, with many firms in the United States and Europe being bought up by hedge funds. An enormous amount of capital has flocked to hedge funds in order to exploit the low or non-existent tax rates in offshore financial centers such as the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas. The US and other major stock markets are not going up at a level to satisfy the financial lust of the ultra-rich, so the idea is to move into hedge funds since they are what are called ?market neutral?. It is a manifestation of the hyperinflation tendencies that all this money is around to run M & As. Lear Corporation announced on Dec 1st its deal to sell its interiors business to Wilbur L. Ross's International Automotive Group North America. The ...
Regosho.com Launches Short Sale Compliance Website for Brokers and Hedge Funds
Addresses SEC Emergency Order for FNM, FRE, BAC, MER, GS, LEH
Vision Capital Management (CTA and Hedge Fund Manager) Posts Double-Digit Returns for June 2008
Vision Capital Management (http://www.forwardthinking.vc), a Commodity Trading Advisor and hedge fund manager, has announced estimated returns of +31.6% for the month of June 2008. Vision Capital Management was active 51 of 55 commodity futures markets it trades, 73% of which were profitable. The best performing investments were made in crude oil futures, cocoa futures, and soybean futures. Additionally, Vision Capital Management took advantage of declining equity markets, gaining +3% in this sector while the S&P 500 fell more than 8.5%.
Hedge Funds Use Channel Checkers For Primary Research
Two-thirds of hedge funds with greater than $1.5 billion in assets perform channel checks, with over 45% using third party firms to assist the process. Specialized channel research firms serving hedge funds and other institutional investors have grown from four firms to over twenty during the last ten years, according to a study released by Integrity Research.
Will Hedge Funds Be The New Banks? New York Managers Expect Bright Future
Opalesque New York Roundtable offers intriguing insights into the future of hedge funds. Expert Hedge Fund Allocators See "Tremendous Opportunities In Multiple Asset Classes".
Investment Techniques for Volatile Markets - Hedge Fund Manager Reveals Secret Strategies
Helping Hands eBooks announces the publication of its new eBook Invest and Grow Rich - NOW, Everyone's Guide to POWER INVESTING in 2008. This eBook is focused on providing ordinary investors the knowledge and the means to earn extraordinary results. Also, immediately being released, is a free, monthly Investment Advisory Newsletter by the author of the book.
This book clearly answers to burning questions for investors: Is it possible to make money in the market, no matter which way it moves? Is it possible to manage investments so that investment value can double every two years-safely?