Hedge Funds

Rauf Ashraf, Emerging Hedge Fund Manager, Diversifies to Distressed Opportunities
Rauf Ashraf has been identified by Goldman Sachs as a rising star and recommended by the former Fidelity Investment's $60 billion dollar Magellan Fund Manager.

Man Financial Licenses SDS Financial Technologies' Alternative Trading System to Deliver Man E-Finance Trading Platform to Hedge Funds Clients
Man Financial has chosen SDS Financial Technologies' Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) to launch its new Man E-Finance fixed-income trading platform to hedge fund clients in the United States. SDS ATS provided Man Financial with the technology, supporting functionality and network connectivity it required to rapidly implement the Man E-Finance Marketplace in less than 6 weeks and there are plans to develop a European version for release in late 2007.

Hedge Funds: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Alfred Winslow Jones started hedge funds in 1949. He was a pioneer of non-traditional investment strategies.

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".

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...

Hedge Fund Launch.com Sees Rocky Road for Start-Up Hedge Funds in Months Ahead
Hedge Fund Launch.com sees a difficult environment for start up and emerging hedge funds over the next several months. Fall out from the U.S. credit crisis, losses from "blue chip" hedge funds and a slowing economy have caused many allocations to hedge funds to cease. Hedge Fund Launch.com offers some insights to hedgefund managers trying to raise capital in this environment.

Tom Cruise, Paramount And Hollywood Power?s Shift, And Now Hedge Funds
Until the 1950?s, Hollywood was controlled by seven major motion picture studios. More importantly it was controlled by moguls, all of whom were men they of eastern European descent, who ruled the studio in the same way that the kings of their previous countries ruled the peasants. Creative control belonged to the mogul, while the money was always controlled by the New York bankers, the so-called ?Suits?.

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.

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?