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Altamont Global Partners

2012-05-20
The Summary Order to Cease and Desist issued on August 24, 2010 against Respondents Matterhorn Fund, LLC and Altamont Global Partners, LLC is prospectively RESCINDED. read more

Hedge Funds Have Significantly Outperformed Equities, Bonds and Commodities Over the Past 17 years

2012-05-02
Research commissioned by KPMG and AIMA measured performance, volatility and risk from 1994 to 2011 London – April 24, 2012 – Hedge funds significantly outperformed traditional asset classes such as equities, bonds and commodities over the last 17 years » Read the rest

Largest Funds Continue to Dominate Hedge Fund Industry, According to PerTrac’s Annual Database Study

2012-04-30
Ranks of Funds of Hedge Funds Continue to Thin for All but Billion-Dollar-Plus Firms, US and UK Funds Manage Nearly 68% of Reported Assets, Study Finds New York – April 30, 2012 – The “billion dollar club” is still the » Read the rest

Hedge Funds Care Midwest to Celebrate a Decade Of Preventing and Treating Child Abuse

2012-04-24
10th Annual Midwest “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit Will Raffle World’s First Luxury Plug-in Car and AlphaMetrix Summer Internship CHICAGO – April 24, 2012 – Feeling lucky? The “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit, organized by the » Read the rest

HedgeCo Networks Names Former UBS Managing Director Brett Langbert as President and COO

2012-04-10
Position Added as Hedge Fund Database Firm Sees Funds’ Non-Correlated Returns Fueling Growth New York, N.Y. – April 10, 2012 – HedgeCo Networks (HedgeCo), the pioneering hedge fund database and advisory firm, today named Brett Langbert President and Chief Operating » Read the rest

Hedge Fund Association Calls Repeal of Advertising Ban “Action Whose Time Has Come”

2012-04-05
Endorsement Follows President Barack Obama’s Signing of the JOBS Act New York, NY – April 5, 2012 – The Hedge Fund Association, an international organization that represents hedge funds, service providers and investors, today praised President Barak Obama for » Read the rest

San Francisco 49ers Team Up With Hedge Fund Industry to Prevent Child Abuse

2012-04-04
NFL Team’s Coaches, Players and Cheerleaders to Attend 11th Annual Hedge Funds Care San Francisco “Open Your Heart to the Children” Benefit NEW YORK – April 4, 2012 – The San Francisco 49ers’ players, coaches, alumni, cheerleaders and team co-chairman » Read the rest

Mitch Ackles Elected President of Hedge Fund Association, Ron S. Geffner Elected for 2nd Term as Vice President

2012-03-19
International Industry Organization Installs David Friedland as Chairman, Also Elects Board of Directors and Appoints Regional Directors and Committee Chairs for 2012/2013 New York – March 19, 2012 – Mitch Ackles, a public relations executive specializing in the hedge fund» Read the rest

Regulatory Crackdown on Hedge Funds Drives Rates Higher for Insurance Covering Lawsuit Costs

2012-03-13
Insurers Quoting Rate Hikes of 5% – 10% for Directors and Officers and Errors and Omissions Coverage Due to Supply and Demand, Insider Trading and MF Global Collapse, Says SKCG Group White Plains, NY – March 13, 2012 – Call » Read the rest

Hedge Funds Shift Gold ETF Holdings | ETF Trends

2012-05-18
Hedge funds and prominent money managers have held onto their gold exchange traded fund positions, with some even raising their bullion exposure, over the first quarter, but market observers believe they are beginning to ...

What are Hedge Funds Doing With Gold? | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

2012-05-16
George Soros nearly quadrupled his exposure to the SPDR Gold Trust...

Abigail Field: Jamie Dimon's Hedge Fund � naked capitalism

2012-05-16
By Abigail Caplovitz Field, a freelance writer and attorney. Cross posted from Reality Check. Jamie Dimon, John Stumpf, and to a lesser extent, Vikram Pandit and Bryan Moynihan, are running massive hedge funds. They're ...

Today In Tech: Hedge Funds Dump Apple For Microsoft And Google ...

2012-05-17
Hedge funds are selling Apple and buying Google and Microsoft. Why? Plus what's up with Hewlett-Packard?

The hedge funds that are profiting off JPMorgan's bad trade - The ...

2012-05-16
A number of funds run by former JPMorgan employees are cashing in, but not much. London whale hunter Boaz Weinstein FORTUNE -- Is Dodd-Frank, the law that is supposed to make the banks less risky, actually to.

The Problem at JPMorgan Chase: The Hedge Fund Inside the Bank ...

2012-05-16
Bruno Iskil, the infamous �London Whale,� will leave JPMorgan Chase in the wake of his soured �Fail Whale� trades which lost the.

Hedge Fund Definition | Investopedia

2005-12-04
Hedge Fund - Definition of Hedge Fund on Investopedia - An aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced investment strategies such as leveraged, long, short and derivative positions in.

These Are The Stocks That Hedge Funds Are Buying Up Right Now ...

2012-05-11
Hedge funds will disclose their end of first quarter holdings next week. However, we can still track hedge funds' transactions through Form 4, 13D, and 13G filings. We don't get to see their.