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Hedge Fund Surge Drives Up Risk Management Pay
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The rising tide of hedge funds has lifted the compensation boats of those in the risk management industry. According to a new survey by the executive search firm Risk Talent Associates LLC, total compensation for risk professionals grew by 9% in 2004 as compared with 2003 figures. Overall,...
January 24, 2005
From Lake Michigan Shores, New Grand Caymans Fund on the WayMEQUON, Wis. (HedgeWorld.com)--Fall River Capital LLC, a commodity trading adviser headquartered in this suburb of Milwaukee, announced it will launch a new offshore hedge fund by the end of the first quarter 2005. Charles F. Wright and Robert Friedl created Fall River in 1999. It pursues trend-following and macro strategies...
January 24, 2005
How Much Is that Security Worth?Valuation Issues and Recommendations for Hedge Fund Advisers Post-Registration
January 24, 2005
Institutional Marketers Hired for Refco FX PushNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Ernest Rouse and Eric Hummel will join Refco Group Ltd. to market its online foreign exchange clearing and trading capabilities to institutional traders...
January 24, 2005
Canadian Manager Offers Principal-Protected Note on Long/Short FundTORONTO (HedgeWorld.com)--Arrow Hedge Partners Inc.'s latest notes series will contain its first principal-protected note for Canadian investors. Wrapping an extra security blanket around its funds of funds, Arrow Hedge plans to sign up investors through March 24. The Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes Series 6 and the Arrow Global Equity Long/Short Notes...
January 24, 2005
Robson Rhodes Vets Team with Chiltern for New VentureLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Chiltern, the provider of tax advice and other financial services such as corporate governance and risk management, is joining with three former partners from RSM Robson Rhodes LLP to form a new investment management advisory firm that will focus globally on hedge funds and other alternative investments. Raymond O'Neill,...
January 18, 2005
S&P Hedge Fund Index Ends Flat Year on an Up NoteNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Equity markets ended 2004 with a bang, but the noise provoked little more than a yawn from sleepy hedge fund strategies in the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index. Despite returns for managed futures strategy of over 10% and U.S. long/short equity strategy returns over 6% for the...
January 12, 2005
MSCI Index Adds 11 FundsLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--MSCI is adding more hedge funds to its investable index following a quarterly review, with the resulting small shifts in strategy distribution taking effect immediately. The MSCI Hedge Invest Index will grow to 120 from 109 hedge funds, each of which offer weekly liquidity, an MSCI requirement for index...