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Merrill Lynch Launches Registered Fund
By Staff WriterNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Merrill Lynch & Co. has filed plans to offer its first hedge fund product to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Managed through ML's Investment Managers unit, the new Multi-Strategy Hedge Opportunities LLC offering is a fund of hedge funds with a minimum initial investment of...
January 04, 2005
Roye to Address MFA Seminar on Sound PracticesWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--The director of the division of investment management for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul F. Roye, will address a Managed Funds Association seminar in New York on Jan. 12. This is the first in a series of sound-practices seminars the MFA has planned in order to educate its...
January 03, 2005
Fund Manager Goldstein Files Suit Against SECNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--The much-anticipated first lawsuit stemming from the Securities and Exchange Commission hedge fund regulation has been filed, with the claim that the agency...
January 03, 2005
BISYS Acquires Rothstein Kass Fund Administration BusinessNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Rothstein Kass is selling RK Consulting, its fund administration affiliate with clients that include hedge funds, funds of funds and private equity funds,...
January 03, 2005
November a Winner in Van IndexNASHVILLE, Tenn. (HedgeWorld.com)--Hedge funds had their best month of 2004 in November by the reckoning of the Van Global Hedge Fund Index, which gained 2.8%...
January 03, 2005
Tremont Studying Products with Longer Lock-UpsRYE, N.Y. (HedgeWorld.com)--Industry participants and observers expect that there will be many U.S.-based hedge fund managers who will take advantage of the exemption from the...
January 03, 2005
The Credit and Legal Risks of Entering into an ISDA Master AgreementWhen a hedge fund decides to enter into derivatives, the first hurdle is a large stack of documents that must be signed with each trading...
January 03, 2005
Holiday Shopping: Some Hedge Funds See Value in Mall VisitsNEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com)--Retail attracted long/short managers this year because it tends to be more volatile than other sectors, presenting trade possibilities. Some who watch retail...