Alternative Investment News Announces its Nominees for the 4th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards; John Meriwether, of JWM Partners, Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
New York, NY (ContentDesk) April 19, 2006 -- Alternative Investment News, a newsletter published by Institutional Investor News that provides weekly coverage of the global alternatives market, today announced the nominees for its 4th Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards. The awards recognize the hedge funds, funds of funds, endowments, foundations, and corporate and public pension funds that have made significant impacts on the hedge fund industry over the past year. Nominees and winners are selected by the editorial staff of Alternative Investment News. Winners will be announced and honored at an annual dinner and ceremony on June 28, 2006 at Gotham Hall in New York City. John Meriwether, of JWM Partners, will be honored with Alternative Investment News Lifetime Achievement Award.This years award categories and nominees are as follows:Emerging Manager:KGR CapitalPershing Square Capital ManagementSandelman PartnersShooter Fund ManagementSquare Capital ManagementHedge Fund Launch:Convexity CapitalMagnetar CapitalPeloton PartnersRenaissance TechnologiesSAC Capital AdvisorsInstitutional Investor:California Public Employees' Retirement SystemITT IndustriesSan Diego County Employees Retirement AssociationTeachers Retirement System of TexasWest Yorkshire Pension FundInstitutional Manager:ABN Amro Asset ManagementGoldman Sachs Asset ManagementHSBCING Alternative Asset ManagementState Street Global AdvisorsFund of Funds Leader:Financial Risk ManagementGottex Fund ManagementInvestcorp Asset ManagementMuirfield Capital ManagementOptima Fund ManagementHedge Fund Leader:AQR Capital ManagementBrevan Howard Asset ManagementOspraie ManagementPirate CapitalThird Point Management2006 HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY AWARDS ADVISORY BOARD Joel Katzman, Formerly of JP Morgan Alternative Asset Management Nick von Speyr, Optima Fund Management Kent Clark, Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies Victor Park, Alternative Asset Investment Management Mehmet Dalman, WMG Limited Stuart Beretz, Global Prime Brokerage Services, Bear Stearns About Alternative Investment News:Alternative Investment News delivers breaking news and analysis on the fast-growing institutional market for alternative investments - specifically the use of hedge funds and similar entities by public and corporate pension funds.
Widely read by hedge funds, hedge fund of funds, private equity funds, multi-product money managers, and pension funds, as well as the financial and product intermediaries who serve them Alternative Investment News is the only alternative investment news service that provides subscribers with usable, bankable investor business leads!
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Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 500 Hedge Funds in Energy & Environment
Houston, TX; New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 15, 2006 -- The Energy Hedge Fund Center, LLC (EHFC, www.energyhedgefunds.com) is now tracking over 500 hedge funds that have a substantial energy or environmental content in its Directory of Energy Hedge Funds. The number of energy hedge funds has steadily grown over the last 24-months as investor appetite for commodities generally and energy commodities specifically, has soared. The majority of energy hedge funds are either commodity trading or equity long/short funds with the most recent growth in commodity trading funds taking place in Europe. Over 5-percent of the hedge fund universe now has a good deal of exposure to energy via commodities, equities and debt, said Dr. Gary M. Vasey, Co-Principal of the Energy Hedge Fund Center LLC.
Many other hedge funds also have some energy exposure today marking the transition of energy from a ...
Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 500 Hedge Funds in Energy & Environment
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Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 450 Energy Hedge Funds
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(ContentDesk) December 7, 2005 -- The Energy Hedge Fund Center (EHFC), the premier information source for energy and environmental hedge funds (www.energyhedgefunds.com) today announced that it is now tracking 450 hedge funds in the energy and environmental space including 200 funds focused exclusively on various energy strategies. EHFC staff believe that the true number is still higher as there has been a general rush to the energy sector on the part of many general funds over the last 18-months. We have been finding or been contacted by an average of about fifteen hedge funds per month since we started the directory of energy hedge funds," reports EHFC co-founder, Dr. Gary M. Vasey. While many are new funds some are existing funds that have exposed more of their assets under management to the energy sector. The EHFC directory of energy hedge funds is available to subscribers...
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FinLab SA and Barclay Group Join Forces
FinLab SA and The Barclay Group recently signed a Data License Agreement, allowing user's of FinLab's PackHedge? software to seamlessly retrieve data from Barclay's suite of hedge fund and managed futures databases. "Combining the PackHedge set of tools with timely and accurate hedge fund data from The Barclay Group creates a powerful solution for the growing and dynamic hedge fund sector," says Mr. Denis de Penthney O'Kelly CEO of FinLab SA.Sol Waksman, president of The Barclay Group, adds, "We're delighted to offer PackHedge subscribers direct access to our databases. We continually strive to increase the scope of our databases and improve data quality. FinLab clients can feel confident they have the best possible data for investment analysis and portfolio construction."FinLab SA provides advanced software products and services to investment professionals making asset allocation decisions on both hedge funds and traditional funds.
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FinLab SA and Barclay Group Join Forces
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Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 330 Funds in Energy - New Trend is Emergence of Natural Resources Fund of Funds
The Energy Hedge Fund Center (EHFC) reports that it now lists more than 330 hedge funds active in the energy and energy-related industries with two to three new funds in formation each week. The Energy Hedge Fund Directory lists hedge funds that are either specialist energy funds or more diversified funds that have exposed more of their assets under management to the energy industry. The directory is actively maintained by EHFC staff and subscribers receive monthly updates.Currently, EHFC has identified more than 100 hedge funds active in energy commodities markets and more than 70 that are pursuing energy focused equity long/short strategies. Additionally, the directory now lists a growing number of alternative energy and environmental or ?green' hedge funds. About 90 of the listed hedge funds have a 100% focus on the energy industry while many more are active across commodities including electric power, natural gas, refined products, crude oil, metals and agricultural commodities....
Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 330 Funds in Energy - New Trend is Emergence of Natural Resources Fund of Funds
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Web Seminar: ?Hedge Funds:The Next Wave in Energy Trading? (Tuesday, October 5, 2004 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Eastern)
Global Change Associates and Utilipoint have completed the first study on energy hedge funds entitled "Hedge Funds Enter the Energy Trading Space."
The authors of the study have identified over 200 hedge funds active in the energy space and will offer a web seminar to present a concise overview of how hedge funds are impacting trading in energy markets. The entrance of energy hedge funds in commodity trading is new, and they are bringing both liquidity and more price volatility to the global energy markets. Their presence is accelerating the financialization of energy markets. This seminar will be based on the current research of Global Change Associates and Utilipoint International representing the first ground breaking analysis of what hedge funds are doing in the energy space.
Get up to speed in one hour and a quarter on what is really happening in energy markets for oil, gas, power, and coal trading today.
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Web Seminar: ?Hedge Funds:The Next Wave in Energy Trading? (Tuesday, October 5, 2004 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Eastern)
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Are Hedge Funds Right For You?
(ContentDesk) August 30, 2005 -- Hedge Funds have been a hot investment lately. Once reserved for the very wealthy, hedge funds now have minimum investments as small as $10,000. Should you jump on board the hedge fund bandwagon, or let this latest investment craze pass you by?Hedge funds are pools of private money that use specialized investment strategies in an attempt to earn greater returns for their investors. They can invest in just about anything in an attempt to make money. Usually, hedge fund strategies include the ability to short the market so they can profit by correctly timing market declines.Hedge funds have become popular because, historically, some have returned over 20% per year.
As a result, the number of hedge funds has grown dramatically the last few years. Many successful mutual fund managers have left fund companies and started their own hedge funds. Since hedge fund managers often receive as much as 20% of the gains, the managers can make a lot more money.Hedge...
Are Hedge Funds Right For You?
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