Barclays Global Investors Top Alpha’s Ranking of Europe’s Largest Hedge Fund Families
NEW YORK (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) January 25, 2006 -- Barclays Global Investors takes top honors as Europes biggest hedge fund manager, according to a new ranking published by Institutional Investors Alpha magazine. In Alphas Europe Hedge Fund 50, our third annual ranking of Europes biggest single-manager hedge fund families by assets, BGI moves up from fourth place in 2005 to No. 1 this year, with $13.0 billion in assets under management. The Alpha survey, released today in the magazines January/February issue, includes 50 firms double the number in the previous years ranking.Last years No. 1 managers, GLG Partners and Vega Asset Management, which tied with $11.1 billion in 2005, come in third and fourth, respectively, this year, with $11.1 billion and $10.6 billion in capital.
New entrants to the list include HSBC at No. 5, with a total of $9.0 billion (which includes Sinopia Asset Management, with $8.5 billion, and Halbis Partners, with $500 million) and the Childrens Investment Fund Management U.K. at No. 15, with $5.0 billion in assets. The combined assets managed by the members of the 2006 Europe Hedge Fund 50 totaled $197.8 billion as of September 30, 2005.Here are the five biggest managers from Alphas Europe Hedge Fund 50.Ordered: Rank, Firm, Total capital ($ millions)1, Barclays Global Investors, $13,0472, Man Investment, $11,9003, GLG Partners, $11,1004, Vega Asset Management, $10,6005, HSBC, $9,048Alphas Europe Hedge Fund 50 provides each managers total assets under management as of September 30, 2005.
These figures exclude funds of hedge funds, traditional long-only funds, dynamic money market funds and certain other types of assets. More details on the methodology can be found at www.institutionalinvestor.com/alpha.Institutional Investors Alpha is the premiere publication about hedge funds, focusing on managers and investors, as well as on those that provide advisory, financial and technological services to them. With rankings that include the Fund of Funds 50, the Europe Hedge Fund 50 and the Hedge Fund 100, and profiles of many top investors and managers, Alpha is a must-read for anyone involved in the hedge fund industry. For more information please visit www.institutionalinvestor.com/alpha..
Barclays Global Investors Top Alpha’s Ranking of Europe’s Largest Hedge Fund Families
NEW YORK (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) January 25, 2006 -- Barclays Global Investors takes top honors as Europes biggest hedge fund manager, according to a new ranking published by Institutional Investors Alpha magazine. In Alphas Europe Hedge Fund 50, our third annual ranking of Europes biggest single-manager hedge fund families by assets, BGI moves up from fourth place in 2005 to No. 1 this year, with $13.0 billion in assets under management. The Alpha survey, released today in the magazines January/February issue, includes 50 firms double the number in the previous years ranking.Last years No. 1 managers, GLG Partners and Vega Asset Management, which tied with $11.1 billion in 2005, come in third and fourth, respectively, this year, with $11.1 billion and $10.6 billion in capital.
New entrants to the list include HSBC at No. 5, with a total of $9.0 billion (which includes Sinopia Asset Management, with $8.5 billion,...
Barclays Global Investors Top Alpha’s Ranking of Europe’s Largest Hedge Fund Families
Hedge funds > Barclays Global Investors Top Alpha’s Ranking of Europe’s Largest Hedge Fund Families
Energy and Environmental Capital Management LLC Launched
Houston, TX and New York, NY (ContentDesk) May 19, 2006 -- Acclaimed energy and environment experts, Mr. Peter C. Fusaro and Dr. Gary M. Vasey, announce the formation of Energy & Environment Capital Management LLC.
Fusaro and Vasey are also the co-founders of the Energy Hedge Fund Center, a popular online community focused on energy, environment and hedge funds (www.energyhedgefunds.com) and are the co-editors of the on-line newsletter - Energy Hedge.
Their forthcoming book Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds The New Investment Paradigm (Wiley, June 2006) is set to be released in June.Peter C. Fusaro, the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron, is an energy industry thought leader noted for his keen insights in emerging energy and environmental issues.
With over 30 years experience in the global energy industry, Peter has been at the forefront of energy industry...
Hedge funds > Energy and Environmental Capital Management LLC Launched
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.
Your instructors are best selling author of What...
Web Seminar: ?Hedge Funds:The Next Wave in Energy Trading? (Tuesday, October 5, 2004 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Eastern)
Hedge funds > Web Seminar: ?Hedge Funds:The Next Wave in Energy Trading? (Tuesday, October 5, 2004 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Eastern)
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
Hedge funds > Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 500 Hedge Funds in Energy & Environment
The Broader Impact of Hedge Funds On Energy Markets
(ContentDesk) November 19, 2005 -- The co-founders of the Energy Hedge Fund Center present a new program on their ongoing research and advisory on energy and environmental hedge funds on Wednesday Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. EST.
Peter C. Fusaro and Dr.
Gary Vasey have written the first two reports on energy hedge funds, and launched the online community, Energy Hedge Fund Center website (www.energyhedgefunds.com). They sell and maintain the only Energy Hedge Fund Directory and publish the newsletter Energy Hedge. They are advisors to several energy and environmental hedge funds in the North America and Europe.Based in the twin capitals of U.S. energy trading, New York and Houston, Peter and Gary have called the new factors in energy trading and markets early and correctly. Todays energy trading has shifted with the influence of both energy hedge funds and investment banks leading to...
The Broader Impact of Hedge Funds On Energy Markets
Hedge funds > The Broader Impact of Hedge Funds On Energy Markets
First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available
Global Change Associates and Utilipoint International announce the completion of the first comprehensive study on energy hedge funds.
Additionally, the two companies have prepared the first directory of hedge funds active in energy with over 200 listings.
This electronic directory will be updated monthly as new funds continue to enter the market. Energy hedge funds are relatively new entrants into energy trading markets and are replacing the liquidity lost when Enron and other energy merchants left the market over the past 3 years. The funds trade crude oil on both the NYMEX and IPE as well as the OTC energy derivatives markets.
Similarly, they trade natural gas on both futures exchanges and the North American OTC markets. To round out their participation, they trade both gasoline and heating oil on NYMEX and gasoil on the IPE.The Directory, "Hedge Funds in Energy" is available as a Utilipoint Infogrid available on the company's website at
First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available
Hedge funds > First Energy Hedge Fund Directory Now Available