Hedge fund alleged victim of Madoff
Award meant to encourage applied research in the field of alternative investments in Canada
Sixth straight month of negative returns
Gains in Global Macro and Managed Futures sectors help offset losses from other sectors
Canada’s hedge fund industry gathered earlier this month to raise $150,000 in support of Hedge Funds Care Canada (HFCC), the country’s only philanthropy dedicated exclusively to the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect.The fifth-annual gala at Toronto’s Sutton Place Hotel brought together both local and visiting hedge fund professionals for a fifth consecutive […]
Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc. said that final performance numbers show hat hedge funds lost about 6.3% in October.According to Oliver Schupp, president of Credit Suisse Index Co., the final performance for the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was a 6.3% drop for October. The index’s negative performance was driven primarily by losses in the […]
The Northwater Five-Year Market-Neutral Trust is actively raising cash in Northwater Five-Year Market-Neutral Fund Ltd., the hedge fund portfolio to which it has exposure, in anticipation of the trust’s termination on June 30, 2009, the trust announced Thursday.The fund’s investment advisor, Northwater Capital Management Inc. has submitted redemptions for all of the hedge funds in […]
Single manage funds fare worse than funds of funds
October poised to be the worst month in history for fixed income arbitrage managers
Research shows Canadian hedge fund investors not sufficiently rewarded