By Hedge Fund Insight staff High Water Women, a leading philanthropic organization focused on financial literacy and initiatives for low-income children, has completed its 13th annual Backpack Drive, delivering more than 16,000 fully-supplied backpacks to tristate area children in need. The drive is the culmination of a fundraising effort that started in March and raised […] Read more »
Quotations of the Day from “Activist Investing in Europe” Conference
By Hedge Fund Insight staff “Activism is a cyclical activity – as returns drop off the capital applied to the strategy goes down.” – Edward Bramson, Sherborne Investors Management LP “Non-professional activists are engaging in activist investing. So I think the amount of capital in the strategy in Europe is not going to […] Read more »
High Water Women’s Backpack Drive Delivers Record Number of Backpacks
By Hedge Fund Insight staff High Water Women, a leading philanthropic organization focused on financial literacy and initiatives for low-income children, today announced the completion of its 12th annual Backpack Drive, delivering a record 22,000 fully-supplied backpacks to tristate area children in need. The drive was the culmination of a fundraising effort that started in […] Read more »
Market Shares in Prime Brokerage and Fund Administration of Asian Hedge Funds
By Hedge Fund Insight staff Hedge funds investing in Asia are on a growth trajectory again. The growth of the last few years are an echo of the growth seen pre-Credit Crunch. Of course, as a more mature industry now the rate of growth is lower. There was an explosive growth in the number […] Read more »
Citi Says It Will Use Balance Sheet to Grow Prime Finance
By Simon Kerr, Publisher of Hedge Fund Insight Changes to capital requirements imposed on banks by regulators are expected to have a significant impact on hedge fund-related activity. Indeed in only the last week or so two industry insiders told Hedge Fund Insight independently that it was THE biggest factor driving change in the […] Read more »