General News

	CIBC World Markets chief departs	Feb 05/04
	The head of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's investment banking arm abruptly stepped down and was replaced yesterday, just days after a former executive at the unit was charged with helping hedge funds make illegal mutual fund...Read more
	CIBC director arrested	Feb 04/04
	A former executive at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was arrested yesterday and faces charges from both New York state and federal authorities for helping various hedge funds gain financing to make illegal mutual fund trades. ...Read more
	AMERICAN EXPRESS CREATES GLOBAL FUND OF HEDGE FUNDS PLATFORM	Feb 03/04
	MINNEAPOLIS – (February 3, 2004) – American Express Financial Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Express Company (NYSE: AXP), today announced the creation of a global fund of hedge funds platform through the integr...Read more
	Univest Principal Protected Hedge Fund Linked Deposit Notes, Series 1	Jan 28/04
	Royal Bank of Canada and Norshield Financial Group, one of Canada’s leading hedge fund managers, are proud to bring you the:Univest Principal Protected Hedge Fund Linked Deposit Notes, Series 1Key Features:■ The Notes are ma...Read more
	Hedge funds behind push for trusts	Jan 28/04
	An increasing number of companies are being nudged by large shareholders to convert into business income trusts. It has been happening at Stratos Global Corp. and Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. to name two examples, but it is like...Read more
	CIBC could face suits from U.S. regulators	Jan 28/04
	The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce faces regulatory action for providing more than $1 billion in financing to investors who made illegal mutual fund trades, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Citing people briefed on th...Read more
	Ontario Municipal to boost hedge fund investment	Jan 27/04
	Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, Toronto, will increase its hedge fund investment by US$228 million by the end of June, bringing the US$26 billion plan’s total hedge fund investments to about 2% of total assets, said...Read more
	Hedge fund assets up estimated $60 billion in 2003	Jan 27/04
	Hedge funds gained record net assets of about $60 billion in 2003, helped by institutional investors cashing in some gains from rising markets and diversifying their portfolios, according to new research. The estimated $60 billion...Read more
	Tremont launches open-ended fund for Canada's high net worth and institutional investor market	Jan 26/04
	Tremont, today announced the launch of a new Tremont open-ended fund of hedge funds for the Canadian market. The Tremont Core Diversified Fund will be available to high net worth investors through investment advisors and will also...Read more
	Canadian hedge funds say it`s hard to take recent RBC criticism at face value given the banks` parti	Jan 24/04
	From Canada.com: Hedge funds might be big and scary to Gordon Nixon, chief executive of Royal Bank of Canada, but it's hard to take his comments at face value given the banks' participation in this blossoming industry: "You d...Read more
	BPI Global Opportunities II Fund renews normal course issuer bid	Jan 23/04
	TSX Symbol: BOI.UN TORONTO, Jan. 23 /CNW/ - BPI Global Opportunities II Fund (the "Fund") intends to purchase for cancellation up to 545,575 of its Units by way of a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of The...Read more
	Canadian pension funds last year turned in their best return on investments since 1997, move into al	Jan 22/04
	Canadian pension funds last year turned in their best return on investments since 1997, but falling interest rates and a soaring currency erased the bulk of those gains, an industry study says…To improve current returns, Mr. Laroc...Read more
	Institutional investors up usage of alternative investments: Few gains to be had by dabbling says Gr	Jan 21/04
	While institutional investors continue to move into alternative asset classes, funds that experiment with small allocations to private equity, hedge funds, and real estate might be taking on new cost and complexity with little cha...Read more
	MSCI Index Returns 14.7% in 2003	Jan 16/04
	NEW YORK (HedgeWorld.com) By Paul Barr, Senior Reporter:—Hedge funds returned 14.7% in 2003 following strong returns of 1.8% in December, according to preliminary results for the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index. Just about all MSC...Read more
	AIMA Canada Appoints General Manager	Jan 15/04
	Jim McGovern, Chairman of the Canadian chapter of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA Canada), is pleased to announcethe appointment of Lynda Briant as General Manager of AIMA Canada, effective immediately. Mr....Read more
	Nikko Asset Management Taps Tremont	Jan 14/04
	TO ADVISE ON NEW HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT PROGRAM TARGETING JAPANESE INVESTORSRye, January 5, 2004 – Nikko Asset Management has tapped Tremont Capital Management, Inc. to help it design a new fund of hedge funds program that Nikko wi...Read more
	Funds linked CSFB investable hedge fund index raises $500 million	Jan 14/04
	Funds linked to CSFB Tremont's investable hedge fund index have raised more than $500 million in less than three months, demonstrating the appeal of diversified investing in the alternative asset class. The CSFB/Tremont Investable...Read more
	Investigation: CIBC Too Close to Chronos?	Jan 14/04
	Both New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, among other banks that may have lent money to hedge funds knowing those hedge...Read more
	Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes Launched	Jan 14/04
	Dow Jones Hedge Fund Indexes (DJHFI) today announced that its new hedge fund strategy benchmark series representing five hedge fund strategies is now being calculated, published and disseminated on a daily basis. The Dow Jones Hed...Read more
	BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fund Conference Call to Address; Fund Performance and Additional In	Jan 12/04
	BluMont Capital Corp, Manager of the BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fund ("the Fund") will conduct a conference call on Monday January 12, 2004 with the media and the investment community. Toreigh Stuart, President and...Read more
	New Canadian Mutual Fund Rules Shy on Testosterone	Jan 09/04
	According to a Globe and Mail article today, Securities regulators in Canada revealed suggested governance regulations for mutual funds that investor advocates say have been watered down to make them more industry friendly and do ...Read more
	Leeward launches Leeward Offshore Bull & Bear Resource Fund	Jan 09/04
	The three-year-old firm launched its fourth hedge fund this week called the Leeward Offshore Bull & Bear Resource Fund. The new fund was seeded with US$50-million from existing Leeward investors. Brendan Kyne, chairman and chi...Read more
	Arrow Hedge Partners has launched Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes, Series 3	Jan 07/04
	Arrow Hedge Partners has launched Arrow Multi-Strategy Notes, Series 3, which will be linked to Arrow Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund with BNP Paribas guaranteeing the principal. "Investors will have the assurance of guaranteed pri...Read more
	Hedge funds growing fast: Canada's hedge fund industry is winning over mutual fund clients	Jan 07/04
	By Keith Kalawsky: Financial Post- Frank Mersch tongue-lashing the mutual fund industry is like a former priest condemning the church or a retired U.S. general skewering the Bush administration on CNN for attacking Iraq. The mutua...Read more
	Arrow Hedge Partners Inc. Announces Arrow Epic Capital Fund capital distribution to Unitholders	Jan 06/04
	Jim McGovern, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Hedge Partners Inc. of Toronto, Canada, today announced that the Unitholders of the Arrow Epic Capital Fund (the "Fund") would be receiving a distribution in the form of a...Read more
	SEC acts against hedge-fund official	Dec 16/03
	"Federal securities regulators for the first time have taken supervisory action against a hedge-fund executive, in a case involving an employee accused of defrauding investors," writes Deborah Solomon in today's Wall Str...Read more
	Tremont's TASS ResearchTM Reports Hedge Funds See Second Consecutive Net Inflow Record	Dec 04/03
	For the second consecutive quarter, investors allocated a record net inflow into hedge funds, according to research compiled by Tremont's hedge fund and research unit, TASS ResearchTM1. TASS's quarterly reporting analysis showed t...Read more
	SEC leaders' cohesion shows signs of cracks	Dec 04/03
	By Greg Farrell, USA TODAYAs if he didn't have enough problems cleaning up mutual funds and the New York Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson is about to face the biggest challenge of his n...Read more
	Additional Redemption Option to be Made Available to Holders of BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fun	Nov 27/03
	BluMont Capital Corporation, Manager of the BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fund (the "Fund"), announces today that holders of units of the Fund who elect to redeem their units at the Net Asset Value per unit determined...Read more
	Scotia Capital Inc. selects Beauchamp Financial Technology for Prime Broker Systems Solution	Nov 20/03
	Today, Beauchamp Financial Technology (BFT) announced that it had been selected by Scotia Capital, a subsidiary of a leading Canadian financial institution, Scotiabank, to provide a fully integrated trading and portfolio managemen...Read more
	Norshield Enhances Corporate Governance Policy	Nov 20/03
	Norshield Financial Group, a leader in the fund of hedge funds industry, today announced that it has enhanced and formalized its corporate governance policy. This policy is intended to fulfill the rigorous demands of both the curr...Read more
	Fueled by broad performance rally Hedge Fund Industry assets again hit record in 3rd quarter 2003	Nov 19/03
	Hedge Fund Research, Inc. (HFR), today released its Quarterly Industry Report for the third quarter of 2003. As detailed in the report, hedge fund industry assets under management again hit new highs, with strong investment perfor...Read more
	Van Eck Robson Hard Assets Performance Trust files Final Prospectus	Nov 17/03
	Robson Hard Assets Inc., the manager of Van Eck Robson Hard Assets Performance Trust, is pleased to announce that it has obtained a receipt for a final prospectus from the securities commissions of all Canadian provinces for an in...Read more
	Products bring indexing to hedge funds for small investors	Nov 15/03
	By Rob Carrick, Globe & Mail: Index investing and hedge funds have come together in some new products with special appeal to small investors. Whereas most index funds track a stock index, these new hedge products mirror the pe...Read more
	Caisse de Dépôt et Placement Creates Absolute Return Group	Nov 07/03
	By Paul Barr, Senior Reporter: Hedgeworld.com- MONTREAL- The large Canadian pension fund manager Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec restructured its investment operation, devoting one of five new units solely to absolute retur...Read more
	OSC to probe hedge funds trading	Nov 03/03
	Theresa Tedesco, Chief Business Correspondent Financial Post: Canada's largest securities regulator is investigating potential illegal insider trading in hedge funds as part of a wider crackdown on financial market abuses, sources...Read more
	One Financial launches index-based note	Nov 03/03
	One Financial is introducing the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) hedge fund index to Canada in the form of a note. The MSCI Hedge Invest Index contains 74 hedge funds covering 11 strategies. The notes, which are on sal...Read more
	Pro-Hedge Multi-Manager Elite Fund launched with all-star lineup of managers	Oct 31/03
	Pro-Hedge Funds Inc. ices a team to include power play unit of O'Donnell, Mersch, Sprott, Vollendorf and Mansur Capital. Pro-Hedge Funds Inc. introduces the Pro-Hedge Multi Manager Elite Fund, a new investment product taking full ...Read more
	Tremont Hedge Fund Index Linked Trust files Preliminary Prospectus	Oct 30/03
	Tremont Capital Management, Corp., the manager of Tremont Hedge Fund Index Linked Trust (the "Trust"), is pleased to announce that it has filed a preliminary prospectus with the securities commissions of all Canadian pro...Read more
	Prominent Shareholders Gain Additional Shares of Integrated Asset Management	Oct 30/03
	Integrated Asset Management Corp. announced that Koloshuk Farrugia Corp., a company owned by the chairman and CEO and CFO of IAM, acquired 2% of its outstanding shares. Shareholders of Koloshuk Farrugia, Victor Koloshuk, chairman ...Read more
	Mackenzie to merge Mackenzie Long / Short Equity Fund into Mackenzie Alternative Strategies Fund	Oct 28/03
	Mackenzie Financial Corporation today announced its plan to merge its Mackenzie Long / Short Equity Fund into its more popular Mackenzie Alternative Strategies Fund, effective December 31, 2003. Both funds employ a multi-manager a...Read more
	BluMont hedge fund appoints two new investment managers	Oct 22/03
	BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fund has entered into investment management agreements with Frank Mersch of Front Street Investment Management Inc. and Veronika Hirsch of BluMont Capital Corp. The two managers will begin their ma...Read more
	BluMont hedge fund appoints two new investment managers	Oct 21/03
	BluMont Strategic Partners Hedge Fund has entered into investment management agreements with Frank Mersch of Front Street Investment Management Inc. and Veronika Hirsch of BluMont Capital Corp. The two managers will begin their ma...Read more
	Nothing more than active investing? Blame the hedge funds.	Oct 21/03
	Steve Maich: Financial Post- As regulators in the United States rip through the mutual fund industry for evidence of illegal trading, a familiar refrain is emitting from fund companies on both sides of the border: Blame the hedge ...Read more
	BluMont Launches Multi-manager, Multi-Strategy Guaranteed Fund	Oct 06/03
	BluMont Capital Corp. launched a multi-manager, multi-strategy principal guaranteed hedge fund, BluMont Man Multi-Strategy Notes. The notes are an extension of BluMont’s relationship with Man Investments,* London, which will manag...Read more
	National Life, Norshield launch Global Trading Fund: Partnership continues to grow with latest hedge	Sep 29/03
	National Life and hedge fund manager Norshield Financial Group are launching the National Life Global Trading Fund, a new segregated fund offered through National Life's Alternative Investment Strategies. The fund anticipates chan...Read more
	SEC amends fund advertising rules: Proposes new rules for fund of funds investments	Sep 25/03
	The Securities and Exchange Commission has unanimously approved amendments to mutual fund advertising rules, and new rules and amendments for fund of funds investments. The commission adopted rule amendments that are designed to e...Read more
	Genesis Land Development sweetens takeover bid for Polar hedge fund	Sep 22/03
	In July, Genesis said the acquisition opens the door for the company to possibly convert its operations into a real estate development income trust. Units in the Polar trust (TSX:PHT.UN) were unchanged at $7.95 Monday on the Toron...Read more
	University writes off hedge fund investment- U of Montreal's $99.6M pension stake drops to $19M	Sep 11/03
	Sean Silcoff -Financial Post-The University of Montreal's pension plan has written off most of its $100-million investment in a scandal-plagued hedge fund accused of fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The plan's...Read more
	Spitzer's Fund Probe May Sting Samaritan Hedge Fund	Sep 09/03
	Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Samaritan Asset Management, a $200 million hedge fund, may have engaged in the same sort of trading that led Canary Capital Partners LLC to pay a $40 million settlement, according to New York State Attorney ...Read more

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