Wall Street Green Trading Summit Announced
New York (ContentDesk) January 12, 2006 -- The Wall Street Green Trading Summit has been announced for April 4 and 5 at Bloomberg headquarters in New York. The conference covers carbon trading, renewable energy trading and emissions trading. Conference producers Hedge Connection and Global Change Associates expect over 300 live attendees. The conference media partner this year is Bloomberg LP.This conference is the fifth in a series of green trading summits and is the only global conference to cover emissions, renewable energy, and megawatt (energy efficiency) trading. This triple convergence of markets was defined by green trading creator Peter Fusaro four years ago.
With carbon trading poised to grow globally into a $3 trillion global market in 20 years, there is more interest in green trading solutions to pollution than ever before.In a time of sustained high energy prices, clean technology is poised to accelerate market penetration, and in recognition of this trend, this years conference will cover clean tech venture capital as well as green hedge funds speakers. We expect over 300 people to attend the Wall Street Green Trading Summit this spring. We are very happy to partner with Bloomberg and Hedge Connection on bringing this event to the next level in green trading market development, said Peter C. Fusaro, chairman of Global Change Associates.
With the recent commitment by major financial firms to promote eco-friendly practices and new trading initiatives in green trading, we believe the topics at the WSGTS will be of significant importance to the financial industry, said Lisa Vioni, President of HedgeConnection.com. At this years summit, learn from the expert practitioners on how these markets work, what the investment opportunities are, and whats coming up on the horizon.For further information, please check out our website at Hedge Connection..
Strategic Capital Advisors, LLC, Brokers Three Key Acquisitions for Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
Strategic Capital Advisors, LLC, led by founder Arthur J. Drago, brokered three strategic deals for Boston-based Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. in 2004, bringing the Pioneer family of funds approximately $3.3 billion in assets and the adoption of 13 funds inclusive.The latest transaction was Pioneer's $3.1 billion acquisition of 22 Safeco (Nasdaq: SAFC) mutual funds from the Seattle-based insurance company. Seven of these funds were reorganized as Pioneer funds; fifteen were merged into existing Pioneer funds. Earlier in the year, two Oak Ridge (Oak Ridge Investments, LLC, Chicago) equity funds with a total of $25 million in assets were reorganized as Pioneer Oak Ridge funds, and four Papp (L.
Roy Papp & Associates, LLP, Phoenix, AZ) equity funds with a total of $153 million in assets were reorganized as Pioneer Papp funds.
"Strategic Capital Advisors took the extra time to understand our company and our posture," noted Steven Graziano, Pioneer's Executive Vice President,...
Hedge funds > Strategic Capital Advisors, LLC, Brokers Three Key Acquisitions for Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
Energy Hedge Fund Center Now Tracking 450 Energy Hedge Funds
New York, NY
(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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EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
Williamsburg, VA (ContentDesk) October 10, 2005 -- EFX Group/Williamsburg, a branch office of El Segundo, Calif.-based EFX Group and an introducing broker for MBTT announced a new FOREX trading platform for hedge funds and institutions.Unlike most FOREX trading firms, MBTT does not have a deal desk between you and your orders.
MBTT utilizes Straight Through Processing (STP), sending your orders directly to various banks and eliminating the potential for markup or spread manipulation.
STP also prevents instances where you may be re-quoted, which generally occur when it is in the deal desk's best interest to delay the execution of your order, acting against your best interests.
"There are a lot of myths about the FOREX market that we are shattering" says EFX Williamsburg Branch Manager Lee Young.
Fixed spreads are a way for FCMs to markup or markdown the best bid or offer.
FCMs do this to hide their fee into the price of the currency pair instead...
EFX Williamsburg Announces New FOREX Platform for Hedge Funds
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UtiliPoint and Global Change Associates? Hedge Funds In Energy Online Seminar to Be Repeated
UtiliPoint? International, Inc. (UtiliPoint?) and Global Change Associates announce that they will repeat the popular online seminar ?Hedge Funds: the next wave in energy trading' due to continued heavy interest in the activities of energy hedge funds. The second online seminar is now scheduled for November 4th, 1pm ET.
The two companies' recently released the results of their research into hedge funds in energy and have also created the first directory of energy hedge funds."With energy prices at record levels and continuing speculation in the media regarding the role played by hedge funds, interest is high," reports Dr. Gary M.
Vasey, VP Trading & Risk Management Practice for UtiliPoint.
"Our first on-line seminar attracted a ?crowd' and we have had ongoing and repeated requests to repeat the session.""There is tremendous interest on what the hedge funds are up to the energy sector, and we keep discovering new things about them through our ongoing research,"...
Hedge funds > UtiliPoint and Global Change Associates? Hedge Funds In Energy Online Seminar to Be Repeated
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
New Energy Hedge Fund Center Online Seminar Announced ?Fundamentals of Energy Hedge Funds?
The Energy Hedge Fund Center (EHFC ? www.energyhedgefunds.com), the leading online source for news and information on hedge fund activities in the energy industry, has announced that its staff will be conducting an online seminar on "Fundamentals of Energy Hedge Funds" on March 15th, 1pm EST.
The online seminar will be conducted by EHFC Director's and co-authors of the first two comprehensive reports on energy hedge funds, Dr. Gary M. Vasey and Mr. Peter C.
Fusaro. They will share some of their latest research on energy hedge funds."Oil prices continue at record levels and there remains speculation in the media regarding the role played by hedge funds and other speculators," reports Dr. Gary M. Vasey, who is VP Trading & Risk Management Practice for energy industry analysis and consulting firm UtiliPoint International, Inc.
"Our online seminar will explain what an energy hedge fund is...
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