Archive for September, 2011

No gold in green for Guest’s Hazel Capital

Boutique manager Hazel Capital has closed a hedge fund that it set up to take long and short positions in green energy companies. The decision to shut down one of the few remaining hedge funds dedicated to the sector comes amid a 35% drop in the value of clean stocks this year. Ben Guest, the ... Read More
Posted by EHFC On September - 28 - 2011 Environmental investing, Green Energy Tech

BlackRock Plans $200 Million Agriculture Hedge Fund, People Say

Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) — BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded asset manager in the U.S., plans to raise as much as $200 million for an agricultural commodities hedge fund, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. The BlackRock Agricultural Fund will start trading early next month under Graham Birch, said the people, who ... Read More
Posted by EHFC On September - 14 - 2011 Agricultural Commodities