Archive for September, 2009

Media Coverage: HFMWeek Daily Snapshot

By Matt Perone on September 30th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

HFMWeek, an online digest of hedge fund news, reported on the launch of Helix Partners in their September 14 Daily Snapshot feature.  Read the Article

Media Coverage at Insto.com.au and Eurobankers.net

By Matt Perone on September 28th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

Insto, an Australian capital markets news service, covered Helix’s launch in a post on Saturday.  Read the Article Helix was also covered by the European Banking News Network.  Read the Article

New Citations in the Reference Database

By Matt Perone on September 25th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: References

We’ve just updated the reference section of the website with 22 new citations. One of the highlights in explanatory factor research is a set of 3 papers on the information contained in short sales. There is also some great work in a paper on the history of predicting the cross-section of stock returns and one [...]

Hedge Fund Net reports on Helix Partners

By Matt Perone on September 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

Hedge Fund Net, a web resource for hedge fund news and performance data, released an article on Sept 15th about the announcement of Helix and Ascalon’s partnership.  Read the Article NB: The article is unclear about the firms that Helix’s partners worked at before Macquarie Bank.  Matthew Perone worked for Citadel Investment Group, Justin Webb [...]

Financial Standard: Ascalon adds hedge fund boutique

By Matt Perone on September 15th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

The Financial Standard, an Australian online investment newspaper, has posted a note about the launch of Helix.  Read the Article

Helix covered by The Australian Financial Review

By Matt Perone on September 15th, 2009 1 Comment
Categories: Media

The Australian Financial Review reported today on the Ascalon seed for Helix Partners.  NB: While the article reports that Helix’s investable universe is about 1800 stocks, it is closer to 18,000.  Read the Article [Behind Subscription Wall]

NY Times Online on Helix Partners

By Matt Perone on September 15th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

The New York Times Dealbook Blog has picked up the bloomberg story on Helix Partners.  Read the Article

Global Investor Magazine

By Matt Perone on September 15th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

Global Investor Magazine has reported on Ascalon’s launch of Helix Partners.  Read the Article [Behind Subscription Wall]

Helix Partners and Ascalon partnership covered by FinAlternatives

By Matt Perone on September 15th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

FinAlternatives, a premier news outlet for the alternative investment industry, has posted an article about Helix Partners.  NB: The article states that we will be running the fund from New York, but we are actually located in Sydney.  Read the Article

“Money Management” Article

By Matt Perone on September 14th, 2009 No Comments
Categories: Media

Money Management, an Australian newsletter for investment professionals, wrote an article today on Ascalon’s acquisition of Helix Partners and the launch of the new fund.  Read the Article