Former SocGen Energy Trader Preps Maiden Hedge Fund

May 9 2008 | 5:14am ET

John McPherson, a former energy trader for Société Générale, has formed Sequoia Financial Advisory Services, a Portland, Ore.-based commodity trading adviser, and is prepping an energy hedge fund that will launch later this year.
 
The new vehicle, the Homestake Trading Fund, will trade exotic energy options and spreads in crude oil, natural gas, gasoline and heating oil.


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    Occupy GAIM Fizzles

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    South Florida’s version of Occupy Wall Street—Occupy Palm Beach Country—is staging what I’ve been told is a less-than-impressive protest outside the GAIM conference site. Read more…