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CPP investment fund earned 14.9% return in fiscal 2010 | May 21/10 |
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board says it has
recovered most of the ground that was lost during the recession,
capitalizing on the aftermath of the global financial crisis by making a
record number of acquisitions.“Th...Read more |
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Draft rules to hamper hedge fund access to Europe: lobby group | May 21/10 |
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A draft directive
passed by a European Parliamentary body would prevent as much as 80
percent of the world's hedge funds from accessing money from European
investors, fragmenting what is currently a global industry, the head...Read more |
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Baby-Faced Hedgie Launches Global Macro Fund | May 21/10 |
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A 24-year-old former analyst for Pharos Capital Group has decided to
leave the confines of private equity for the hedge fund industry.
Alejandro Paschalides in March launched the Carina Capital Fund I, a
global macro vehicle ...Read more |
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El-Erian Says S&P 500's Plunge May Worsen | May 21/10 |
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s
12
percent decline from April’s high may worsen amid concern that
Europe’s debt crisis will derail global growth, said Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief executive officer of
Pacific Investment
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Regulatory reform the top concern for European investors: Fitch | May 20/10 |
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Regulatory reform is the top concern for European
investors when it comes to bank credit quality, says Fitch Ratings.“Regulation
remains a concern to investors, with 83% believing proposed changes
represent critical or impor...Read more |
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Sarona launches first impact investment fund for emerging markets | May 20/10 |
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Sarona Asset Management Inc. has successfully completed a
first closing of its Sarona Frontier Markets Fund I LP, with over $12
million in investor commitments from 34 limited partners, the Waterloo,
Ont. company said Wednes...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Marketing: 10 Steps to Gain More Clients | May 20/10 |
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Raising money for hedge funds has never been tougher and it seems like
it will remain tough for quite some time, maybe forever. It is what
most hedge fund managers are talking about and trying to figure out. It
was not tha...Read more |
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Greek crisis is ‘tip of iceberg’ in Euro Region, Roubini says | May 20/10 |
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The crisis engulfing the euro area is not over yet as Greece remains
the “tip of an iceberg,” New York University professor Nouriel Roubini
said. “It’s not over,” Roubini said in an interview with BBC
radio broadcast today. ...Read more |
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Brevan Howard Opens Its $200 Million Energy, Commodities Fund to Investors | May 20/10 |
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Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP,
Europe’s largest hedge fund manager, started accepting external
investors for a fund investing in energy and commodities.
Brevan Howard Commodities Strategies Master Fund Ltd. got
$200 mill...Read more |
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Britain cornered as EU backs hedge fund crackdown | May 19/10 |
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European Union finance
ministers backed stricter controls for hedge funds and private
equity groups on Tuesday, handing a defeat to Britain's new
coalition government at its first EU meeting.
The draft rules will control pay ...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Bet Europe's Bailout Won't Solve Crisis | May 19/10 |
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Kyle Bass, who made $500 million in
2007 on the U.S. subprime collapse, is betting Europe’s debt
crisis won’t be solved by the $1 trillion loan package the
International Monetary Fund and European Union agreed on last
week.
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Fund managers favour U.S. stocks amid EU crisis: Merrill survey | May 19/10 |
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The United States is a safe haven for institutional
investors once again, as fund managers are shying away from Europe and
emerging markets, according to the latest the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey
of Fund Managers.The survey, ...Read more |
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Private equity buyout industry shows signs of recovery in Q1 2010 | May 19/10 |
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Investment and fundraising levels that were up in the
first quarter as Canada’s buyout industry demonstrated signs of
recovering from the global economic slowdown, according to figures
released Tuesday by CVCA – Canada’s Ven...Read more |
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Canadian Margaret Franklin, CFA, to Chair CFA Institute Board of Governors | May 19/10 |
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Margaret Franklin, CFA, has been elected chair of the Board of Governors of CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals that administers the CFA program worldwide and advocates for high standards of practice...Read more |
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Merkin Investor Awarded $1.8 Million in Madoff Case | May 18/10 |
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An investor in
J. Ezra Merkin’s Ascot Partners LP, a feeder fund for Ponzi schemer
Bernard Madoff, was awarded $1.75 million by arbitrators who found Merkin
intentionally breached his fiduciary duty by not disclosing Madof...Read more |
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Seeking less scrutiny, hedge funds flock to Asia | May 18/10 |
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As regulators in developed markets step up oversight of hedge funds, these
free pools of capital are increasingly set to make their home in Singapore and
Hong Kong.
That will accelerate the flow of talent and foreign fund...Read more |
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Hedge funds continue to add in financials | May 18/10 |
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Some prominent hedge fund managers increased their stakes in financial stocks
in the first quarter, showing confidence that the U.S. economy is back on a
sustainable growth path.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who famou...Read more |
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Man Group to buy GLG in bid to kick-start growth | May 17/10 |
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Deal values GLG at $1.6 billion
Earnings enhancing from 2012
Man shares down nearly 9 pct
LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Hedge fund firm Man Group PLC (EMG.L)
has agreed to buy rival GLG Partners for $1.6 billion as it se...Read more |
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EU prepares to vote on new hedge fund rules | May 17/10 |
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A key committee of Euro MPs is preparing to vote on a
controversial new directive regulating hedge funds and venture capitalists.
London-based fund managers have said the proposals will make it impossible
for funds based out...Read more |
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Hurt hedge fund servicer tightens up procedures | May 17/10 |
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Making a multi-million dollar settlement to resolve a legal dispute with a
former client can be a painful process, particularly when it pushes a
company into a full-year loss.But GlobeOp Financial Services, the
London-...Read more |
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Hedge funds hit by May volatility | May 17/10 |
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Some of the world's biggest hedge funds have suffered significant losses this
month after high levels of volatility across markets and the shortlived stock
market plunge in New York combined to wipe billions from portfolios.
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Surge in institutinal electronic trading reported by Tradeweb | May 14/10 |
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Institutional trading of interest swaps on online market provider
Tradeweb's multi-dealer to client marketplace increased by over 71% in
the first four months of 2010 compared to the same period in 200...Read more |
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Cayman Islands defends itself in note to AIFM rapporteur | May 14/10 |
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The Cayman Islands has intervened in the debate over the EU's
alternative investment fund managers (AIFM) directive, in an attempt to
press the jurisdiction's case for a European passport.
Cay...Read more |
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Bayview to Absorb Alphex Invesment's $11 Million Fund as Takamatsu Joins | May 14/10 |
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Bayview Asset Management Co., a
Tokyo-based investment boutique, will hire Alphex Investments Co.
President Ichiro Takamatsu in July and fold some of the 1
billion yen ($10.8 million) fund he manages into its own.
Alphex, a T...Read more |
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Sumitomo to Boost Overseas Commodity Staff as Demand for Hedging Climbs | May 14/10 |
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Sumitomo Corp. Global Commodities
Ltd., a London-based unit of Sumitomo Corp., plans to boost
its
staff by 28 percent within two years to meet increased demand
for hedging commodity risk.
The unit of Japan’s third-largest t...Read more |
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Sprott Q1 profit slips to $5.9 million | May 13/10 |
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Sprott Inc. (TSX: SII), a Toronto-based asset management
and investment funds company, reports its first quarter net profit fell
to $5.9 million or four cents a share from $7.4 million or five cents
last year.Assets under ma...Read more |
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EU defends hedge-fund rules in face of US pressure | May 13/10 |
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EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier on Wednesday defended
Europe's right to set tough new hedge-fund rules as he sought to heal a
transatlantic spat.Ending a three-day US visit, Barnier met
Treasury Secretary Timo...Read more |
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White House's Orszag Says Higher Tax in Fund Managers to Pass Within Weeks | May 13/10 |
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White House budget director Peter Orszag predicted Congress would approve
higher taxes on
managers of private equity firms, real estate funds and other
investment partnerships in the coming weeks.
Orszag, speaking yesterday ...Read more |
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Revival of the Swiss Hedge Fund Industry | May 13/10 |
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The Swiss hedge fund pioneer BrunnerInvest launched a new fund of hedge
funds earlier this month. The fund is part of a new generation of funds
of hedge funds investing solely in liquid strategies such as long-short
equity a...Read more |
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Matrix appoints Head of Risk from MAN Group | May 13/10 |
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Matrix Group, the privately owned UK financial
services business, announces the appointment of Tiraneh Tehranchian as
Head of Risk. Tiraneh joins from Man Global Strategies, Man Investments
where she was Head of Risk for ne...Read more |
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SEC's New York Chief Canellos Focuses on Sales to Institutional Investors | May 13/10 |
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George Canellos, the head of the
Securities and Exchange Commission’s Manhattan office, said he
is pushing his staff to scrutinize products normally sold to
institutional investors after the financial crisis showed that
even s...Read more |
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Hedge funds poised to outperform amid market volatility | May 12/10 |
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Many attractive opportunities have recently emerged in
the hedge fund space, but it’s critical for investors and advisors to
conduct strict due diligence with respect to these investments,
institutional managers said on Tues...Read more |
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Toronto should be home to national securities regulator: McGuinty | May 12/10 |
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Toronto is the Wayne Gretzky of Canada’s financial
markets and should be home to a new national securities regulator,
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.Quebec may complain
that it would be hurt by the creation of ...Read more |
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EU-based hedge fund-style products pull in $200 billion | May 12/10 |
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Investors have
poured almost $200 billion into "hedge fund lite" and alternative funds
based in Europe, data showed on Tuesday, as clients scarred by the
credit crisis seek transparent ways to access hedge fund ret...Read more |
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NY AG sues money manager in Madoff scandal | May 12/10 |
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New York's attorney general has sued a hedge fund management firm and
two of its former executives for failing to alert clients about Bernard
Madoff's investment practices.Andrew Cuomo's office claims the
firm Ivy Asset Mana...Read more |
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Japan Hedge Funds Have Best Four-Month Return Since 2004, Eurekahedge Says | May 12/10 |
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Japanese hedge funds, the world’s
worst performers last year, returned 6.7 percent in the first
four months of 2010, the best year-to-April return in six years,
according to Eurekahedge Pte.
The Eurekahedge Japan Hedge Fund I...Read more |
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EU's Barnier: deliberation on hedge fund rules soon | May 12/10 |
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European
Commissioner for Internal Markets and Services Michel Barnier said on
Tuesday that European Union ministers and parliament will begin
deliberations on new hedge fund regulations in a few days in an effort
to ensur...Read more |
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Demand for hedge funds stays strong in March | May 11/10 |
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Global hedge funds took in a
strong $7.6 billion in new money in March, although that was
less than half the previous month's inflow, data released on
Monday showed. The inflows helped
raise assets in the loosely regulated
h...Read more |
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Fortis agrees sale of hedge fund unit to Credit Suisse | May 11/10 |
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Credit Suisse is to buy Fortis Bank Nederland’s hedge fund
administration unit Prime Fund Solutions (PFS) after months of
negotiation.
News that the two banks were in talks broke in December 2009.
Fortis ...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Assets and Performance Continued to Climb in April | May 11/10 |
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Hedge fund performance was positive again in April
2010 and net investor flows indicated allocations continued to outpace
redemptions.
Below are early estimates for April 2010 hedge fund
asset flows and performance. A ful...Read more |
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Paulson & Co. Said to Close Largest Funds to New Investments | May 11/10 |
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Billionaire John Paulson, whose
Paulson & Co. oversees $35 billion in hedge funds, told clients
he plans to close his largest funds to new investments.
The Advantage funds, which seek to profit from distressed
debt, bankr...Read more |
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CPP Investment Board buys Manhattan properties | May 11/10 |
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The CPP Investment Board has purchased minority stakes in
two office properties in the heart of New York City, in its latest
investment play in the real estate market.The two properties _
one on Avenue of the Americas and th...Read more |
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National securities regulator would harm Quebec economy: study | May 11/10 |
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A group of business and civic leaders in Quebec is being
formed to oppose the federal government’s plan to try and form a single
national securities regulator.The group, which includes such
heavy hitters in the province’s bu...Read more |
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Britain blamed for euro turmoil over hedge fund curbs block | May 10/10 |
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Britain's refusal to entertain eurozone curbs on highly speculative
investment fund managers has cost Europe dearly, former Spanish prime
minister Felipe Gonzalez said on Saturday."Look at the hedge
funds decision that ...Read more |
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Hedge funds losing the Ucits battle | May 10/10 |
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The hedge fund industry is losing the battle to be the dominant force
in the rapidly expanding alternative
Ucits arena, according to analysis by Strategic Insight, a New
York-based consultancy.Scores of hedge fund houses hav...Read more |
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Confederation of British Industry Urges EU to Reject Private-Equity Law | May 10/10 |
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The Confederation of British Industry
urged European Union lawmakers to vote against tighter
regulation of private-equity firms.
Members of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary
Affairs Committee are scheduled to vo...Read more |
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Caldwell Canada Fund engages Meisels to provide research | May 07/10 |
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Ron Meisels, a prominent technical analyst, has been
engaged as a consultant to provide research for the Caldwell Canada
Fund, Caldwell Investment Management Ltd. announced Thursday.Meisels,
president of Phases & Cycles ...Read more |
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Merkel says lack of hedge fund regulation a scandal | May 07/10 |
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It is a "scandal"
that hedge funds are not regulated, but rules to oversee them should
come in three weeks, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday.
In a speech in Berlin, Merkel
did not give further de...Read more |
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European Equity Outflows Exceed $2 Billion on Greece Concerns, EPFR Says | May 07/10 |
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Investors cut their holdings of
European equity funds by more than $2 billion in the week to
May 5, the biggest outflows in almost a year, amid concern
Greece’s debt crisis would spread, according to EPFR Global.
“The damage ...Read more |
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Ex-Alpha Titans Launch ‘Next Generation’ Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund | May 07/10 |
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A new hedge fund is seeking to punch well above its weight with what
it calls a “significant evolutionary advancement” in multi-strategy
vehicles.
Evolved Alpha says it uses an open architecture to include
potentially sever...Read more |
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