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Tennenbaum Capital Said to Raise Money for Distressed-Debt Fund | Mar 23/10 |
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Tennenbaum Capital Partners LLC, an
investment firm founded by Michael Tennenbaum,
is seeking about
$1 billion to buy distressed debt after starting a bankruptcy-
loan fund, said two people with knowledge of the plans.
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Bankers Saying ‘We Got Away With it’ Risk New Crisis, Kay Says | Mar 23/10 |
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Bankers are resuming the risk-
taking practices that led to the worst financial crisis in a
century, threatening to create even worse turmoil, economist
John Kay said.
For “so many people I talk to in the financi...Read more |
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Citi to Double Team Helping Institutional Hedge Fund Investment | Mar 22/10 |
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Citigroup Inc., the bank 27 percent owned by the U.S. government, plans to
double the size of a team helping pension and government-backed funds manage
direct hedge fund investments, said
Nick Roe, its global prime fina...Read more |
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Master of the universe: Can Hugh Hendry teach us to love hedge funds? | Mar 22/10 |
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Hugh Hendry's hedge fund, Eclectica Asset Management, is
profiting handsomely from the ailing Greek economy. How can he defend cashing in
on the misfortunes of others? Easily, he tells Simon Usborne
A stack of hardba...Read more |
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Hedge fund matchmakers cannot escape scrutiny | Mar 19/10 |
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The specter of scandal never seems to fully lift from the business that plays
matchmaker to hedge fund managers eager to connect with industry experts.
Now those firms are not only confronting the fallout from the Galleon G...Read more |
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Wealth Manager-Family offices may poach hedge fund staff | Mar 19/10 |
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Hedge funders interested in family offices - survey
* Jumping ship could mean an initial pay cut
Families so rich they employ their own investment managers are set to
increase their recruiting from an untapped pool of talent...Read more |
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City Spy: Ebullio - the worst performing hedge fund of the year? | Mar 19/10 |
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Ebullio Capital Management, based in Southend, has
admitted its commodity fund fell 96% in the first two months of 2010 as it made
heavy losses in copper, nickel and tin.
In a newsletter to investors, company founder Lars St...Read more |
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At Least Europe Knows How To Deal With Dangerous Hedge Fund Managers | Mar 19/10 |
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In the UK, record
their cell phone calls. In Germany, treat them like the terrorists they are.
By tailing their cars, and going through their trash.
Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Bundestag on Marc...Read more |
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Deutsche Bank Sees Hedge Fund AUM Up 15% in 2010 | Mar 19/10 |
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A new investor survey from Deutsche Bank’s Hedge Fund Capital Group is
forecasting net inflows to hedge funds of $222 billion during 2010, a rise of
15% to $1.722 trillion from an estimated $1.5 billion managed at the 2009
y...Read more |
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UK fund Ebullio loses big on base metals bets-report | Mar 18/10 |
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Ebullio Capital
Management's commodity hedge fund suffered its "worst month"
since launch in February, slumping more than 86 percent, a
report by Ebullio to investors said on Wednesday. Assets under management fell to...Read more |
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Ex-Barclays Tailor, Mosquera Start Bank Hedge Fund | Mar 18/10 |
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Rupesh Tailor
and Jose Mosquera,
who worked together as credit traders at Barclays Capital, are
starting a regulated hedge fund in Madrid to bet on a shake-up
of the banking industry using default swaps, bonds and equities. ...Read more |
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Hedge fund Algebris heads to Asia; eyeing S'pore & HK | Mar 18/10 |
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London-based
hedge
fund manager Algebris Investments LLP is in talks to set up a
base in Asia over the next few months, joining a slew of Western
managers driven to the region in search of higher returns and a
friendlier reg...Read more |
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Flowering Tree Grows Hedge Fund Fivefold, Outperforms Peers | Mar 18/10 |
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Flowering Tree Investment Management Pte, set up by
the co-founder of New York-based Sansar Capital Management LLC, has
grown its Asian equities hedge fund more than fivefold as it
outperformed peers.
Singapore-based F...Read more |
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Direct Access Partners Forms Marketing Unit | Mar 18/10 |
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In an unusual move for a mini prime broker, Direct
Access
Partners has established a marketing practice.
The New York brokerage firm recruited a fund-raising team
from Channel Capital last month, adding four seasoned marketin...Read more |
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Post-Crisis: Hedge Funds, Custodial Risk and Prime Brokers | Mar 18/10 |
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by Ron Suber and Aaron Vermut
Prior to the most recent financial crisis, money
managers had an awareness of counterparty and custodial risk in concept,
but it wasn’t a priority. We were coming off a 25-year bull-run in the...Read more |
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Investors to add billions to hedge funds | Mar 17/10 |
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Investors around the world may
put as much as $222 billion into hedge funds this year,
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE)
said on Tuesday. If the German
bank's projections are correct, it would mark
the first time since the start of ...Read more |
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Buy Real Estate as Inflation Hedge, Aberdeen Says | Mar 17/10 |
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Investors should buy real-estate
assets and funds that invest in property in the U.K. and Asia
because a potential rebound in prices and economic growth will
counter inflation risks, Aberdeen
Asset Management Plc said.
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EU hedge fund rules stalled, UK digs in heels | Mar 17/10 |
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European Union plans to crack
down on hedge funds hung in the balance on Tuesday when talks
stalled after Britain dug in its heels to head off new rules
that could damage its financial centre.
The draft law had been intended ...Read more |
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Substantial increased allocation to hedge funds expected | Mar 17/10 |
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Investors are planning significant allocations to hedge funds this
year. The increased inflow is associated with more rigorous due
diligence and risk management.
Almost three quarters (73%) of...Read more |
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Hedge Funds Fail When ‘Rock Stars’ Are in Charge | Mar 17/10 |
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The ideal hedge fund should be like a good local restaurant: reliable,
high-quality, a loyal group of customers, and unknown to the rest of the world.
Pierre-Henri Flamand is just the latest star trader who should remembe...Read more |
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San Diego County suit against Amaranth tossed out | Mar 17/10 |
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A federal court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the San Diego
County Employees Retirement Association against hedge fund Amaranth
Advisors; the hedge fund's founder, Nicholas M. Maounis; and two of its
managers.A separate...Read more |
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EU hedge fund curbs delayed after the intervention of Gordon Brown | Mar 17/10 |
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The ECOFIN gathering of finance ministers from the 27 EU states had been
due
to debate the Alternative
Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive but it was
removed from
discussion. Instead, it will now be table...Read more |
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Flexible hedge fund strategies perform best | Mar 16/10 |
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HEDGE FUNDS managed to post positive returns last
month by capitalising on favourable fixed income and foreign exchange
positions, a top hedge fund index revealed yesterday.
The Cred...Read more |
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Investors still keen on 'black box' hedgies | Mar 16/10 |
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Investors are
continuing to flock to 'black box' hedge funds and are willing to pay
top-end fees in spite of the poor performance from some big-name funds
recently, according to the head of investment firm AlphaMetrix.
A...Read more |
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SSARIS Wins Fund of Hedge Fund Award | Mar 16/10 |
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Hedge fund and FoHF manager, SSARIS Advisors, LLC, won the “Global
Multi-Strategy over 3 years” award ($500 million -$1 billion) at the
annual InvestHedge FoHF Awards ceremony held last night in New York
City. SSARIS won in...Read more |
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SEC Charges Texas Hedge Fund Advisor With Fraud | Mar 16/10 |
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The SEC has filed a federal case against hedge fund advisor Stephen
X. Kim and Spyglass Management, L.P. for their roles in allegedly
defrauding Spyglass Capital Partners, L.P., a hedge fund managed by Kim
through Spyglass, ...Read more |
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ETF trade desk launched by Ticonderoga Securities | Mar 16/10 |
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Ticonderoga Securities has launched an exchange traded funds (ETF)
desk run by William Bauer. The desk will specialise in market making
capabilities for institutional investors moving in and out of ETF...Read more |
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Europe Delays Hedge Fund Rules Amid Trade War Threat | Mar 16/10 |
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European finance ministers meeting
today in Brussels opted to delay plans to discuss hedge fund and
private equity regulation that would have risked a trade war by
limiting access to the European Union.
Transatlant...Read more |
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Former Atticus manager to open new firm | Mar 16/10 |
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Dilan Siritunga, a
longtime executive at the hedge fund firm Atticus Capital LP, is
planning to open his own firm, according to a person familiar with his
plans.
Siritunga will become the latest in a
string of fund man...Read more |
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Dodd bill sets hedge fund registration threshold at $100 million | Mar 16/10 |
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All hedge funds that manage more than $100 million will be required
to register with the SEC and disclose financial data to determine
whether fund activities pose a risk to the nation's financial system,
under major financia...Read more |
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Paradise postponed for Asian hedge fund industry | Mar 15/10 |
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Asia’s economies have emerged much more speedily than those of Europe and
North America from the global financial crisis and economic downturn, so one
might expect the continent’s hedge fund industry to have capitalised upon...Read more |
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Trader faces up to 6 1/2 years in prison | Mar 15/10 |
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Ezra Levy, a former hedge fund trader and former chief financial officer of
Boston Provident Partners LP, pleaded guilty to federal charges he stole
about $3 million from the Manhattan-based firm.Levy, who was arrested in...Read more |
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Hedge Fund-Backed Farm Group Tejar Weighs U.S. IPO | Mar 12/10 |
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El Tejar SA, Argentina’s largest agricultural producer, is weighing an
initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for farming
assets.
The closely held grain and oilseed grower, backed by London-bas...Read more |
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Goldman’s Biggest Hedgie Departs | Mar 12/10 |
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Chris Dodd
may be going it alone on financial reform, but some people are already
smelling something in the air and making for the exits.
Goldman Sachs’s (GS)
director of its largest hedge fund, Pierre-Henri Flamand, is
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SEB positive on hedge funds | Mar 12/10 |
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The Swedish bank SEB has “high return
expectations” for hedge funds in 2010 and 2011 and is tipping global macro,
managed futures and relative value funds to deliver the best returns in the
next 12 months.
In its 20...Read more |
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Citigroup unit wins CDS dispute with hedge fund | Mar 11/10 |
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A Citigroup Inc (C.N)
broker-dealer unit need not face arbitration in a dispute with
Channel Islands hedge fund VCG over a credit default swap, a
federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund L...Read more |
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Investors pull $2.5 bln from Horseman hedge funds | Mar 11/10 |
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Hedge fund Horseman Capital has
lost more than half its assets as clients pulled out $2.5
billion after star manager John Horseman decided to stand down,
a sign of the key-man risk that haunts the industry.
Clients withdrew th...Read more |
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Buy Asia Stocks Before ‘Green’ Light, Goldman Says | Mar 11/10 |
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Investors should buy Asian stocks
outside Japan after valuations dropped and before sentiment
strengthens further, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said.
“By the time all the lights turn green, the race will
already be wel...Read more |
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Shariah Capital sees more Islamic hedge funds taking off | Mar 11/10 |
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More sharia hedge funds
are likely to be launched, specialising in healthcare, telecoms
and technology stocks, a U.S. financial firm said, as the
industry debates how far Islam sanctions such investments.
Few Islamic hedge...Read more |
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Economy 'Far too Close' to Double Dip: Roubini | Mar 11/10 |
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Poor economic data in the US coupled with
Europe's debt crisis are contributing to an increase of the risk of the
US economy going through a double-dip recession, Nouriel Roubini, who
predicted the 2007 financial crisis, wrote ...Read more |
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“America’s Prophet” Sean David Morton charged with $6 million securities fraud | Mar 11/10 |
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The SEC has charged Sean David Morton, a self-styled psychic who
claimed the ability to predict the stock market, with securities fraud
for raising up to $6 million from investors after lying to them about
his former successes....Read more |
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Fund launches up, liquidations down | Mar 11/10 |
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Hedge fund launches continue to rise,
outpacing liquidations for the second quarter running in a sign of
optimism for the industry.
Data
from Hedge Fund Research shows an estimated 230 hedge funds were
launched in th...Read more |
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Next Generation of Investment Gurus to Compete in CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge | Mar 11/10 |
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University students from across the United States, Canada, and Latin America
– all of whom are studying business, finance, and accounting –are
gearing up to compete in the CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge
(Americas)...Read more |
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OSC rules Norshield hedge fund misled investors | Mar 10/10 |
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Two former executives of collapsed hedge fund Norshield Asset Management (Canada) Ltd.
knowingly misled investors, failed to keep proper books and made
misleading statements to investigators, an Ontario Securities
Commission ...Read more |
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Hedge-Fund Losses Show Euro’s Drop Fails to Benefit All Traders | Mar 10/10 |
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Hedge funds that trade currencies
are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out
to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also
losing money.
Macro funds, so named because they tr...Read more |
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Hedgemony? MFA inks partnership with yet another hedge fund group | Mar 10/10 |
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The Managed Funds Association is teaming up with the Texas Hedge
Fund Association, marking the MFA's third announced partnership in as
many months.
The
MFA, the hedge fund industry's premier trade association...Read more |
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Global hedge fund AUM hits $1.8 trillion | Mar 10/10 |
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After a dramatic fall during the
previous 18 months from the beginning of 2008, overall assets in global
hedge funds grew in the second half of 2009 by 10% to reach $1.82
trillion.
Over
the full year assets register...Read more |
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Former Deutsche Bank Saba Asia Head Said to Plan New Hedge Fund | Mar 09/10 |
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The ex-Asia head of Deutsche Bank
AG’s Saba proprietary trading desk is planning a hedge fund
seeking to profit from mispricing of securities in Asia’s equity
and credit markets, said two people with knowledge of the matter. ...Read more |
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JPMorgan Top Hedge Fund, Pensions & Investments Says | Mar 09/10 |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co., the New York-
based bank run by Jamie Dimon, is the world’s biggest hedge-fund
firm by assets, according to Pensions & Investments magazine.
JPMorgan, which owns Highbridge Capital Man...Read more |
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Hedge funds pull in $7.1 bln in Jan - BarclayHedge | Mar 09/10 |
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Hedge funds pulled in $7.1
billion in new money in January, according to data released on
Monday that pointed to fresh demand for the loosely regulated
portfolios as investors search for better returns.
Funds News | ...Read more |
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