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David Stevenson: The alternative credit space | Aug 05/09 |
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I’ve mentioned in my column before that I sense one of the biggest
opportunities over the next few years will be in the alternative credit
space – smaller, nimbler firms moving into the commercial lending space
vacated by the b...Read more |
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OMERS appoints new CIO | Aug 05/09 |
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He has headed the real estate division since 2004. He has also served
as CEO and a trustee of the Primaris REIT since 2003 and led its
initial public offering of equity and debt. Under his leadership,
Oxford Properties has grow...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Buys Big Into E*Trade | Aug 04/09 |
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ONLINE-FINANCIAL-SERVICES COMPANY E*Trade Financial (ticker: ETFC)
has seen egregious losses during the recession, as the stock has fallen
from the high $20s in 2006 to below a dollar this year on its subprime
exposure. But on...Read more |
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Hedge funds hold the line on fees | Aug 04/09 |
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As the losses and shutdowns piled up for hedge funds throughout 2008,
many thought that it was a sure bet that the industry would have to
lower its fee structure to ride out the tidal wave of withdrawals. But
apparently it was ...Read more |
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Signs of Life | Aug 04/09 |
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Optimism reigned throughout the second quarter as investor sentiment
thawed and many investors began reallocating capital to alternative
funds across the spectrum, according to Brighton House Associates, a
firm based in Marlbor...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Demand: Brighton House Associates Q2 2009 Report | Aug 04/09 |
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HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach)
- During the first quarter, most alternative investors spent their time
rebalancing their portfolios, redeeming with current managers, and
waiting for the market to correct itself. This process fre...Read more |
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Man Group to launch AHL strategy into retail market | Aug 04/09 |
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Hedge fund giant Man Investments is to launch its popular AHL managed futures trading strategy into the retail market.
The fund, which is planned for launch on 1 October, will be
domiciled in the UK and employ Ucits III powe...Read more |
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George Soros snaps up GLG hedgefund star Robert Donald | Aug 04/09 |
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GLG Partners, the London-based hedge fund, is on the point of losing
a star fund manager this weekend in a situation that mirrors the
high-profile departure of another top manager, Greg Coffey, last year.
Robert Donald, who man...Read more |
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Ex-BDO Seidman’s Mark Bloom Pleads Guilty in Hedge Fund Fraud | Jul 31/09 |
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Hedge fund manager Mark Bloom pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he stole at
least $20 million from clients and lied to them, and that he helped sell illegal
tax shelters while working earlier at BDO Seidman LLP.
Bloom, who...Read more |
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Hedge fund rebels aim to oust Strategic Equity Capital bosses | Jul 31/09 |
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• Fortelus says SVG-managed
trust is underperforming
• SEC argues that plan to by 3i fund offers good value
Hedge fund
Fortelus and other investors are preparing to oust the management of
a publicly liste...Read more |
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Film Company Blowtorch Burned By Hedge Fund Flame-Out | Jul 31/09 |
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Blowtorch Entertainment Corp., the start-up that gathered $50 million to
produce a slate of feature films and short-film content for young adults, is
nearly extinguished after several of its hedge fund investors went out of
...Read more |
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Gold flashes brightly for US hedge funds | Jul 31/09 |
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US hedge fund managers are
buying gold anticipating that prices will be boosted by the effects
of European governments' quantitative easing (QE) program...Read more |
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Changing Attitudes Towards Risk | Jul 31/09 |
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"Attitudes towards
hedge fund risk are poised to change," Sara Grillo, Founder of the
Coalition for Safer Hedge Funds said in a
paper examining proposed improvements in risk measurement,
"The evolution w...Read more |
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Brazil’s Top Hedge Fund Says Real Rally Almost Over | Jul 30/09 |
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Most of the gains in Brazil’s currency and interest-rate futures markets this
year are over, said
Beny Parnes, chief strategist at BBM Gestao de Recursos Ltda., manager of
Brazil’s top-performing hedge fund.
BBM pared bac...Read more |
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AIMA continues opposition to EU draft funds directive | Jul 30/09 |
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The European commission's draft directive on alternative investment fund
managers is protectionist and could ban non-EU funds and managers from marketing
and distribution within the 27-country group, warned Alternative Inves...Read more |
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Mutual Funds that Invest in Hedge Funds | Jul 30/09 |
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Hedge funds are trying to get some retail capital. Achieving that via a
mutual fund is one approach.
From the
NY Post:
After making billions off the backs of rich people, a growing number of hedge
funds are b...Read more |
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RAB says clients returning to some hedge funds | Jul 29/09 |
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* Positive flows into single-strategy funds in Q2 and July
* Assets fall to $1.3 bln from $1.9 bln at end-December
* Swings to pretax loss for 6 months to June, shares fall
* Interim dividend 0.6 pence
* Plans capital ...Read more |
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Brazil’s Polo Hedge Fund Boosts Bets on Homebuilders | Jul 29/09 |
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Marcos Duarte, co-founder of the $1 billion hedge fund Polo Capital Gestao
de Fundos Ltda., is buying more Brazilian homebuilder shares even after the
stocks more than doubled this year.
Duarte said the Rio de Janeiro-ba...Read more |
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GlobeOp enhances portfolio risk reporting | Jul 29/09 |
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GlobeOp is providing enhanced portfolio risk reporting
to investors through GoBook, its online fund investor communications
tool.
The enhancement responds to increased investor demand for greater transparency about fund risk.
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Hedge fund GLG looks to seed UK-listed oil producer | Jul 28/09 |
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GLG Partners (GLG.N),
among the world's largest hedge-fund managers, is launching an oil production
company that will be listed on the London Stock Exchange this fall, people
familiar with the plans said on Monday.
GLG, b...Read more |
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Lansdowne halts investments in flagship fund-report | Jul 28/09 |
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Lansdowne Partners, one of Britain's largest hedge fund managers, has stopped
accepting investments in its flagship fund with several other big funds set to
follow suit, according to a report in the Financial Times.
The rep...Read more |
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Polygon raising money for new hedge funds | Jul 28/09 |
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* Raising money for European, convertibles funds
* Winding down master fund's illiquid investments
British hedge fund firm Polygon Investment Partners is looking to raise money
for two new funds, a source close to the comp...Read more |
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U.S. takes centre stage in EU hedge fund row | Jul 28/09 |
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* Hedge fund body AIMA says directive "protectionist"
* Says rules will limit choice, hit competition
* U.S. lobbying for changes to proposed rules
Debate over controversial EU laws on hedge funds shifted to the...Read more |
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Boom time for the poor man's hedge funds as small investors flock to new-style trusts Read more: ht | Jul 28/09 |
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Stock market euphoria returned last week with the FTSE 100 index of the
country's leading companies recording its longest sustained bull run for
five-and-a-half years. The last time the index recorded consecutive growth over
...Read more |
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U.S. Enters Europe's Fund Debate | Jul 27/09 |
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Washington Joins U.K. in Lobbying EU for
Less-Stringent Regulations
As its hedge-fund and private-equity industries worry about new
rules, the U.S. is quietly lobbying Europe to change the ...Read more |
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Asian returns belie the global recession | Jul 27/09 |
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Hedge funds investing in Asia now appear to be one of the most popular
alternative asset classes among the wealthy, with assets under management in the
region expected to rise from $14bn in 2001 to $160bn by the end of the yea...Read more |
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Castle Hall launches HedgeDiligence web portal | Jul 27/09 |
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Castle Hall Alternatives, a provider of operational due
diligence, has launched HedgeDiligence, a web portal delivering due
diligence information to the firm's clients.
The firm has also reached the milestone of 500 operational...Read more |
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Boom time for the poor man's hedge funds as small investors flock to new-style trusts | Jul 27/09 |
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Stock market euphoria returned last week with the FTSE 100 index of
the country's leading companies recording its longest sustained bull
run for five-and-a-half years. The last time the index recorded
consecutive growth over te...Read more |
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HSBC targets hedge fund clients with new team | Jul 24/09 |
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Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L)
has set up a new business targeting hedge funds and other fund managers offering
prime services following the retreat by many rivals from the area.
HSBC said on Wednesday it has ...Read more |
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Neptune buys Man Group, sees M&A among fund firms | Jul 24/09 |
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Equity investors are too negative about the hedge fund industry, says
Neptune's Jeremy Smith, who has recently bought shares in Man Group (EMG.L)
and expects more consolidation among traditional fund firms.
Smith, who manag...Read more |
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Pension schemes seek to create own fund of funds | Jul 24/09 |
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Pension schemes are increasingly rejecting pre-selected fund of funds in
favour of creating their own portfolios, as they look for direct control over
their investments, said a senior investment consultant at Mercer.
Tom Ge...Read more |
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California Pension Fund Hopes Riskier Bets Will Restore Its Health | Jul 24/09 |
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Big as California’s budget woes are today, so are the problems lurking in its
biggest pension fund.
Hoping to Recover From a Bad Year
Under Joseph A. Dear’s leadership, t...Read more |
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The curious incident of hedge funds during the financial crisis | Jul 24/09 |
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“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”
“To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”
“The dog did nothing in the night-time.”
“That was the curious incident,”
from “Silver
Blaze”...Read more |
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Morningstar Reports Hedge Fund Performance for the Second Quarter 2009, Asset Flows Through May | Jul 24/09 |
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Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), a leading provider of independent
investment research, today reported preliminary hedge fund performance for the
second quarter of 2009 and asset flows through May. For the quarter, th...Read more |
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Geneva Funds of Funds Slump as Banks Struggle to Nullify Madoff | Jul 23/09 |
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Geneva banks, which began investing client money in funds of hedge funds
during the 1960s, are struggling to rebuild the business after market losses and
Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme cut assets by 72 percent.
The assets of...Read more |
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Ex-Man team backs Bayswater hedge fund relaunch | Jul 23/09 |
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Bayswater Asset Management, a computer-driven
hedge fund shut down last year after big losses during the
credit crisis, has relaunched after revamping its risk management controls,
its new backers said on Wednesday.
Sa...Read more |
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Tokio Marine to Cut Hedge-Fund Investments This Year After Rout | Jul 23/09 |
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Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest casualty insurer, plans to trim
hedge-fund investments and shift more of its portfolio in the industry to
strategies such as macro and long-short equity funds.
Tokio Marine...Read more |
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GLG to launch long-only UK fund for hedge fund stars | Jul 23/09 |
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GLG is launching a long-only UK Equity fund for hedge fund stars
John White and
Jason MacKay.
The fund will mirror the Dublin-domiciled GLG Select Equity fund that the
duo has been running since 2006.
It will a...Read more |
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1H 2009 Hedge Fund Update: Halfway There - Report | Jul 23/09 |
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Six months after their worst
drawdown on record, hedge funds appear to be demonstrating stronger
performance than in some previous recovery periods, such as during the Asian
Currency Crisis and the Tech
Bubble Burst even...Read more |
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Man puts money into 5:15 Capital’s flagship fund | Jul 23/09 |
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Man Investments has made a $50 million long-term investment in 5:15 Capital
Management's flagship 5:15 Fund through its hedge fund ventures programme.
5:15 Capital Management is a Greenwich, Connecticut based asset
...Read more |
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Shariah index shows strong returns in June | Jul 23/09 |
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Stocks complying with Islamic law delivered positive returns in the second
quarter according to Standard & Poor's in the
S&P Shariah Report.
The S&P Global BMI Shariah Index produced returns of 18.93% to...Read more |
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RBC index reports flat June performance | Jul 23/09 |
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The RBC Hedge 250 Index had a net return of 0.33% in June according to RBC
Capital Markets. This brings the year-to-date return of the index to 10.72%.
These returns are estimated and will be finalised by the middle of...Read more |
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Defensively positioned long/short equity managers see profit in June | Jul 23/09 |
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Long/short equity managers who have maintained a cautious stance could be set
to profit as markets shift from cyclicals (miners, energy stocks and consumer
discretionary) to defensives (health care, utilities and consumer st...Read more |
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CalPERS asset value drops over 23% year on year | Jul 23/09 |
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The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has released its
preliminary 2008-09 investment performance, reporting a decline in the market
value of its assets of 23.4% for the 12 months period ending June 30...Read more |
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Northwater Market-Neutral Trust issues update on loss of qualfied investment status | Jul 23/09 |
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Northwater Market-Neutral Trust will no longer qualify as a
“qualified investment” for registered accounts as of July 29, Northwater Capital
Management Inc. said Wednesday.
The Trust is a fund of hedge funds, units of which...Read more |
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Perry hedge fund settles with SEC over Mylan stake | Jul 22/09 |
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Hedge fund firm Perry Corp will pay $150,000 to settle accusations that it
failed to report a substantial stake in Mylan Inc (MYL.O),
purchased to support a proposed 2004 takeover of King Pharmaceuticals (KG.N),
the U.S. S...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Accused Of Bogus Returns | Jul 22/09 |
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NIR Group's redemption struggle with its investors features
strong accusations.
A Long Island hedge fund known for making controversial
deals in
penny stocks continues ...Read more |
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Hedge fund owner in Petters case denied bail | Jul 22/09 |
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The owner of a Chicago hedge fund charged with helping Tom Petters fund his
$3.5 billion alleged Ponzi scheme was denied bail Tuesday, reversing a bail
decision last week, according to media reports.Gregory Bell was sent ...Read more |
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Hedging on Hedge Fund Scrutiny Fine With Court | Jul 22/09 |
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Let’s say you hand a million dollars or more to an investment advisory firm
that boasts a sterling reputation, grand results and a promise to thoroughly
investigate hedge funds before recommending them.
For all the claims of...Read more |
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Pickens' funds rake in 79% gain | Jul 22/09 |
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T Boone Pickens, the billionaire energy
investor hit by losses and client redemptions in 2008, is raising money after
his hedge funds gained as much as 79 percent this year, according to two people
familiar with the matter.
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