Goldman Sachs Wrong on Economic Recovery, Macro Hedge Funds Say
Bloomberg – Paul Tudor Jones, the billionaire hedge-fund manager who outperformed peers last year, is wagering that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley got it wrong in declaring the start of an...
View ArticleCredit Crunch Rocks Bain, as Funds Fall Up to 50%
Wall Street Journal – Some high-profile Bain Capital credit-investment funds are choking on losses of as much as 50%, said people familiar with the matter, the latest revelation in a day of shake-ups...
View ArticleInvestors reject Centaurus restructure
FT Alphaville – Centaurus Capital is running down its flagship hedge fund after investors with the London activist failed to back an emergency restructuring. Centaurus, founded by former BNP Paribas...
View ArticleHedge funds bet on regulations
The Washington Times – Hedge-fund managers say Bernard L. Madoff may succeed where Christopher Cox failed: forcing regulation of their $1.5 trillion industry. Mr. Madoff’s purported bilking of...
View ArticleEastbourne Proposes Amylin Directors, Backs Icahn
Bloomberg – Hedge fund Eastbourne Capital Management LLC nominated five directors to the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and is supporting a slate put forward by investor Carl Icahn, after it...
View ArticlePallotta’s Slow Start Shows Waning Investor Appetite for Risk
Bloomberg – James Pallotta and Christopher Pia, hedge-fund managers who recently struck out on their own, are discovering just how much the global financial crisis is reducing investors’ appetite for...
View ArticleGeithner Bad Bank Alternative May Rely on Loans to Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s financial-rescue plan may be doomed if he doesn’t offer low-cost loans to hedge funds and other investors to help them buy toxic assets weighing down...
View ArticleHedge fund founder used phony firm, returns: authorities
Reuters – A hedge fund manager overstated values by hundreds of millions of dollars, set up a phony accounting firm and showed uniformly positive returns for nine years to defraud investors, U.S....
View ArticleBridgewater Tops List of Biggest U.S. Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates Inc. overtook JPMorgan Chase & Co. to become the biggest U.S. hedge-fund manager, even as the firm lost assets during the industry’s worst year,...
View ArticleHedge fund firm plans move to Greenwich
Danbury News-Times – A Manhattan hedge fund firm that invests in financially distressed companies is planning to move in May. Restoration Capital Management LLC has leased the 5,400-square-foot third...
View ArticlePonzi Funds Said Missing
Wall Street Journal – Prosecutors said $160 million is unaccounted for in a Ponzi scheme allegedly run by hedge-fund manager James Nicholson. At a bail hearing Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria...
View ArticleMoore Capital Said to Seek $500 Million for Coffey Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – Moore Capital Management LLC is seeking to raise as much as $500 million for two new hedge funds run by Greg Coffey, the top-ranked money manager who joined the company last year after...
View ArticleHedge fund manager lashes back at Obama on Chrysler
Reuters – Prominent hedge fund manager Clifford Asness has struck back at the Obama administration, saying hedge funds had the right and responsibility to hold out on last week’s Chrysler LLC...
View ArticleDemonizing hedge-fund managers
St. George Daily Spectrum – According to the Center for Responsive Politics, hedge funds and private equity firms donated $2,992,456 to the Obama campaign in the 2008 cycle. Obama, vocal critic of the...
View ArticleQPRC Patent Asset Hedge Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Intellectual Property Asset Manager, Quest Patent Research Corporation, (QPRC) has entered into an exclusive capital management agreement with a newly formed Delaware...
View ArticleFlowering Tree to Grow Hedge Fund in ‘Fertile Environment’
Bloomberg – Flowering Tree Investment Management Pte, set up by the co-founder of New York-based Sansar Capital Management LLC, plans to grow its Asian equities hedge fund by about 20 times its...
View ArticleINTERVIEW-AQR hedging its bets with big mutual fund plan
CNN Money – AQR Capital Management LLC, among the world’s largest hedge fund managers, will introduce another hedge fund-style mutual fund next month, as it expands its reach beyond the biggest...
View ArticleJ.Michael Miller To Develop Bandon’s Intermediary Market, Flagship Hedge Fund...
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Alternative investment management company, Bandon Capital Management, LLC, has hired J. Michael Miller as Managing Director responsible for the development and...
View ArticleAQR Capital in Greenwich offers new mutual funds
Greenwich Time – With a new regulatory regime hanging over the industry’s head and a field of shellshocked investors looking for safety, it may seem that hedge fund managers are poised to make a rush...
View ArticleBandon Provides Smaller Investors Access To Flagship Hedge Fund Strategy
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Hedge fund manager Bandon Capital Management, LLC, has made it’s flagship investment strategy, DIRS – Directional Interest Rate Strategy – available to investment...
View ArticleCharlotte Hedge Fund Forum Started by Headline Capital
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Hedge fund manager Headline Capital Management LLC, is spearheading a series of capital introduction events showcasing the largest gathering of hedge fund managers from...
View ArticleBiovail Suit Against SAC Capital Thrown Out by Judge
Bloomberg – A Biovail Corp. lawsuit against SAC Capital Management LLC was thrown out by a New Jersey judge for failing to state a claim. Biovail accused hedge funds including SAC and Sigma Capital...
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