Monthly Archives: May 2006
Japanese investors embrace hedge funds
Japanese pension funds are examining alternative investment vehicles more closely, according to panellists at the Terrapinn Investor Asset Allocation Japan conference in Tokyo. But Masakazu Arikawa, president for Mcube Investment Solution, Japan, and former president of the Sony Global Pension […]
Popular Brazil trade gets crowded at exit point
Financial Times – Foreign investors have piled into Brazilian domestic debt since last year as spreads on the country’s sovereign bonds over comparable US Treasuries have tightened almost toinvestment-grade levels and returns on domestic bonds have become much more compelling. […]
Hundreds Of Millions For Top Hedge Funders
KGO – Where is the money and power on Wall Street? A new survey reports that it is firmly in the hands of those who run hedge funds. How about an annual payday of $1.5 billion? According to a surveyby […]
Henderson to Outsource Servicing for $2 Billion of Its Hedge Fund Assets to JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services
Forbes – Agreement comes after JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services acquired Paloma Partners’ middle and back office Henderson Global Investors, the global asset manager with GBP 67.7 billion ($126.3 billion) of assets under management, has entered into an agreement with JPMorgan […]
China Hedge Fund launched by FrontPoint
WEST PALM BEACH, FL (HEDGECO.NET) – FrontPoint Partners is launching a Greater China long/short hedge fund at the beginning of June, the Hong Kong-based hedge fund has Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs as the fund’s prime brokers. The fund administrator […]
Tread carefully in the world of hedge funds
Globe and Mail – You won’t find a better stress test for a hedge fund than the miserable month of May on the stock markets this year. “May will be a very good indicator,” said Tony Sanfelice, president and CEO […]
Hedge funds in a spin
Independent – Man Group, the world’s largest quoted hedge fund, unveils annual results this week that are expected to be its best ever. Like the entire hedge fund industry, it has been on an amazing run. In 2000 Man had […]
Start-ups turning to hedge funds
Boston Globe – When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology […]
Hedge funds: Mere mortals after all?
Chicago Tribune – Hedge funds are thought to be the wealthy investor’s Superman–funds that are able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to make investors richer, even when the stock market isacting the villain. But are they Supermen, […]
Start-ups turning to hedge funds
When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology venture financing in […]
World markets pull back from highs
Buffalo News – Many investors have been pushing their “sell” buttons in recent weeks, shedding global stocks, debt and other assets on fears of rising inflation, higherinterest rates and slower economic growth this year. This marks a reversal for hedge […]
Volatility cools appetite for Asian IPOs
Financial Times – Companies seeking to tap Asia’s equity markets may be forced to reconsider their plans amid signs of growing nervousness among big investors, including hedge funds. Investment bankers said recent market volatility was affecting the risk appetite of […]