Monthly Archives: August 2009
Europe buyout firms eye IPOs as stock mkts thaw
Reuters – European private equity firms are keen to start bringing their best-performing portfolio companies to market, encouraged by early successes on the other side of the Atlantic. Last week KKR successfully listed semiconductor business Avago Technologies Ltd and is […]
Hedge funds shut out as banks win IMO
Times Online – A group of banks that financed the £450 million leveraged buy-out (LBO) of car wash group IMO will take control of the struggling business leaving a rival group of hedge fund investors with nothing. In a High […]
Banks, commods drag European stocks lower
Reuters – European shares closed lower on Tuesday in response to disappointing U.S. economic data, with banking and commodity stocks weighing the most on the main index. ”We have had a couple of macro figures which did not please the […]
Newsletter writer’s lawyer seeks dismissal
HeraldTribune.com – An attorney representing newsletter writer Don Rowe, who strongly recommended Arthur G. Nadel’s hedge funds to some investors, is seeking to have a civil fraud suit against his client dismissed. In an Aug. 3 filing in circuit court […]
UBS names Sclater to head Singapore prime broking
Reuters – UBS has named Alastair Sclater to the new post of head of its Singapore prime brokerage, as the Swiss bank aims to build that business in Asia’s second-biggest centre for hedge funds. Singapore, which competes with rival Asian […]
2009 European Industry Leadership Award Goes To Paulson Director
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Ms. Mina Gerowin, Managing Director of Paulson Europe, is this year’s recipient of the 100 Women in Hedge Funds 2009 European Industry Leadership Award. In recognition of outstanding professional talent and business ethics, Ms. Gerowin […]
Madoff aide to plead guilty in Ponzi scheme
Newsday – Bernard Madoff’s top lieutenant in his Ponzi scheme is scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to federal charges in what many legal observers believe is a cooperation deal that could lead to trouble for some major hedge fund operators. […]
Lewis Faces More Merrill Queries as $33 Million Accord Delayed
Bloomberg – Bank of America Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis faces more queries about his purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. after a federal judge refused to approve a $33 million settlement of a lawsuit over bonuses. The bank […]