Yearly Archives: 2005
Aberdeen Asset Management May Sell Hedge Funds, Gilbert Says – Bloomberg
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Aberdeen Asset Management Plc is considering selling hedge funds after taking on more clients and doubling assets with the purchase of Deutsche Asset Management’s U.K. business, Chief Executive Officer Martin Gilbert said. The Scottish company would […]
Hedge funds eye real estate to boost returns – Reuters
MONACO, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Hedge fund managers seeking to lift flagging returns took a look at real estate at an industry forum in Monaco, as the re-rating of property has pushed bricks and mortar into the top ranks of […]
Court rules in favour of Tele2 bid for Versatel
AMSTERDAM, Sept 27 (Reuters) – A Dutch court on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for a friendly 1.34 billion euro ($1.61 billion) takeover offer by Swedish telecoms firm Tele2 (TEL2b.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) of rival Versatel (VERS.AS: Quote, Profile, Research). The […]
Amplitude moves to the City of London
Amplitude Capital has moved to a more spacious and custom-built space in the City of London that further enhances the resilience and control of its operational and trading capabilities andfacilitates operating from a modern open plan environment. The move was […]
Byron Wien Moves to Pequot Capital
( www.thestreet.com ) Pequot Capital Management, the hedge fund behemoth run by Art Samberg, hired Morgan Stanley senior investment strategist Byron Wien as chief investment strategist, effective Dec. 1. It’s the second time this year Samberg has tried to poach […]
Ritchie Capital Launches Ritchie Technology & Life Sciences Finance
CHICAGO, IL – September 27, 2005 – Ritchie Capital Finance, the newly formed finance division of Ritchie Capital, is pleased to announce the creation of Ritchie Technology & Life SciencesFinance. Led by senior managing director, Bill DeMars, a financial services […]
See opportunity or be opportunistic?
– Economic Times [ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 01:36:19 AM] These days there are regular media reports on the viability of hedge funds to produce above marketreturns given recent lower returns. Investors in hedge funds no doubt are paying attention […]
Trend set to thrive throughout 2006, bankers say
LONDON, England (Reuters) — The current boom in mergers and acquisitions is set to extend through 2006, fueled by low interest rates, cheap debt and cash-rich chief executives eager to expand after years of restructuring, senior bankers said on Monday. […]
Why Christopher Byron hates hedge funds
Corante – Christopher Byron of the New York Post must have spent the weekend sharpening his axe, since he came out Monday hacking away at the hedge fund industry. While we applaud Byron for his weekly exposes on criminal malfeasance […]
Hedge funds return to property marketplace
NWITimes.com – Fewer opportunities in the stock market have prompted some hedge funds to bolster returns by making loans for commercial real estate such as office buildings. The arrival of the funds, lightly regulated groups of investors that cater to […]
Arlington Group and Eurekahedge establish Joint Venture to Seed Asian Hedge Funds
Arlington Group and Eurekahedge today announced the formation of a joint venture to provide seed capital and support to Asian hedge funds and Asian long-only absolute return funds. Arlington will commit seed capital to the individual funds while Eurekahedge will […]
Energy Prices, Hedge Funds and the Coming Energy Crisis (UtiliPoint.com)
Over the last 12 months or so UtiliPoint®, in conjunction with affiliate consultant, Global Change Associates, has followed the entry of hedge funds into the energy industry. The funds have been blamed by the media, politicians and others for running […]
