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Hedge Funds Eye Fresh Risk Plays for 2014

Barron’s – Here are some of the opportunities hedge-fund investors are likely to hear more about in 2014. In many cases, these are risk-taking opportunities, from syndicated loans to mortgages, that U.S. and foreign banks can no longer afford to […]

Copper Traders Bullish as Hedge Funds Bet on Gains: Commodities

Bloomberg – Copper analysts are the most bullish in three weeks after manufacturing expanded from the U.S. to Europe and hedge funds bet on higher prices for the first time since November. Fourteen analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News expect prices to gain this week, four are […]

Hedge-Fund Firm That Owns a Town in California

WSJ – Tucked away in a river bend behind a curtain of redwood trees, Scotia is an old-fashioned company town with a contemporary twist: The company that owns the town is a New York hedge fund. Marathon Asset Management, with […]

Hedge fund titan to pocket $3B for 2013

NYP – It could be one heckuva New Year’s Eve party for hedge fund titan David Tepper — again. The founder of Appaloosa Management, with more than $20 billion under management, is looking at a possible $3 billion-plus payday in […]

Nasdaq to compensate firms on Dec. 31 for botched Facebook IPO

Reuters – Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. will compensate firms on Tuesday [Dec. 31] for qualifying claims related to Facebook Inc.’s botched May 2012 initial public offering, the exchange operator said in a note to traders on Friday [Dec. 27]. Nasdaq said […]

Abenomics Drives Japan Hedge Funds to World’s Top Performers

BusinessWeek – Japanese hedge funds are heading for record returns this year as investors bet that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies will succeed in reviving the world’s third-largest economy. Stratton Street Capital LLP’s warrant fund returned more than 300 percent, […]

The Year In New Hedge Fund Launches

ValueWalk – Several hedge funds closed up shop this year or returned capital to maintain their size, but at the same time there were some who took this year to launch new funds and increased their size with new staff. As the year is […]

Raleigh hedge fund shareholders to vote on takeover

BizJournal – One of Raleigh’s premier hedge funds is set to come under new ownership, pending the results of a stakeholder vote scheduled for late January. In October, Hatteras Funds Group agreed to be acquired by RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: […]

Cargill hedge fund raises stake in AgriNurture

CBN – The hedge fund subsidiary of US-based commodities giant Cargill Inc. has raised its stake in publicly listed agro-commercial company AgriNurture Inc. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, AgriNurture said Black River Capital Partners Food Fund Holdings (Singapore) […]

Blackstone Sells Pharmaceutical Company To Bain Capital

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – One of Blackstone’s affiliated private equity entities is selling its equity stake in Emcure Pharmaceuticals to Bain Capital, the $70 billion global investment form formerly run and founded by Mitt Romney. Emcure is currently ranked as the 14th largest […]

Meet the American Hedge Fund Billionaire Who Could Start a ‘Holy War’ in the Middle East

Global Research  -Henry Swieca is a money man. The New York-based billionaire made his fortune by co-founding Highbridge Capital Corp., a hedge fund that boasted clients like the American International Group. Swieca, whose net worth is $1.2 billion as of September […]

Former HSBC Banker to Start Hedge Fund Investing Globally

Bloomberg – Roshan Padamadan, a former product specialist at HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA), is starting a hedge fund that will invest in liquid securities including stocks, bonds and derivatives globally. Luminance Global Fund will invest in companies “where the business […]