Author Archives: Editor

A Hedge Fund Charity for Up-And-Comers

NYT – edge fund up-and-comers that want to give back — but not as much as the industry titans — will have their chance Thursday night at the fifth annual London gala for Hedge Funds Care. For years, there was […]

Email of analyst visited by FBI went to big players

Reuters – Money manager Ameriprise Financial would seem to have little in common with closely held investment advisory firms like Friess Associates and Sonar Capital Management or a giant hedge fund like Citadel Group. Yet a Portland, Oregon-based technology analyst […]

TradePlacer.com Launches CapitalSlice.com for Alternative Investment Projects

Press Release – In a move to expand its services, TradePlacer.com is pleased to announce the launch of CapitalSlice.com, a platform that matches investors seeking alternative investment vehicles with projects. Leveraging revolutionary TradePlacer technology, CapitalSlice.com enables investors to coordinate investment […]

Investors Borrowed $71.1 Billion Under Fed’s TALF Program

Capital – Money managers, including hedge funds, mutual and pension funds borrowed $71.1 billion under the Federal Reserve’s Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, according to a filing Wednesday on the central bank’s website. Through the program, known as TALF, the […]

Hedge Fund Roundtable: Idea Creation, Execution and Risk Management

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Opalesque’s third annual New York Roundtable has assembled a unique group of alternative asset management experts, ranging from a $12 billion hedge funds to an emerging manager. The Roundtable discussion highlights one of the most important […]

Argonaut Sees Portugal Risk as Europe Tops Hedge Funds’ Worries

Bloomberg – David Gerstenhaber, founder of $1.6 billion hedge fund Argonaut Capital Management, said Portugal may be the next casualty of Europe’s debt crisis. “Portugal is structurally weak,” he said in a telephone interview from New York. “There’s a 90 […]

Kravis’ Hedge Fund to Buy 10% of Morgan Stanley’s China Stake

Barron’s – Bloomberg is reporting that Morgan Stanley (MS), the pioneer in U.S. investment banks operating in China, is set to sell its 34% stake in China International Capital Corp. to four different investment groups. One of those buying up Morgan Stanley’s […]

Hedge Funds Tapped Rescue Program

WSJ – Hedge funds and investors whose bearish trades on housing helped them profit amid the credit crisis were among those that benefited from a U.S. government emergency rescue program to kick-start lending, according to Federal Reserve data released Wednesday. […]

Indian American manager fined for defrauding investors

Economic Times – An Indian American manager of a hedge-fund that catered to Silicon Valley professionals has been fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission and barred from the investment advising business for five years. Neil Godbole, 29, of San […]

Asia’s Hedge-Fund Hurdles

WSJ – Major hedge funds are expanding rapidly in Asia as global investor interest in the region grows, Alison Tudor reports in The Wall Street Journal today. But there are challenges ahead, particularly for smaller players. Asian markets remain relatively […]

Adviser to hedge fund subpoenaed

Boston.com – Secretary of State William F. Galvin has subpoenaed the consulting firm Guidepoint Global in connection with its dealings with a Massachusetts hedge fund, amid a widening federal probe into insider trading by hedge funds and the firms that […]

Hedge Funds Short Green Power; Goldman Cuts American Superconductor Stake

Bloomberg – Hedge funds increased short selling in U.S. renewable energy stocks to the highest level in a year, boosting bets against First Solar Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. as government support for low-polluting technologies faltered. Seventeen percent of the […]