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Job creation bonus as Ireland begins to lure hedge funds
eFinancial Careers – Since laws simplifying the process for redomiciliation came into operation earlier this month, hedge funds are queuing up to come to Ireland. The upshot of this is extra work for support services to the industry, which is […]
Ten Biggest U.S. Hedge Funds
Read Complete Article – The latest list of top hedge funds by assets is out and most of the same players remain industry heavyweights. If you don’t have a subscription to AR Magazine, here’s a recap of their latest top 10. […]
Bond managers raise alarm about France downgrade
Fund Strategy – Amid Ireland’s potentially terminal bank bailout last week, another eurozone woe passed relatively unnoticed: bond managers say France may be the next state to be downgraded. Christophe Akel, a co-manager of the GLG Global Corporate Bond fund, […]
Hedge Fund Launch: Javelin Capital Global Equity Strategies Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Recently authorised investment management firm, Javelin Capital, launched its first hedge fund, the Javelin Capital Global Equity Strategies Fund on October 1st 2010, with seed capital of $31 million. The fund will take long and short […]
Inmarsat falls on stake sale talk, as commodity companies pull FTSE 100 lower
Guardian – Inmarsat is leading the fallers as the market starts the week on a downbeat note. The satellite operator has dropped 18.5p to 650p following reports that US hedge fund Harbinger wanted to sell 10% of its 28% stake in […]
Fortress’s Levinson to Lead Asia Expansion in Buyout Firm’s Singapore Move
Bloomberg – Fortress Investment Group LLC’s Adam Levinson, co-chief investment officer of global macro funds, will move to Singapore to lead the New York-based buyout and hedge-fund firm’s expansion in Asia. Fortress will have an investment team of about 10 people […]
Cypress and Hedge Fund Ramius Renew Battle Over Control
Seeking Alpha – Cypress Bioscience will consider putting itself up for sale or unloading part of its assets in an attempt to nullify or better a pending buyout offer made by a New York hedge fund. Ramius, a Cowen Group […]
SEC Rulemaking Agenda for Hedge Fund Registration
FavSticks – The Dodd-Frank bill requires the SEC and CFTC to propose and promulgate final rules with respect to a number of important areas for investment managers. As we have seen, significant time has already been devoted to trying […]
Fairfield’s Fiscal Officer: The town ‘recovered nicely’ from Madoff scam
CT Post – Things looked bleak back in December 2008. A market that was starting to plummet was made worse by the news that financial whiz Bernard Madoff’s hedge fund was just a pyramid scam. The $42 million the town thought it […]
ECB’s Tumpel-Gugerell Urges EU To Reach Deal On Hedge Funds
Dow Jones – European Central Bank Executive Board member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell Monday urged European Union politicians and lawmakers to speed up new hedge fund regulation. “The crisis has demonstrated the kind of effect hedge funds can have on financial markets […]