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Many investors too scared to take wing
The Modesto Bee – The tantalizing climb in the stock market has made hedge fund and mutual fund managers increasingly courageous, but millions of investors with 401(k) accounts remain reluctant to trust what burned them. That could hurt them, and […]
Global fund Kuwaiti hedge fund outperforms benchmarks
Gulf News – Kuwait Global Capital Management Ltd, the alternative investment funds arm of Global Investment House, has announced positive results for Global Umbrella Europe Hedge Fund. The fund has returned about 6.6 per cent year to date 2009, outperforming […]
GAIM Launches Not-For-Profit Hedge Fund Series
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund events and information group, GAIM, has launched its first not-for-profit business breakfast briefing session. In an effort to connect the alternative investment community with up to date information and contact with investors and […]
John Paulson buying Citigroup shares: report
Reuters – Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who bet against financial companies after foreseeing the credit crisis, has been buying Citigroup Inc <C.N> shares over the past few weeks, the New York Post reported, citing sources. Paulson bought around a […]
In Final Chapter of Biovail Saga, Paul Weiss Wins Dismissal of Claims Against Hedge Fund
Biovail’s long-running battle against several hedge funds and analysts it accused of driving down its stock price has provided lots of drama. Two years ago, Manhattan federal district court Judge Richard Owen sanctioned Biovail for using documents, which were under […]
Six overseas funds seen eyeing stake in MCX-SX
Private equity funds General Atlantic and Fidelity, hedge fund TPG-Axon, CME, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and a group company of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek are said to be eyeing a 5% stake each in MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), […]
Hedge Fund Rankings Released
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Hedge Fund Journal’s Funds of Hedge Funds GLOBAL50, produced in association with Newedge Prime Brokerage Group, reports that minus a few exceptions, funds were happy to participate in the survey and submitted their assets […]
Rabbe Ekholm Launches Independent Hedge Fund Replicator
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Rabbe Ekholm, founder and CEO of True Beta LLC announced the launch of TrueBetaD and is holding a discussion on the importance of hedge fund replication strategies in New York September 15th. “Institutional investors are […]
Billionaire Paulson Backs AngloGold Managers as Top Shareholder
Bloomberg – John Paulson, the hedge fund billionaire who earned an estimated $2.5 billion last year betting against a recovery in the U.S. housing market, said he supports managers of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. after becoming the South African mining company’s […]
MENA Hedge Funds Boost Assets 10-fold to $1.17b
Zawya – Hedge funds focusing exclusively on the Middle East and North Africa have seen a 10-fold increase in assets under management over the past five years, with futher gains of about 17 per cent through the first half of […]