Category Archives: Syndicated

News Hedge Funds Review European Single Manager Awards 2013 open for entries

Hedge Funds Review – Hedge funds with a significant presence in Europe are invited to enter the European Single Manager Awards. The awards recognise the best hedge funds, judged on quantitative and qualitative criteria. Entries for Hedge Fund Review’s 13th Annual European […]

Once Bashful, Hedge Fund Pros Bask in Media Glare

Yahoo – There was a time not long ago when even well-known hedge fund captains – those with enviable portfolio returns, whispered-about personal wealth and reputations for flame-tempered investment brilliance – rarely spoke on the record or appeared publicly. The […]

Hedge funds’ favorite consumer-goods stocks

Market Watch – We have been pooling 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors such as Warren Buffett in our database which we use to provide useful information to investors. Even with the delay associated with 13F filings, […]

Rich get richer with IRS loophole in sunny Bermuda

NYP – Billionaire hedge-fund moguls are getting comfortable with a US tax loophole to fatten their already plump bottom lines. All it takes to avoid tens of millions of dollars in taxes is a short trip to Bermuda — not […]

Apple no longer hedge fund favorite, replaced by AIG, Google

CNet – For three years in a row, Apple was the most popular stock among hedge fund managers, but according to new data from Goldman Sachs, it’s on the decline. Goldman Sachs’ data, which was obtained and reported on by AppleInsider, indicates […]

Hedge Fund Managers Flock To Bermuda Tax Dodge

Private Wealth – Last year, about $450 million belonging to top executives at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson’s New York firm took a quick round trip to Bermuda. In April, the executives sent the money to a reinsurance company […]

Rosen is said to get $300 million to start hedge fund Reef Road

CTPost – Eric Rosen, a credit trader at JPMorgan Chase for 13 years, received a $300 million seed investment from Greenwich-based Paloma Partners for a hedge fund he’s starting, according to two people with knowledge of the firm. Rosen, who […]

Wisconsin Funeral Trust invested in risky hedge fund

JSOnline – The Wisconsin Funeral Trust invested at least $3.5 million into a risky hedge fund promoted by Citigroup, the company that served as its financial adviser, and – unlike investors nationwide – did not take legal action to recoup […]

Ginga Explorer Hedge Fund Bets on Japanese Builders on Abe Hopes

Bloomberg – Ginga Explorer Fund, a Japan-focused hedge fund run by Stats Investment Management Co., is focusing on construction stocks on expectations new stimulus measures will revive the domestic economy and boost demand. Ginga returned 9.3 percent in January after a 23 […]

Hedge fund to take look at books of Compuware

Detroit Free Press – The New York hedge fund that unsuccessfully bid to take over Compuware has agreed to not rebid for the Detroit-based business software company until at least May 15 while it scrutinizes the firm’s financials. Elliott Management, […]

Einhorn hedge fund may succeed in Apple case, judge says

Reuters – David Einhorn’s hedge fund has shown a “likelihood of success” if his legal attack against Apple Inc goes forward, a U.S. judge said, though he made no immediate ruling on fund’s request to block a shareholder vote on […]

Japan’s wild hedge fund ride

Asia Times – I posited that Mario Draghi this past summer “singlehandedly” altered the global financial landscape. This miraculous feat was made possible with his bold guarantee of unlimited ECB bond purchases to backstop troubled euro-zone bond markets and system […]