The Seattle Times – Hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen wants the board of Clearwater Paper to separate the Spokane-based company’s consumer products from its pulp and paper operations so either or both can be sold off, according to a […]

Reuters – A New York hedge fund that owns bonds of bankrupt Eastman Kodak EKDKQ.PK has asked the U.S. Trustee to probe the company’s patent auction because it was concerned about the “unusually secretive” bidding process, Bloomberg reported. Kodak, which […]

Pensions & Investments – In two years, Timothy M. Walsh has taken the New Jersey Division of Investment to the third phase of its hedge fund investment evolution: a true strategic partnership with one of its first hedge fund managers. Only a few institutional […]

Investment Europe – Cheyne Capital’s listed Real Estate Credit Investments hedge fund has increased cash holdings to take advantage of market dislocations, as it harvests some attractive profits from a similar strategy it pursued in difficult markets about a year […]

Hedge Funds Review – Hedge fund managers and institutional investors are undecided on what China’s GDP growth will average over the next year. Over a third say it will be under 6%. A third expect it to be 7%-8%. More […]

TV News Check – A hedge fund that has been buying up stakes of post-Chapter 11 Young Broadcasting and its 11 TV stations in 11 markets has filed with the FCC to become the majority owner. Standard General is a […]

FC – India has just got its first hedge fund, with the Mumbai-based Forefront Alternative Investment Trust registering itself with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) under the new alternative investment funds rules, which were notified in May. […]

Opalesque – 100 Women in Hedge Funds (100WHF), a leading non-profit organization for professionals in the Alternatives industry, today announced that it has named David M. Rubenstein as the recipient of its 2012 Effecting Change Award. Mr. Rubenstein will receive […]

Cairo – Hedge funds are quietly laying new bets on a potential spike in oil prices tied to the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran, skewing the options market to a bullish bias for the first time in six months. […]

MarketWatch – Hedge-fund managers John Paulson and George Soros boosted their gold holdings during the second quarter, a sign that some high-profile investors were still banking on higher prices for the precious metal despite its lackluster performance this year. John […]

Hartford Courant – The world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates of Westport, announced an ambitious expansion plan Wednesday that includes building a new headquarters and nearly doubling its staff in the next decade, all with generous state help — up […]

Reuters – A co-founder of Brevan Howard, one of the world’s biggest and most successful hedge fund managers, is leaving the firm this month. Chris Rokos, a star trader on the firm’s $25 billion flagship Master fund and who has […]