Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge Fund Association launches new chapter in Cayman Islands

Opalesque Industry Update – The Hedge Fund Association (the HFA) today announced that it will be opening its newest chapter in the Cayman Islands in response to intense demand by Cayman-based hedge fund industry participants. This newest step in the […]

Hedge funds grow by £8bn

This Is Money – Investors entrusted hedge funds with more than £8bn of their cash during November, as a revival in the fortunes of the secretive £1 trillion industry continued. November saw $13bn (£8.3bn) pumped into hedge funds, according to […]

Goldman Sachs traders leave to set up new fund

Bobs Guide – A team of proprietary traders at Goldman Sachs are leaving the investment bank to set up a new hedge fund, a newspaper report has claimed. According to the Financial Times (FT), which cited unnamed sources familiar with the […]

Indian-American charged in US’ biggest insider trading case

ND.TV – An Indian-American is among four persons charged by US authorities as part of a wide-ranging investigation involving the multi-billion-dollar Galleon Group hedge fund scam, the biggest insider trading case in the country. Sunil Bhalla, a senior executive with […]

Top Harbinger Official Leaves to Start Own Firm

NYT – After more than eight years working beside Philip A. Falcone, the currently embattled hedge manager of Harbinger Capital Partners, Lawrence Clark, a top investment manager at the firm, confirmed Monday that he had left to start his own […]

Ex-TCI Asia Head’s Hedge Fund Raises $500 Million, Returns 35%

Bloomberg – John Ho, former Asia head of the Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, has stopped marketing his hedge fund to new investors after assets expanded to about $500 million in its first year. Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund […]

Centaurs Energy Master Hedge Fund Fined for Violating Nymex Trade Limits

Bloomberg – Centaurus Energy Master Fund LP, a Houston-based energy hedge fund run by former Enron Corp. trader John Arnold, was fined $15,000 by New York Mercantile Exchange for violating position limits in natural gas. Centaurus exceeded limits for the expiring […]

Hedge fund claims Tiffany is 2011 takeover target

Professional Jeweller -Investment fund Bernheim, Drefus & Co believes that luxury jewellery Tiffany & Co could be subject to a takeover bid by a luxury conglomerate in 2011. The Paris-based hedge fund manager said that there are three “likely acquirers” – […]

Carlsberg chief calls for hedge fund crackdown

Telegraph – In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Jorgen Buhl Rasmussen said activity by some hedge funds was “value destructive” and that regulators should look at imposing controls on a global basis. He warned that such a move would, however, […]

Goldman Sachs traders to start £190m City hedge fund

London Evening Standard – Goldman Sachs’ last large team of proprietary traders is planning to leave the bank to start an independent hedge fund, according to reports. The team led by Daniele Benatoff and Ariel Roskishas has got an investment […]

Bets on Wheat Rally Climb to Highest Since September

BusinessWeek – Hedge funds increased their bullish bets on wheat to the highest since September as adverse weather from Australia to Argentina threatens to damage crops and tighten global grain supplies. The funds and other large speculators held net-long positions, […]

Ex-TCI Asia Head’s Hedge Fund Raises $500 Million, Returns 35%

Bloomberg – John Ho, former Asia head of the Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, has stopped marketing his hedge fund to new investors after assets expanded to about $500 million in its first year. Janchor Partners Pan Asian Fund […]