SeekingAlpha – Given the market disaster that was 2008, one would expect that any alternative investment firm that dipped its toe into the equity offering market is worse for the wear for becoming publicly held. From London-based and London Stock […]

Reuters – Dilan Siritunga, a longtime executive at the hedge fund firm Atticus Capital LP, is planning to open his own firm, according to a person familiar with his plans. Siritunga will become the latest in a string of fund […]

BusinessWeek – The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the worlds’ largest sovereign wealth funds, has invested as much as 45 percent of its assets in developed markets, the fund said in its first annual review. “We began in 2009 […]

WSJ – In a letter dated March 1, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called out the European Union’s proposed “alternative investment fund” regulations as protectionism in drag. He’s right to worry. The proposal, which European finance ministers will discuss tomorrow in […]

BusinessWeek – Cheyne Capital Management (U.K.) LLP, a hedge fund firm which oversees $5.5 billion, is betting on an improvement in Britain’s real estate market. Cheyne is boosting the allocation of lower-rated mortgage debt in its Queen’s Walk Investment Ltd. […]

MineWeb – Two major hedge funds belonging to uber investor George Soros and renowned fund manager John Paulson have placed their bets on troubled gold junior NovaGold Resources. NovaGold has announced it closed its offering of 18,181,818 shares of the […]

Reuters – The former chief trader and chief investment manager of Boston Provident LP pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of stealing $3 million from the Manhattan hedge fund firm. The executive, Ezra Levy, 32, admitted in a plea proceeding […]

Bloomberg – Cheyne Capital Management (U.K.) LLP, a hedge fund firm which oversees $5.5 billion, is betting on an improvement in Britain’s real estate market. Cheyne is boosting the allocation of lower-rated mortgage debt in its Queen’s Walk Investment Ltd. […]

Bloomberg – El Tejar SA, Argentina’s largest agricultural producer, is weighing an initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for farming assets. The closely held grain and oilseed grower, backed by London-based hedge fund Altima Partners […]

MarketWatch – An outgoing voicemail message at the office of Bellman Walter Capital tells callers that the San Francisco-based hedge-fund firm shut down at the end of 2009. Former SAC Capital traders Rich Walter and Jeff Bellman started Bellman Walter […]

BusinessWeek – European Central Bank council member Christian Noyer called for greater regulation of credit- default swaps, saying hedge funds are exploiting low interest rates to increase speculation with the securities, according to an interview in L’Agefi newspaper. “Is it […]

Reuters – More sharia hedge funds are likely to be launched, specialising in healthcare, telecoms and technology stocks, a U.S. financial firm said, as the industry debates how far Islam sanctions such investments. Few Islamic hedge funds have successfully gotten […]