Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge funds to buy EDF’s Eggborough power plant
Reuters UK – Lenders to Eggborough, a large coal-fired power station, have exercised an option to acquire the plant, owner EDF said on Thursday. The lenders, which include Bluebay’s distressed-debt fund, gained the right to acquire the 1,960 MW station […]
Hedge Fund Subscriptions Back To Pre-Crisis Levels
Wall Street Journal – Hedge fund subscriptions have returned to pre-financial crisis levels and redemptions slowed markedly in August, GlobeOp Financial Services SA, a hedge fund administrator, said Thursday. The company, which runs middle- and back-office functions for 180 hedge […]
Hedge funds regain confidence, start hiring again
Hedge funds and bank trading desks are hiring again and have already snapped up some of the most talented managers who were dislodged while firms struggled in the credit crisis, industry insiders said. Hedge funds endured a tough 2008 in […]
N.Y. Hedge Fund gets Chicago Reader, 5 other Weeklies
Chicago Sun-Times – The Chicago Reader, the local alternative weekly, is now under the control of Atalaya Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund with no previous experience running newspapers. At a bankruptcy auction in Tampa on Tuesday, Atalaya successfully […]
UBP to Cut 10% of Workforce This Year as Client Assets Decline
Bloomberg – Union Bancaire Privee, the Swiss hedge-fund investor whose clients lost about $700 million with Bernard Madoff, plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce this year after assets under management declined. “UBP should reduce its staff by 10 […]
Hedge fund boss accuses PM of ignoring crunch alarm bell
Evening Standard – Jim Chanos said that Mr Brown, while Chancellor of the Exchequer, was given a briefing that predicted banks were in dire danger – more than a year before the crisis hit last year. Mr Chanos, who made […]
Funds Snapped Up Financial Stocks in 2nd Quarter
New York Times Blogs – A closely watched report by Goldman Sachs found that hedge funds made an outsize bet on financial stocks in the second quarter, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Goldman “Hedge Fund Trend Monitor” said hedge […]
USS hires UBS to deliver hedge fund of funds admin services
Professional Pensions – The Universities Superannuation Scheme has appointed UBS Global Asset Management – Fund Services to deliver hedge fund of funds administration services. The country’s second largest pension fund said it had enhanced its in-house hedge fund selection capability […]
Lighthouse Prime Services Announces Upcoming Capital Introduction Program Events
Earthtimes – Lighthouse Prime Services, a division of Lighthouse Financial and a leading prime brokerage services provider dedicated to the needs of emerging and newly established hedge funds and managed account platforms, announces its upcoming slate of events as part […]
Sweden mulls EU summit ahead of G20 meeting
The Swedish Wire – Sweden, which holds the rotating EU presidency, is consulting European capitals and “most of them are positive” about the idea, said Roberta Alenius, spokeswoman for Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. “The prime minister wants a summit […]
Pinpoint Funds Beat Peers With China Stocks, Convertible Bonds
Bloomberg – Pinpoint Investment Advisor Ltd., a hedge fund manager of $560 million, returned as much as four times its Asian peers this year through July with profits from a rebound in Chinese stocks and debt securities. The $70 million […]
Hedge Fund Elliott Management’s Market Commentary
Seeking Alpha – Very in-depth and analytical commentary out of Elliott Management in their recent second quarter 2009 letter to investors. The hedge fund has penned a 24 page letter covering topics of risk management, the automotive industry, regulation, distressed […]