Category Archives: Syndicated

Selector hails rise of Ucits III hedge funds

Citywire.co.uk – Fund selector Christian Lundström, from Independent Investment Group in Sweden, is welcoming the evolution of the Ucits III space which is seeing more and more hedge fund groups entering the area. Last week, HSBC Asset Management’s Farley Thomas warned […]

Gold Falls Hard vs. Dollar as Stocks & Commodities Sink, Faces “Definite Downside Risks”

BullionVault – The Gold Price fell sharply against a strong US Dollar on Monday morning, falling through what one Asian dealer called "technical and psychological support at $942" to record the lowest Gold Fix so far this month at $937.50 […]

Sterling falls as bears raise pressure over stimulus cash

This is London – It also led many in the City to believe the Bank favours a weak currency, prompting a series of downbeat ­forecasts today. “I’m super bearish on the pound,” said Hans-Guenter Redeker, the London-based head of foreign […]

U.S. pay czar says he can “claw back” exec compensation

Reuters – Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s pay czar, said on Sunday he has broad and "binding" authority over executive compensation, including the ability to "claw back" money already paid, and he is weighing how and whether to use that […]

Cuomo likely to file suit against Schwab: report

Reuters – New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, probing illegal marketing and sales of auction rate securities (ARS), is likely to file a lawsuit on Monday against Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW.O) for civil fraud, the Wall Street Journal said, citing […]

U.S. Companies Play the Recovery

Overseas – Some of the best news for U.S. companies and investors has been coming from overseas. At home, the news remains bleak. In July, for example, U.S. retail sales slipped 0.1%—not the increase many economists were expecting. Heavily indebted […]

Man Group sells remaining MF Global stake

Forbes – British hedge fund manager Man Group on Friday said it had agreed to sell its remaining stake in futures and options broker MF Global to Japanese bank Nomura. Man, the world’s biggest listed hedge fund manager, said it […]

Warren Buffett of East Crashes Hedge Fund Party

Bloomberg – Asia has been good to hedge funds this year. The Eurekahedge Asian Hedge Fund Index climbed 4.2 percent in July, while funds in North America and Europe rose 2.1 percent and 1.9 recent, respectively. Preliminary reports show Asian […]

Penn fund lost, but other Ivies lost more

Philadelphia Inquirer – The University of Pennsylvania’s endowment fund lost a lot less than other big Ivy League schools during the grim financial year ended June 30. That’s a switch for the better at the West Philadelphia campus of the […]

Fed orders CIT to submit capital plan

Reuters – The U.S. Federal Reserve has ordered CIT Group Inc, the cash-strapped corporate lender struggling to avoid bankruptcy, to submit a plan for raising capital and meeting debt obligations within 15 days. The order from the powerful regulator comes […]

Ginnie Mae top exec leaving for private sector job

AP – The head of the government agency that packages federally backed mortgages into investments is stepping down for a new job, people familiar with his plans said. Joseph Murin, president of the Government National Mortgage Association, known as Ginnie […]

Top Solar Investing Hedge Fund List

HedgeTracker – The top solar hedge fund investor is Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Capital. Mr. Ainslie is a “Tiger Cub,” or a former protégé of Julian Robertson of Tiger Management. As of Q1 ’09, the fund had $180.33mm of its $5,529mm, […]