Category Archives: Syndicated
Ark aims to rise above recession with charity extravaganza
Telegraph.co.uk – Mayor Boris Johnson will welcome guests, thought to include Tony Blair, Elton John and Jemima Khan, who have paid up to £100,000-a-table to be at the event at the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo. Despite being dubbed Britain’s […]
David Einhorn, still a hedge fund rock star
FierceFinance – David Einhorn, the head of Greenlight Capital, caused quite a stir at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference last year. He made it known that he was shorting Lehman Brothers, which was trading at $60 at the […]
Investing in Lawsuits, for a Share of the Awards
Sarasota Herald-Tribune – Richard W. Fields says he has come up with a win-win financial strategy for the downturn. He is investing in lawsuits. Not in trip-and-fall cases, mind you, but in disputes that are far larger, more costly and […]
Et-China soars after Kuoni buys hedge fund’s 31.8 pct stake in company
Proactive Investors UK – Shares in Et-china.com International Holdings LTD (AIM: ETC) got an enormous boost today from news that Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd has bought the 31.8 percent stake in the company that was held by hedge fund Gandhara […]
JPMorgan to break up unit’s hedge fund
Reuters – JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to shut down its Principal Investment Management Group’s hedge-fund business and private-equity division, with the exception of a team that focuses on Asia, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the plan. Bob […]
Barclays sees $50 billion hedge fund inflows this year
Reuters – Improving markets and a need to recoup 2008 losses will prompt investors to pour $50 billion (30 billion pounds) into hedge funds this year and slow redemptions, Barclays Capital said in a report on Tuesday. More than 300 […]
Pallotta to shut down Raptor fund, reopen it later
Reuters – Hedge fund manager James Pallotta, who long delivered some of the industry’s best returns, told clients on Tuesday that he will shut down his $800 million Raptor Global fund in July. Pallotta, 51, told investors that he had […]
Absolute Returns Focus: CF KB Endeavour Absolute Return A
Citywire.co.uk – To analyse all of Europe’s absolute return funds on a variety ofg risk-return measures and see a comprehensive league table of performance visit our new zone here The CF KB Endeavour Absolute Return fund slipped into negative territory last […]
Tontine Partners raising new total return fund
Reuters – Hedge fund manager Jeffrey Gendell is mounting a comeback after a turbulent 2008. Gendell’s Tontine Associates LLC, disclosed plans in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing to raise funds for a new total return hedge fund. So far, […]