Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Funds Not as Weak as Media Portrays
Seeking Alpha – For the last few months, the media has portrayed the hedge fund industry as in desperate need to hang on to as much capital as possible. Hedge fund limited partners have purportedly been lining up demanding breaks […]
Hedge fund AUM below $1 trillion: New Finance Capital
Reuters – Hedge fund assets under management around the world have probably fallen below $1 trillion, a top executive at hedge fund New Finance Capital LLP (NFC) said on Thursday. "There has been an enormous contraction in this industry. The […]
Madoff buddy, Ezra Merkin, sued over plunder from Ponzi scheme
New York Daily News – Ezra Merkin should have known better, a lawsuit claims. The Park Avenue hedge fund king funneled investments to Bernie Madoff and received millions in fees Merkin knew were the spoils of a massive Ponzi scheme, […]
Persky’s Dalton hedge fund to bet on distressed debt
Reuters – Hedge fund manager Steven Persky plans to start betting on companies’ bad fortunes again. Persky, who runs $1 billion hedge fund firm Dalton Investments, said on Wednesday he will re-launch his distressed debt strategy three years after liquidating […]
MassMutual unit told to return funds from Madoff
Boston Globe – The trustee in the bankruptcy case of swindler Bernard L. Madoff has told a hedge fund business owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. to return money that it received from Madoff over the past six years. […]
Global hedge funds back U.S. oversight of advisers
Reuters – A global hedge fund industry group backs U.S. plans to require hedge fund advisers to register with federal regulators, a move that would align U.S. rules with those in the UK. The Alternative Investment Management Association, in remarks […]
Blackstone, Fortress Seek Hedge-Fund Takeovers After Debt Slump
Bloomberg – Blackstone Group LP and Fortress Investment Group LLC are seeking to take over credit funds from managers unable to support their businesses after the value of investments fell. There are “a lot of companies that are on the […]
Hedge fund manager lashes back at Obama on Chrysler
Reuters – Prominent hedge fund manager Clifford Asness has struck back at the Obama administration, saying hedge funds had the right and responsibility to hold out on last week’s Chrysler LLC restructuring deal. "Managers have a fiduciary obligation to look […]
Bank of America’s $35 Billion Headache
Reuters – Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis is facing a $35 billion headache this morning after financial regulators informed the bank that was the figure it need to find now to pass the so-called stress test for viable financial […]
Fund firm behavior faces state scrutiny
Boston Globe – Secretary of State William F. Galvin is investigating Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s relationship with a hedge fund operation that lost $3.3 billion to admitted swindler Bernard L. Madoff. Galvin, who oversees the state Securities Division, said […]
Brazil Hedge Funds Miss Rally by Sticking to Debt
Bloomberg – Brazilian hedge funds that survived the Bovespa stock index’s record tumble last year by loading up on debt are missing out on a 2009 rally. All four classes of Brazilian hedge funds, known as multimercados, had a weighted […]