Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge fund managers to meet here

Caymen Net News – Hedge fund managers from across the world are expected to convene in the Cayman Islands for GAIM Ops, a forum that will be held 26-29 April at the Ritz Carlton Resort. GAIM Ops Cayman is the […]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Investors lift stocks, look past banking worry

Alibaba News Channel – Investors generally put aside recent worries about the world economy and banking industry woes on Thursday, sending global stocks higher and reversing safety flows into the Japanese yen. Mixed earnings plagued European markets, however, with Credit […]

US bailouts won’t work, says Nobel winner

Moneycontrol.com – Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at the Columbia University and the 2001 Nobel Prize winner, said the US government’s bailout packages designed for financial institutions may not work. “It is a peculiarly-structured programme,” Stiglitz said, “The government puts in […]

Investors worried about property fund debts

Guardian.co.uk – Investors are highly concerned about potential debt problems in unlisted European real estate funds, causing them to drastically cut back equity commitments to the sector, an industry body said on Thursday. In a survey of investors, 88 percent […]

Obama to prod credit card firms on fee practices

Reuters – President Barack Obama will weigh in on Thursday on the lending practices of U.S. credit card companies, an issue that has triggered an outcry from consumers hit with high fees and interest rates. Obama has joined a push […]

Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official

AP – The Chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation’s financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early Wednesday morning in what police said was an apparent suicide. David […]

Bayou Hedge Fund Exec Sentenced

North Country Gazette – The brother of the former chief financial officer of the bankrupt hedge fund firm Bayou Group LLC has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison of his role in concealing a $400 million fraud.   […]

Feds Charge Dreier Conspirator In Hedge Fund Fraud

North Country Gazette – A former registered broker with the National Association of Securities Dealers has been charged in a criminal information with conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud stemming from his participation with attorney Marc Dreier in the sale […]

Hedge fund, Target take off gloves in proxy fight

Reuters – The battle for board seats at Target Corp heated up on Tuesday when Pershing Square Capital Management called the current directors "suboptimal" after the retailer said the hedge fund has a "risky agenda. The New York-based hedge fund, […]

Investors continue to withdraw from hedge funds in Q1

English Eastday – Investors continued to withdraw capital from hedge funds in the first quarter of 2009, redeeming nearly 103 billion U.S. dollars, according to data released on Tuesday. The redemption figure, about 7.3 percent of overall hedge fund assets, […]

Hedge fund ups stake in main Eircom shareholder

Independent – A New York-based hedge fund, run by former Goldman Sachs executives and family members of the Ziff Davis publishing dynasty, has become the biggest shareholder in Babcock & Brown Capital (BCM), Eircom’s main shareholder. Och-Ziff Capital Management now […]

Chrysler lenders offer to swap $2.5B for equity

Daily Times – Banks and hedge funds that hold $6.9 billion in Chrysler LLC debt have proposed forgiving $2.5 billion of it in exchange for about a 40 percent stake a Chrysler-Fiat alliance, according to two people briefed on the […]