Category Archives: Syndicated
CalPERS tightening its control over hedge funds
Pensions & Investments – CalPERS is boldly going where no pension fund has gone before with hedge funds. The $175 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Sacramento, will be the first pension fund to move its $4.6 billion portfolio of […]
In State Pension Inquiry, a Scandal Snowballs
New York Times Blogs – The inquiry into corruption at the New York State pension fund started simply enough. Alan G. Hevesi, the former comptroller, was accused of using state workers as chauffeurs for his ailing wife. But by the […]
Abbott Capital Management closes $1bn private equity fund of funds
AltAssets – Abbott Capital Management, a US-based independent investment manager, announced today that it has met its target for the Abbott Capital Private Equity Fund VI, having raised over $1bn. Like Abbott’s previous funds, the investment strategy for ACE VI […]
Putting Finance Capitalism “Back in Its Box”
OpEdNews – So writes Philip Augar in an April 13 Financial Times (FT) op-ed. He’s a former UK investment banker/broker and author of The Death of Gentlemanly Capitalism, The Greed Merchants, and most recently Chasing Alpha: How Reckless Growth and […]
Hedge funds seen unsuitable for Islamic finance
Reuters – Hedge funds basing their investment strategy on sharia, or Islamic legal principles would face significant disadvantages compared with non-sharia hedge funds, some exponents of Islamic finance say. Many strategies would be difficult to achieve because they would be […]
Star commodities traders ditch banks for hedge funds
Reuters – Star commodity traders, once synonymous with high-profile banks, are leaving for little-known investment firms that let them work and earn in ways iconic Wall Street firms no longer can. The financial crisis and its amplifying threat on risk […]
Olympic village draining city’s cash reserves
Globe and Mail – The multimillion-dollar bills continue to creep up on the Olympic village project. The city has stashed $25-million into a contingency reserve for the project, while its property endowment fund has now disbursed $100-million for the city’s […]
Unions sue hedge funds over money lost by Madoff
Las Vegas Sun – Two Las Vegas unions claim to have lost almost $2 million in retirement funds to the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, and have sued the hedge fund in which they had invested that money. The unions — […]
Euro Weakens as Trichet Fails to Assuage Concern ECB Is Split
Bloomberg – The euro fell to a one-month low against the dollar after European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet’s pledge to boost confidence failed to assuage concern the bank’s policy makers are split. The Dollar Index rose for a […]
JP Morgan backs out of toxic assets plan
Mail Tribune – The Treasury Department on Thursday defended the viability of its $1 trillion plan to get soured mortgage investments off of banks’ books after JPMorgan Chase’s chief executive said the company won’t participate in the program. Some analysts […]