Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge fund firm Cheyne Capital to buy Altedge

Reuters – Hedge fund firm Cheyne Capital Management is to buy fund of hedge funds manager Altedge Capital, the firms said on Tuesday, as the once-booming industry consolidates in the face of client outflows. Under the deal, Altedge Chief Executive […]

Leaders of New York City church with Kenhorst branch charged in hedge hedge-fund scam

Reading Eagle – Five leaders of a New York City church with a branch in Kenhorst have been accused of defrauding worshippers and other investors of more than $10 million in a hedge fund scam. Federal authorities claim the men, […]

Lehman yields bonanza for the professionals

Times Online – Accountants and lawyers who are trying to sort out the European collapse of Lehman Brothers, the American investment bank, have charged more than £100million in fees in six months. The bonanza shows no sign of abating. PricewaterhouseCoopers […]

Private equity firm takes 40% stake in Panmure

ShareCast – Private equity group BlueGem is to take a 40% stake in stockbroker Panmure Gordon in a move that will inject £17.3m of capital into the broker.Panmure Gordon has placed 72m new shares with BlueGem at 24p per share. […]

Oregon sues financial company over losses in college savings plan

Montgomery Advertiser – State offi­cials are seeking $36.2 million in damages from Oppenheimer­Funds Inc., which managed a fund responsible for steep losses in the Oregon College Savings Plan. Officials said in a statement Monday that risky, "hedge-fund like" investments cost […]

A Novel Approach to Monitoring Hedge Fund Returns

Seekingalpha.com – In just about every action movie and TV show these days there is at least one scene where the hero asks one of his or her techies to “sharpen” a satellite image. Suddenly, what looked like a fuzzy […]

HSBC sees “tipping point” in hedge fund outflows

Reuters UK – HSBC Global Asset Management says it is finally seeing inflows into some of its hedge funds and believes it may have reached a "tipping point" after a tough period of client withdrawals. Bill Maldonado, head of alternative […]

Australian Hedge Funds Post 2.1% Return in March on Share Rally

Bloomberg – Australian hedge funds returned an average 2.1 percent in March, beating the 1.3 percent profit of their global peers. The Australian Fund Monitors Index, which tracks the performance of more than 200 hedge funds managed from within the […]

US Town Claws Back £17m Of Madoff Assets

Sky News – A US town has edged closer towards clawing back its losses to Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, securing a court order for £17m in assets. The town of Fairfield in Connecticut suffered losses of about £28m from […]

State of Oregon Sues OppenheimerFunds

New York Times Blogs – Officials in Oregon are seeking $36.2 million in damages from OppenheimerFunds, which managed an account responsible for steep losses in the state’s college savings plan. Officials said in a statement on Monday that risky “hedge-fund […]

Barclays to sell iShares business to CVC Capital for $4.4 billion

Banking Business Review – The board of directors of Barclays has entered into an agreement for the sale of its iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a new limited partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for a total consideration of approximately […]

New York, SEC investigates Carlyle Group

SmartBrief – Carlyle Group is being investigated by New York prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegations that it made improper payments to get investments from the state’s pension fund. The payments allegedly were made to intermediaries and […]