Category Archives: Syndicated
Hedge Funds Find Arb Opportunity in SPACs
Street.Com – In a fact sheet about the fund, which engages in several arbitrage strategies, AQR outlined plans to take advantage of a lack of liquidity in the "thinly traded" SPAC market. A spokesman for AQR says the firm is […]
Greek Isles enters bankruptcy; owner says fault lies with fund
ReviewJournal.com – The majority owner of the Greek Isles blamed "greedy hedge-fund guys" interested in wiping out the current owners’ equity stake for pushing the property into Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. Harold Rothstein said the Greek Isles’ creditors have already […]
AIG’s asset management division gets bidders: report
Washington Post – About half a dozen investment managers have put forward bids, ranging between $400 million to $800 million, for troubled insurer American International Group’s asset management business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
ECB’s Stark raps move to boost IMF drawing rights
Reuters – European Central Bank Executive Board member Juergen Stark was quoted on Tuesday as criticizing decisions made at the G20 summit to boost the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). Stark suggested in a newspaper article that the decision was […]
US to work with Switzerland on tax secrecy
AFP – The United States and Switzerland will begin negotiations to amend their bilateral income tax treaty to provide for improved transparency, the US Treasury Department said Monday. The announcement came following Group of 20 pledges last week to clean […]
Hedge fund-like investments, even if you are not a millionaire
New York Daily News – The hedge fund industry has a public relations problem these days and you have to be a millionaire to invest in one anyway, but there’s a new fund for more modest investors that can offer […]
SocGen fund managers leave to create own fund
Reuters – A team of hedge funds managers at Societe Generale is leaving to set up their own hedge fund with capital from the French bank, La Tribune reported on Tuesday. The paper said the move was led by Arié […]
Treasury seeks more partners for bad asset program
Norristown Times Herald – The Treasury Department is making it easier for hedge funds and other private investors to participate in its plan for buying up banks’ bad assets, an acknowledgment that the interest level so far has been lackluster. […]
Investors turn the table on hedge fund terms
Reuters – Not only are Hedge funds losing clients and money, they are losing clout, too, as large investors turn the table on them and demand better terms. Stung by investment losses and vexed by so-called gates that limit redemptions, […]
Long and short funds merge to ride crisis
Financial Standard – The financial crisis could bridge the gap between diametrically opposed asset managers with more hedge funds merging with long-only funds to slash operational costs, predicts consultancy firm Accenture. Mark Halverson, global executive partner, wealth & asset management, […]
Andy Rooney on hedge funds
Orlando Sentinel – I see the phrase "hedge fund" in the newspaper every day now and I don’t really know what a "hedge fund" is. I don’t think I ever saw the phrase 10 years ago, so maybe the financial […]