Category Archives: Syndicated
Suncor to buy Petro-Canada for $15 billion
Reuters – Suncor Energy Inc has agreed to buy rival Petro-Canada to create Canada’s largest oil company, as the pair seek to tackle tough conditions in the oil sands industry by slashing costs. Suncor will pay C$18.43 billion ($14.9 billion) for PetroCanada […]
New Horizon may start second fund
Reuters UK – New Horizon Capital, a Japanese private equity firm, said it may start raising its second fund this year as it sees opportunities to make money from investing in struggling companies. New Horizon has five potential transactions in […]
Jobless bankers may lift Asian hedge fund numbers
Reuters – The number of Asian hedge funds could increase by 10 percent this year as more unemployed bankers and traders launch new funds and the cost of doing business slumps, an industry expert said on Monday. "It’s much better […]
Obama Seeks Investors in Plan to Buy Illiquid Assets
Bloomberg – The Obama administration will announce details of a plan today to expand the $700 billion rescue of the financial system that will rely on enticing private investors to buy the troubled assets clogging banks’ balance sheets. Treasury Secretary […]
Hedge-Fund Investors Hire Private Eyes to Avoid New Madoffs
Bloomberg – Randy Shain said he wasn’t stunned when hedge-fund managers Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh were arrested last month for allegedly misappropriating $554 million in client funds. A probe three years ago by his First Advantage Investigative Services LLC […]
Coller to launch new private equity fund
Reuters UK – London-based Coller Capital, which specialises in buying private equity from investors making early exits, said on Monday it expects to launch a new fund this year to tap growing interest in the "secondary" market for private equity. […]
John Rutledge
Forbes – John Rutledge is the chairman of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm that has invested more than $150 million in middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies. He is also member of the Advisory Boards of B.V. Group, […]
US lawyer pleads not guilty to money laundering
BusinessWeek – A prominent Manhattan lawyer accused of peddling $700 million in phony securities to hedge funds will likely forgo a trial and change his plea to guilty, his attorney told a judge Thursday. The defense announcement came at a […]
Hedge fund firm plans move to Greenwich
Danbury News-Times – A Manhattan hedge fund firm that invests in financially distressed companies is planning to move in May. Restoration Capital Management LLC has leased the 5,400-square-foot third floor of 325 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich. Retailers Simon Pearce […]
Weavering Capital collapses over mystery trade
Times Online – Weavering Capital, one of London’s oldest hedge funds, was today in the hands of liquidators just a week after it discovered that its flagship fund’s main investment was a derivatives trade with an offshore company controlled by […]
Fund pushing split proposes Chemed directors
Cincinnati.com – A New York City hedge fund pushing Chemed Corp. to split up its plumbing and hospice care businesses has filed its own slate of five directors for the downtown-based company’s May 18 shareholder’s meeting. In filing its five […]
HMC Hedge Fund Founder Grebow Sentenced to Four Years in Fraud
Bloomberg – Bret Grebow, co-founder of hedge fund HMC International LLC, was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding investors out of $7.8 million in what prosecutors said was “a classic Ponzi scheme.” Grebow, of Highland, Florida, was also […]