Category Archives: Syndicated
Kanetsu Will Close DragonHorse, Exit Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – Kanetsu Asset Management Co. will liquidate hedge funds, including Japan’s best performer last year, as commodities trading shrinks, a company executive said. The Tokyo-based firm will shut DragonHorse, which according to data provider Eurekahedge Pte returned 27 percent […]
JWM Partners considers new fund- WSJ
Reuters – John Meriwether and the other partners in his hedge-fund company, JWM Partners LLC, are considering launching a new fund, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a senior official at the company. The new fund could be set up […]
Arbitrage Lures Gabelli After 920 Hedge Funds Fail
Bloomberg – Mario Gabelli is buying Wyeth to book a 13 percent profit from its takeover by Pfizer Inc. Managers at Cohen & Steers Inc. are scooping up closed-end funds trading at a 16 percent discount to the value of […]
Eastbourne Proposes Amylin Directors, Backs Icahn
Bloomberg – Hedge fund Eastbourne Capital Management LLC nominated five directors to the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. and is supporting a slate put forward by investor Carl Icahn, after it “lost confidence” in leadership of the maker of the […]
Lehman judge, James Peck, charged with hitting wife gets lawyer
New York Daily News – A federal judge charged with slapping his wife hired a big shot defense attorney as he faces a misdemeanor charge that could land him in the clink. James Peck, 63, the bankruptcy judge overseeing the […]
Baker takes funds’ case to Congress
TheAdvocateOne year ago, former U.S. Rep. Richard Baker, R-Baton Rouge, stepped out of Congress to become the chief lobbyist for the trillion-dollar hedge fund industry and walked right into the economic tornado swirling through the nation. “I don’t have too […]
Hedge Fund Manager Defended by Madoff’s Lawyer Gets 40 Months
Bloomberg – A hedge fund manager who used the same defense lawyer as Bernard Madoff received a sentence that was a third of the maximum possible after he was convicted of defrauding investors out of $10 million. Vincent Montagna remains free […]
Arbitrage Lures Gabelli, Huntington After 920 Hedge Funds Fail
Bloomberg – Mario Gabelli is buying Wyeth to book a 13 percent profit from its takeover by Pfizer Inc. Managers at Cohen & Steers Inc. are scooping up closed-end funds trading at a 16 percent discount to the value of […]