Category Archives: Syndicated
Wall Street can’t shake economic woes
Washington Observer Reporter – Wall Street’s initial enthusiasm about a $586 billion Chinese stimulus package fizzled Monday, as investors succumbed to anxieties about how U.S. companies will survive a severe pullback in spending. Stocks got a short-lived boost from China’s […]
Hedge funds ‘are resilient’
Reuters – In spite of suffering more than most markets in the global downturn, hedge funds are likely to bounce back faster than other markets. That is the view of Barclay’s Capital director Frank Gerhard whose company is a major […]
Congress goes after hedge funds
BloggingStocks – Congress will bring in a bunch of big hedge fund managers like George Soros and ask them why they make so much money. It will also try to figure out if they control too much of the trading […]
Battered convertibles lure brave hedge funds
guardian.co.uk – Bolder hedge funds are looking to snap up convertible bonds at bargain prices, returning to an asset class that became a no-go area for them only a short while ago. The convertible bond market has tumbled 44.5 percent […]
Hedge fund winners amid the rubble
International Herald Tribune – Bernard Drury is a rarity on Wall Street: a hedge fund manager who is making money, rather than losing it. While most hedge funds are declining this year and unsettling the markets in the process, a handful […]
Hedge funds navigate maze of redemptions
Wealth Bulletin – Millionaire hedge fund manager Andrew Lahde might have got it right. The man whose valediction last month to his industry peers announced that “with all due respect, I am dropping out”, left the industry while the going […]
PXP Vietnam to Start Hedge Fund, Bets on Stock Market Recovery
Bloomberg – PXP Vietnam Asset Management, which oversees $225 million, plans to start a hedge fund by early next year as it seeks bargains in Asia’s second-worst-performing stock market, said co-founder Kevin Snowball. The PXP Vietnam Value Fund will raise […]
Hedge fund closes Bermuda reinsurer
Caribbean Net News – Citadel Investment Group, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds, is closing down a Bermuda reinsurer it formed in 2004, according to a source familiar with the matter. Citadel, which manages roughly $18 billion, thought it […]
Hedge funds, mortgages on House agenda
Boston Globe – TODAY American International Group releases third-quarter results. The insurance giant is expected to post a loss of 90 cents a share, compared with a $1.35-a-share profit last year. Starbucks Corp. releases fourth-quarter financial results and is expected […]
Mizuho Said to Hire Ex-Lehman Electronic Trading Team
Bloomberg – Mizuho Financial Group Inc., Japan’s second-largest bank by revenue, will start electronic trading in Asia after hiring a team of 16 former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. employees, two executives familiar with the plan said. The team, led by […]
Wall Street turns to consumer to gauge economy
AZCentral.com – Wall Street heads into another turbulent week with investors set to pore over a government report on retail sales and earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to get a better reading on the consumer. There are growing signs that […]