Category Archives: Syndicated
Help wanted on Wall Street
CNN Money – No one would dare go so far as to say that the Wall Street job market is bright. Through June, financial firms of all stripes have shed an estimated 63,000 jobs over the past year, according to […]
Aozora Net Falls 75% as Fees, Hedge Fund Returns Drop
Bloomberg – Aozora Bank Ltd., the Japanese lender controlled by U.S. buyout fund Cerberus Capital Management LP, said first-quarter profit fell 75 percent as fees declined and returns on investments in hedge funds withered. Net income dropped to 9.33 billion […]
Retail access to hedge funds: Yes or no?
FierceFinance- Hedge fund regulation is a hot topic right now. But we’ve heard only a little about that perennial issue: whether retail investors should be allowed more–or less–access to funds. Current proposals, driven by the credit crunch, would make it harder […]
Lone Star-Merrill deal marks power shift to funds
Reuters- Lone Star’s deal to buy bad loans from Merrill Lynch & Co signals a growing power shift as private equity firms mop up after the year-long credit crisis. Merrill Lynch said on Monday it will take a $5.7 billion […]
Housing plan signed, but concerns linger
San Francisco Chronicle- The giant housing rescue plan President Bush signed Wednesday might help stanch the bleeding in the housing market, but experts on both sides of the political divide worry that it is, at best, only an emergency step. […]
Shorts Are In a Bind
New York Post- If the Securities and Exchange Commission expands its clampdown on short-selling, it is widely expected to slam hedge funds like Stephen Cohen’s SAC Capital and James Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, which profit from fast-and-furious trading, experts predicted. That’s […]
Hedge firm SAIL hires former Goldman exec as CEO
Reuters HK- SAIL Advisors Ltd, one of Asia’s largest homegrown fund of hedge fund managers, said on Wednesday it hired former Goldman Sachs Group Inc managing director Vincent Duhamel as its new chief executive. Hong Kong-based Duhamel will replace Eliza […]
Turkey’s first hedge funds coming into being shortly
Todays Zaman- Licensed just a few months ago, Turkey’s first hedge funds will likely embark on operations by mid-September, Corporate Governance Association of Turkey (TKYD) President Gür Çağdaş has said. Speaking to Reuters yesterday, Çağdaş said with the funds, an […]
Hedge funds caught in short squeeze
Globe and Mail- Hedge funds may post their worst month in at least five years after bets on financial stocks falling and on crude oil rising backfired. Hedge Fund Research Inc.’s Global Hedge Fund Index of more than 55 funds […]
Public pension funds remain bullish on hedge funds
Wealth Bulletin- Money managers at public pension funds have adopted a surprisingly bullish stance on investing in hedge funds despite the turmoil plaguing the alternative investment vehicles, a recent survey by Hedge Fund Manager Week showed, according to a report […]
Northern Rock scars RAB Capital profits
Times Online- Hedge fund RAB Capital, one of the largest shareholders in Northern Rock when the bank was nationalised in February, this morning announced that its first half pre-tax profit had almost halved and assets under management had shrunk by […]
Brown joins Collins Stewart as head of fund sales
Investment Week- Collins Stewart Fund Management has appointed Mike Brown as head of fund sales. He will lead sales of the multi-asset, multi-manager funds and specialist equity, fixed interest and hedge funds from the offshore group. Products under his remit […]