Category Archives: Syndicated
US lawyers busy as hedge funds face scrutiny
Reuters- It’s turning into a busy summer for U.S. lawyers who advise hedge funds as the industry faces growing questions about potentially manipulative trading and regulators are knocking at fund managers’ doors. With the markets in turmoil, the loosely regulated […]
Mitsubishi Asset Brains Plans to Start a Fund of Hedge Funds
Bloomberg- Mitsubishi Asset Brains Co., an investment advisory firm of the Mitsubishi financial group, plans to start a fund of hedge funds as it seeks to invest in managers that can make money in falling markets. The company aims to […]
SEC Intensifies Efforts To Rein In Short Selling
Wall Street Journal- Wall Street executives expect the Securities and Exchange Commission to extend the temporary limits it has placed on short-selling and expand them to cover additional stocks beyond the 19 financial companies it targeted two weeks ago. The […]
UK job laws a legal maze for US hedge funds
Wealth Bulletin- US hedge funds keen to support their European client bases are looking at expansion into London. Institutional Credit Partners Capital and Silver Creek have made the move. Despite predictions that the UK’s non-domiciled tax regime would lead to […]
Former hedge fund head files against Citigroup
MSN MoneyCentral- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Cayman Islands Sets Milestone with 10000 Registered Funds
ITNews- Recent second quarter figures from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), have confirmed the achievement of a key milestone by the Cayman Islands financial services industry, with more than 10,000 investment funds currently registered in the jurisdiction. At the […]
Hedge funds do the Singapore sling
FT Alphaville- New figures from Singapore’s central bank bear out the (abundant) anecdotal evidence of the quickening exodus of Asia-focused hedge funds out of Japan and elsewhere and into Singapore. Reuters reports that assets managed by fund managers in Singapore […]
Falling Prices Lift Investors’ Cautious Mood
istockAnalyst.com- Investors face something of a new landscape in financial markets this week after tumbling oil and food prices eased immediate concerns about inflation, potentially freeing central banks to fight slow economic growth. The focus, however, will also be on […]
Hedge fund calls top of cycle
Sydney Morning Herald- The ownership structure of some of Australia’s largest mining companies could be set for a major change after New York hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners has indicated it believes commodities prices could be nearing their peak. Harbinger, […]
Making money from hedge funds
InvestorDaily- While Australian superannuation funds and institutional investors have discovered hedge funds, their participation is not to the extent of most of their developed market peers. But the current market downturn may change that behaviour, because the juicy returns they […]
Former hedge fund head files against Citigroup
International Herald Tribune- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. […]