Category Archives: Syndicated

Hedge fund managers shy away from signing compliance code

The Independent – Hedge funds have given a voluntary code for the industry a collective thumbs-down – not a single firm has signed up to the compliance standards since they were launched in January. Nearly five months ago the Hedge […]

CSX, hedge funds to present cases online

Bizjournals.com- CSX Corp. and the activist hedge funds engaged in a proxy contest with the railroad will make their cases to gain the recommendation of a company many institutional investors rely on when casting shareholder votes. RiskMetrics Group, a proxy […]

Ex-Morgan Stanley Japan experts launch hedge fund

Asian Investor – The Shaka Japan fund has been launched in New York by hedge fund manager Shaka Capital Management. It is a new start-up, launched in January of this year with partners’ capital, and has an estimated capacity of […]

RockPort closes $450m cleantech fund

Altassets – Cleantech-focused venture capital firm RockPort Capital Partners has closed its third fund, RockPort Capital Partners III, on over $450m, the hard cap of the fund. It had an initial target of $400m and held a first closing just […]

Taiwan: Hedge funds are welcome

BusinessWeek- Lee Shyan-Yuan, one of several commissioners at Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), believes attracting hedge funds to the market would be a smart move. He is courting hedge funds to invest in Taiwan and raise money from investors in […]

Value Partners Says Smaller Hedge Funds Risk Being Taken Over

Bloomberg – Value Partners Group Ltd., Asia’s second-largest hedge fund manager by assets, said worsening returns in the industry may lead to bigger firms taking over smaller rivals. “I think the industry may go through certain consolidation,” said Chief Executive […]

Sands Brothers starts asset-backed lending fund

Greenwich Time – A Greenwich-based investment management and advisory firm has launched a new hedge fund geared toward lending capital to underserved and niche businesses. Sands Brothers Asset Management, with offices on Valley Drive in Greenwich, recently unveiled their Genesis […]

Investors File Claims Against Bear Stearns

The Wall Street Journal – A group of four law firms has filed additional investor arbitration claims against Bear Stearns Cos. and a fund manager alleging the firm was less than candid with investors in one of its hedge funds. […]

AIG Investments reaches hedge fund investment pact

Reuters – American International Group Inc’s asset management division has reached a joint venture agreement with Larch Lane to make seed funding investments in hedge funds. The AIG Investments and Larch Lane venture expects to invest between $50 million and […]

Investor sues SageCrest for $5M

The Advocate – A Greenwich hedge fund has become ensnared in a legal dispute with one of its investors after refusing to allow the firm to withdraw the $5 million originally invested in the fund. SageCrest LLC, a Greenwich hedge […]

Hedge fund sells shares after Vaalco proxy fight ends

Houston Business Journal – A noisy, contentious proxy battle ended quietly Wednesday when shareholders of Vaalco Energy Inc. voted in the company’s chosen slate of board directors. Houston-based Vaalco (NYSE:EGY) had spent the past three months fending off an attack […]

CSX says hedge funds have no plan for the company

Reuters- U.S. railroad CSX Corp, locked in a proxy battle with two hedge funds, urged shareholders in a letter on Tuesday to vote against the activist investor group’s proposed slate of five directors, saying they had "no plan" for the […]