Forbes – Atticus Capital isn’t the only hedge fund which wants Barclays to give up its fight for Dutch lender ABN Amro. SeacliffCapital, a hedge fund in San Francisco, had its doubts from the moment market rumors started swirling that […]

Reuters India- Indian hedge funds will grow rapidly despite a hesitant attitude from the country’s regulators, industry participants said on Tuesday, as investors keep piling money into the nascentindustry. The Indian hedge fund sector is one of the smallest in […]

InvestmentNews- Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission is simplifying the licensing agreements for overseas hedge-fund managers looking to set up shop in the territory. The regulator said that the changes, which take effect immediately, include a faster registration process for […]

Times Online- The modern activist shareholder seems to be turning Theodore Roosevelt’s maxim – “Speak softly and carry a big stick” – on its head. A man with a big mouth and a Derringer is not goingto stop an army […]

Street.Com – Two activist hedge funds say the time for TD Ameritrade ( AMTD – Cramer’s Take – Stockpickr ) to sell itself is now. The funds, S.A.C. Capital Advisors and Jana Partners , have taken an8.4% stake in the […]

MSNBC- Hedge funds and those doing business with them were on Monday warned by the US Treasury not to operate “under the false allusion” that systemic risk from their activities was not a “realpossibility” in spite of the increased sophistication […]

Financial News Online US- Two hedge funds are pushing for Canadian online broker TD Ameritrade to merge with a rival in the latest demonstration of investor activism. Jana Partners and SAC Capital want TD Ameritrade to merge with online broker […]

Reuters- Demand for hedge funds and for Islamic finance is booming, which makes a hedge fund that complies with Islamic law the holy grail for fund managers who want to tap huge liquidity in the Gulf. But most Islamic finance […]

New York Times- “We are somewhere between the third and fifth inning in the growth of assets invested in alternative strategies,” said Todd Builione, a managing partner at Highbridge Capital Management, a $15.7 billion hedge fund that is majority owned […]

Reuters- Man Group, the world’s largest listed hedge-fund company, plans to expand its investments in distressed companies, Chief Executive Peter Clarke said on Wednesday. “We are looking for people in distressed,” Clarke told Reuters. “We view distressed as an area […]

Associated Press- Bear Stearns Cos. may find it easier to overcome the acute pain of subprime mortgages than the more chronic ache of its eroding prime brokerage business. “Bear Stearns has missed out on the recent growth in the hedge […]

Bloomberg- Sam Zell’s agreement to buy Tribune Co., the publisher of the Los Angeles Times and owner of the Chicago Cubs, prompted three hedge funds to seek profits in the fine print of $1.26 billion of bonds. It’s a tactic […]