San Francisco Gate – It might be the “dream job” that comes with unforeseen nightmares, or the fabulous vacation spot that leaves some visitors surprisingly nonplussed, or the big lifetimecelebration — like a wedding — that is remembered more for […]

Forbes – Activist hedge fund Centaurus has been secretly building a strategic stake in Royal Ahold NV, as part of plans to break up the Dutch food services group, reported The Business citing sources familiar with the situation. The report […]

Forbes – Photo-Me International PLC, the photo booths operator, is talking to secretive US hedge fund Och-Ziff about a bid, according to the Sunday Times. The paper cited people close to the situation as saying private equity firms Bain Capital […]

The Register-Guard – PW Eagle Inc. has been flying high for the past couple of years. The PVC pipe manufacturer, which is headquartered in Eugene and has a plant in Glenwood, built itself into one of the country’s largest PVC […]

We’ve been down this road before. That’s the strong sensation that comes over me just about every time I happen upon some report on the growth and evolution of hedge funds. Don’t get me wrong — these partnerships designed primarily […]

Financial Times – Hedge funds took their share of damage in last month’s market turmoil, losing more than 1 per cent on average in May, according to Hedge Fund Research. The biggest losers were funds specialising in emerging markets, while […]

Street.Com – Global central bankers served up a cocktail of coordinated tightening Thursday, leading to dislocations around the world that featured falling commodities markets and a rising dollar. The stock market’s late-day rebound took some of the sour taste from […]

Last Monday we watched rain, perhaps even some hail, fall on Wall Street’s parade. For two decades the Street had relied on a friend at the Federal Reserve to keep the rain off them. The 20-year era of ever descending […]

Globe and Mail – The Ontario Securities Commission has called a hearing into the U.S.-based Sears Holdings Corp.’s complaint that three dissident shareholders of its Canadian division worked in concert to try to thwart the parent company’s takeover bid. The […]

Eurotunnel’s executive chairman has signalled a new openness to alternatives to the restructuring plan announced last week. Jacques Gounon yesterday said he was open to improvements to the plan and intended to talk to bankers drawing up two separate proposals. […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Multi-strategy hedge funds are growing in popularity with investors who previously chose funds of hedge funds as they cost less and can quickly move assets to markets with the most potential, hedge fund managers say. Multi-strategy hedge […]

Reuters -The Blackstone Group [BG.UL] has opened an office in Hong Kong to provide marketing and support for its fund of hedge funds division, a spokesman for the New-York based investment firm saidon Friday. The business, known as Blackstone Alternative […]