Forbes – Agreement comes after JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services acquired Paloma Partners’ middle and back office Henderson Global Investors, the global asset manager with GBP 67.7 billion ($126.3 billion) of assets under management, has entered into an agreement with JPMorgan […]

KGO – Where is the money and power on Wall Street? A new survey reports that it is firmly in the hands of those who run hedge funds. How about an annual payday of $1.5 billion? According to a surveyby […]

Financial Times – Foreign investors have piled into Brazilian domestic debt since last year as spreads on the country’s sovereign bonds over comparable US Treasuries have tightened almost toinvestment-grade levels and returns on domestic bonds have become much more compelling. […]

Financial Times – Companies seeking to tap Asia’s equity markets may be forced to reconsider their plans amid signs of growing nervousness among big investors, including hedge funds. Investment bankers said recent market volatility was affecting the risk appetite of […]

Buffalo News – Many investors have been pushing their “sell” buttons in recent weeks, shedding global stocks, debt and other assets on fears of rising inflation, higherinterest rates and slower economic growth this year. This marks a reversal for hedge […]

When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology venture financing in […]

Chicago Tribune – Hedge funds are thought to be the wealthy investor’s Superman–funds that are able to leap tall buildings in a single bound to make investors richer, even when the stock market isacting the villain. But are they Supermen, […]

Boston Globe – When the private biotechnology company Microbia Inc. closed a $75 million round of funding in February, investors sat up and took notice. Not only because the Cambridge firm had just landed the biggest local round of biotechnology […]

Independent – Man Group, the world’s largest quoted hedge fund, unveils annual results this week that are expected to be its best ever. Like the entire hedge fund industry, it has been on an amazing run. In 2000 Man had […]

Globe and Mail – You won’t find a better stress test for a hedge fund than the miserable month of May on the stock markets this year. “May will be a very good indicator,” said Tony Sanfelice, president and CEO […]

Turkish Daily News – The recent rout in financial markets has once again sparked talk of possible hedge fund failures and the threat they might pose to financial stability. European stocks have tumbled more than 10 percent since May 11, […]

Global Investor – Asia Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) chairmen went head to head in a battle for hedge funds at Terrapinn’s annual Fund of Funds World Asia conference held in Singapore this week. Representing Australia, Kim Ivey, director of […]