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Swing back to bank stocks is overdone, says Merrill Lynch
Times Online – The fashionable investment tactic of the past month – buying bank stocks while selling energy companies – could already have gone too far, Merrill Lynch, the financial management group, warned clients yesterday. In mid-July, hedge funds, pension […]
Index eyes bargains in biotech
Reuters UK – Bombed-out valuations present an unprecedented buying opportunity in the European biotech sector, according to venture capital firm Index Ventures, which is eyeing both early and late-stage opportunities. "It’s like being in a candy shop," partner Francesco De […]
CDS counterparty risks serious threat to global financial markets
Hedge Funds Review Magazine – Greenwich Associates conducted a study of 146 institutions in North America and Europe to determine how fears of counterparty risk were affecting institutional investment and trading strategies. The study revealed that 37% of participating institutions […]
Man who foresaw credit crunch pays himself £28m
Irish Independant – The fund manager who predicted that the credit crunch would rip a hole through the banking sector has been rewarded with £28m (€35m) in pay and bonuses. Crispin Odey trousered the bulk of the profits made by […]
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 […]
Credit crunch to sting into next year
Reuters UK- A near one year-old credit crunch still has plenty of venom and will sting global financial markets and the economy well into next year or even into 2010, a Reuters poll found. On the eve of its one-year […]
IFSL: Big Apple Biggest Home To Hedge Funds
FINalternatives- Global hedge fund assets under management increased 30% in 2007 to a record $2.25 trillion, according to a new International Financial Services report. Most of this growth was in the first three quarters, as market turbulence in the latter […]
An Investcorp fund has won a top European hedge funds award.
Gulf Daily News- An Investcorp fund has won a top European hedge funds award. Investcorp Stoneworks Global Macro Fund won the best newcomer award at Hedge Funds Review’s European Performance Awards in London. The awards recognise leading hedge fund managers […]
