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Investments in Asia hedge funds halved
Reuters Singapore – Investors almost halved the money they put into Asia-focused hedge funds in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year as a selloff in stocks hurt appetite for risky assets, data showed. Asia-focused […]
Investments in Asia hedge funds halved in Q2
Reuters – Investors almost halved the money they put into Asia-focused hedge funds in the second quarter compared to the first three months of the year as a selloff in stocks hurt appetite for risky assets, data showed. Asia-focused hedge […]
Canberra drags its heels as the SEC tackles the problem
The Australian- The SEC’s decision to take a hard line on the illegal practice of naked short-selling is a band-aid attempt to fix a problem that is plaguing most stock markets in various guises, but at least it is having […]
Gold funds draw investment from big miners
Reuters UK- Major gold firms grappling with declining output and surging costs are being cold-shouldered by investors opting for exposure to bullion through exchange traded funds (ETFs) or high-growth junior firms. A wave of money flowing into gold ETFs, which […]
Top funds may have lost $4 bln on Freddie and Fannie
Reuters- Some of the best known U.S. fund firms probably suffered significant losses in last week’s meltdown in the stocks of mortgage finance agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Among the casualties may be the one-time star stock-picker Bill Miller […]
Wall Street’s woes escalate ahead of earnings wave
Yahoo News- Investors can’t seem to catch a break — Wall Street again starts a week with oil prices at their highest levels yet, and banks poised to reveal that they remain on shaky footing. None of the troubles that […]
Hedge funds turn in their worst record for nearly 20 years because of credit crunch
Independent- Hedge funds turned in their worst first-half performance in almost two decades because of the credit crunch and the onset of a bear market in stocks. Hedge funds declined by an average 0.7pc in June, bringing the year-to-date loss […]
RWC makes double hire for Asia fund launch
CityWire.co.uk- RWC Partners has recruited Carmel Peters and Kirsty McLaren for the launch of an Asian-focused fund. Investment boutique RWC, which changed its name from MPC Investors earlier this month, has hired Peters and McLaren from Sofaer Capital. The duo has […]
Microsoft Bid for Yahoo Probed by SEC
The New York Sun – Suspicions that illegal insider trading may have preceded the year’s biggest and most publicized corporate takeover attempt — Microsoft’s hostile $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo — have prompted the Securities & Exchange Commission to commence […]
Long-short funds flopped during slump
Chicago Tribune- Maybe plain-vanilla stock and bond mutual funds will do the job after all. Long-short funds — the newfangled mutual funds designed to give common investors a hedge fund experience and protection during downturns — recently went through one […]
