Tag Archives: closed end funds


Hedge Fund BlackRock Buys Barclays, $2.8 Billion In Commitments From Investors

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – BlackRock, Inc. announced the purchase agreement to acquire Barclays Global Investors, including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC. “We are incredibly excited about the potential to significantly expand the scale and scope of […]

Arbitrage Lures Gabelli After 920 Hedge Funds Fail

February 3, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Mario Gabelli is buying Wyeth to book a 13 percent profit from its takeover by Pfizer Inc. Managers at Cohen & Steers Inc. are scooping up closed-end funds trading at a 16 percent discount to the value of […]

Arbitrage Lures Gabelli, Huntington After 920 Hedge Funds Fail

February 2, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Mario Gabelli is buying Wyeth to book a 13 percent profit from its takeover by Pfizer Inc. Managers at Cohen & Steers Inc. are scooping up closed-end funds trading at a 16 percent discount to the value of […]