Tag Archives: cross-border
Hedge Fund Dalton to Start $550 Million Distressed Asset Fund
Bloomberg – Dalton Investments LLC, the Los Angeles-based hedge fund with 70 percent of its assets in Japan, is starting a 50 billion yen ($550 million) fund that will invest in U.S. distressed assets, taking advantage of low prices. The […]
The Financial Page Greasing the Slide
New Yorker – “Death by a thousand cuts.” “Fire-sale liquidation.” “A vortex of selling.” No matter how people described the market collapse that hit a month ago, the message was the same: it felt like there was nowhere to go […]
Asian Funds Increase Use of Multiple Prime Brokers, Survey Says
Bloomberg- Asian hedge funds are increasing their use of multiple prime brokers after the U.S. subprime mortgage market collapse heightened the risk of relying on a single investment bank for brokerage services, an AsiaHedge survey found. Hedge funds that are […]
Asia to Create Thousands of Hedge Fund Jobs, Pinnacle Says
Bloomberg- Asia’s expanding hedge fund industry will probably create tens of thousands of jobs in the next five years, even as investment bank recruitment dries up after the U.S. subprime mortgage market collapse, said Sheridan Mather, a managing director of […]
McCreevy defends hedge funds
Independant- European Union Financial Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has defended hedge funds in relation to the fallout from the US subprime mortgage market collapse. The move comes in tandem with a report commissioned by French President Nicolas Sarkozy which states […]
