Tag Archives: eight-months
Ospraie’s plans point to hedge fund confidence
NineMSN – Ospraie Management is launching two funds focusing on commodities and other liquid securities just eight months after it was forced to close its flagship fund amid huge losses on commodities trades. The US hedge fund’s move, announced in […]
Hedge Funds Post First Back-to-Back Gain in 8 Months
Bloomberg – Hedge funds posted their first back- to-back gain in eight months in January, rebounding from record losses in 2008 as North American managers benefited from betting stocks would fall, an industry report showed. The Eurekahedge Hedge Fund Index, […]
Citadel, SAC Capital Get Pick of Casualties as Carnage Worsens
Bloomberg – Balyasny Asset Management LP recruited more than 30 money managers and analysts from competing hedge funds in the first eight months of the year, exceeding its total for all of 2007. “We have been aggressively looking for talent, […]
