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EU assembly flexes muscles, fast reforms may be hard
Reuters AlertNet – The newly elected European parliament starts its five-year term on Tuesday in a combative mood which could slow the passage of laws intended to fight Europe’s worst economic crisis in decades. At its first session since an […]
Fund plans ‘could strangle’ City
BBC – Under the EU plans, hedge funds would be required to be more open, and their ability to borrow would be limited. The Mayor is concerned that if these rules are adopted, hedge funds will be driven to relocate […]
Jean-Pierre Aguilar, Head of French Fund, Dies
New York Times – Jean-Pierre Aguilar, a pioneer in hedge fund investing in Europe and chief executive and co-founder of Capital Fund Management, died in a gliding accident over the weekend, the company said in a letter to investors Sunday. […]
Ex-Lehman Trader to Start Credit Hedge Fund as Banks Pare Risks
Assan Din, a former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. credit trader, is setting up a hedge fund to trade corporate bonds and derivatives in Asia. SaKa Capital’s fund, which will have a capacity of more than $500 million, will start in […]
Hedge funds head for bumper first half
Times Online – Hedge funds are on course to deliver their best first-half performance in a decade, as investors renew their faith in the sector in the wake of last year’s calamitous losses. Hedge funds worldwide returned 5.63 per cent […]
Monier lenders approve restructuring deal
Reuters India – Lenders to French roofing company Monier Group have approved a restructuring deal that sees a group of debt investors take control of the company, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday. The deal is […]
Asia Hedge Funds on ‘Radar’ After Beating Peers, Citigroup Says
Bloomberg – Asian hedge funds are attracting growing interest from investors as managers focusing on the region outperform global peers, said Andrew Hill, director of prime finance for Asia-Pacific markets at Citigroup Inc. “There are pockets of proprietary money looking […]
Hedge Fund Managers Switch Strategies and Reap Rewards
New York Times – In mid-March, with the global stock markets plunging, Philippe Jabre, a hedge fund manager based in Geneva, started buying bombed out financial stocks in the United States, Europe and Asia. A procession of sleepless nights followed […]
Absolute Returns Focus: CF KB Endeavour Absolute Return A
Citywire.co.uk – To analyse all of Europe’s absolute return funds on a variety ofg risk-return measures and see a comprehensive league table of performance visit our new zone here The CF KB Endeavour Absolute Return fund slipped into negative territory last […]
Bill Miller Not Dead Yet With Value Funds Burying Quants in ’09
Bloomberg – Companies with the most debt and lowest returns on assets are turning the biggest six-week rally in stocks since 1938 into a bloodbath for last year’s best- performing trading strategy. Investors in so-called quantitative momentum funds — which […]
World stocks head for 6th week of gains
Reuters – World stocks steadied on Friday but were still on track for a sixth consecutive week of gains, while the euro fell on worries about the region’s prospects. MSCI‘s main world stock index was flat despite modest gains in […]