Tag Archives: financial-statements
Funds: Behind Bob Olstein’s Comeback
BusinessWeek – The collapse of Lehman Brothers on Sept. 15, 2008, and the ensuing stock market crash forced Bob Olstein, who has been analyzing companies’ financial statements and managing money for 41 years, to change the way he evaluates and […]
Maxam hedge fund sues auditors
Reuters – Maxam, an investment adviser based in Darien, Connecticut, relied on the auditors for their expertise in examining Madoff’s firm, according to the lawsuit filed in Connecticut Superior Court in Fairfield County. The lawsuit, though, said the auditors issued […]
Chutzpah Spree by Accused Lawyer Nets $380 Million
Bloomberg – When Manhattan lawyer Marc Dreier needed to apply a patina of reality to allegedly bogus promissory notes he was pitching to hedge funds, he used Mission Impossible- type tricks. As the U.S. Attorneys Office in Manhattan tells it, […]
Englander’s Millennium Funds May Lose $1 Billion to Withdrawals
Bloomberg – Millennium Partners LP, the $13.5 billion hedge-fund firm run by Israel Englander, plans to return $1 billion to investors who asked for their cash back by year-end, according to two people familiar with the matter. The redemptions, equal […]
Hedge Funds May Sell At Year End As Banks Skimp On Lending
CNNMoney.com – For equity markets, 2008 will long be remembered as a year of massive selling, and it’s likely to end the same way. Hedge funds will find it increasingly difficult to obtain lending at the end of the year, […]
Hedge funds navigate maze of redemptions
Wealth Bulletin – Millionaire hedge fund manager Andrew Lahde might have got it right. The man whose valediction last month to his industry peers announced that “with all due respect, I am dropping out”, left the industry while the going […]
Man Group a consolidator in hedge industry
Reuters – Man Group plans to be a consolidator in the hedge fund industry in the long-term, said Chief Executive Peter Clarke, who thinks the industry could see redemptions of between a third and a quarter at the year-end. "Consolidation […]
Hedge Fund Pentwater Suspends Redemptions
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a letter to investors, Hedge Fund manager Pentwater Capital announced that due to a number of unexpected redemption notices for year-end they have suspended redemptions and withdrawals, effective immediately. "The entire hedge fund industry […]
Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion to Pay Bonuses
Bloomberg – Five straight quarters of losses and a 70 percent slide in its stock this year haven’t stopped Merrill Lynch & Co. from allocating about $6.7 billion to pay bonuses. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, both still […]
Morgan Stanley’s Mack Says Some Hedge Funds May Fail
Bloomberg – Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer John Mack said tumbling markets may drive some hedge funds out of business, prompting his firm to “resize.” “Friends in that community say that by year-end, you’ll see the number of firms in the […]
Opening The Fed Lending Window To Hedge Funds
24/7 Wall St. – The idea of bailing out hedge funds or helping them in any way runs counter to the best instincts of most citizens, regulators, and law makers. The wealthy do not need a Good Samaritan. Allowing hedge […]
Final Chicago Cubs bids likely in weeks
Reuters – Final bids for the Chicago Cubs will likely be due late September or early October, two sources said on Thursday, as owner Tribune Co seeks to sell the storied baseball team by the year end. The next stage […]
