Tag Archives: hedge funds
Hedge funds find new sweet spot in sugar
New York Post – Sugar is the new crude oil for investment-hungry hedge funds, which are pushing sugar prices near 30-year highs and ushering new global shortages. After their infamous and massive bets on crude oil sent prices doubling and […]
Fixed-income trading by U.S. hedge funds down 40%, study says
Connecticut Post – Fixed-income trading by hedge funds slid 40 percent in 2009 as the credit-market crisis forced adjustments in their trading practices, according to a study by consulting firm Greenwich Associates. Hedge funds are more likely than other types […]
Hedge funds still to make mark in India
Global Investor – Hedge funds are yet to make their presence felt in India, according to panelists at the Asia Securities Financing Master Class. Hedge funds are yet to make their presence felt in India, according to panelists and participants […]
Hedge Funds Reborn
Forbes – Hedge fund managers (and would-be hedge fund managers) may finally have reason to celebrate this year — new fund launches are on the rise. If they keep up at this pace, it could be the first year since […]
‘Insights for Investors’ Conference Draws Hedge Fund Managers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The GlobeOp seminar drew a capacity audience of hedge fund investors and managers, representing approximately $260 billion in assets under management, in New York City over the weekend. Speakers representing Lighthouse Investment Partners, Lyxor Asset Management, […]
Hedge funds: If you can’t beat ’em …
TheDeal.com – Since increased regulation for hedge funds and private equity managers is essentially inevitable, several organizations, including the Managed Fund Association and the Alternative Investment Management Association, have stopped trying to stymie legislation, but they have instead saddled up […]
Hedge funds and private equity groups fear the Tories will not fight new European legislation on disclosure
TimesOnline – Hedge funds and private equity groups are deeply anxious that a wave of proposed European legislation on disclosure could push them out of business, with little resistance from the Tories. Hedge funds and private equity firms are desperate […]
Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer
Politico – Schumer, No. 3 in the Senate Democratic leadership and the former chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, has offered scads of proposals that the industry doesn’t like on issues from corporate governance to derivatives to the creation […]
Hedge Funds Trade Lehman Bankruptcy Claims
BusinessInsider – Hedge funds and investment banks are trading Lehman bankruptcy claims. And it’s not just a matter of a couple of distressed debt funds buying the claims—it really looks like they are being actively traded. Credit Suisse, for instance, […]
Russian Tycoon Invests in Nets as Nation Courts U.S.
Bloomberg – “It’s some well-timed basketball diplomacy that will certainly help the atmospherics,” said Douglas Busvine, director of Russian research for New York-based Medley Global Advisors LLC, which consults for hedge funds and banks. “But it will take more than […]
EU hedge fund directive ‘could be softened’, says Liberal Democrat chair
Guardian – Britain’s efforts to soften a European directive aimed at imposing tough regulation on hedge funds and private equity firms has the support of most of the European Parliament, says Sharon Bowles, Liberal Democrat chair of the parliament’s Committee […]
A lesson from hedge funds
Herald – When you think about future financial stability, ask yourself this contrarian question: Why is it that the nefarious hedge funds, supposedly the bad boys of the financial world, actually came through last year’s crisis in relatively good shape? […]
