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Hedge funds face serious trimming
Crain – For years, Dan Loeb was the hedge fund world’s hanging judge, firing off blistering letters to hapless chief executives that condemned them for their shortcomings. “Do what you do best,” he hissed in a 2005 letter to a […]
UK FSA Extends Reporting for Short-Selling Financial Stocks
Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other investors who short-sell shares in Britain’s financial companies must continue to disclose their trades, the U.K.’s financial regulator said. A reporting requirement put in place by the Financial Services Authority in January will continue […]
Hedge funds worried Obama moves could backfire
Reuters UK – U.S. government efforts to revive a sluggish economy have cheered markets since March, but some of the most successful investors around worry these moves may only make the bad times linger. Several hedge fund managers at an […]
Funds in turf war
Stuff – Mauled by the carnage on Wall Street, mutual funds are copying hedge fund strategies in an effort to regain some of the shine they have lost this decade. Many investors have been burned investing in a single asset […]
Hedge fund manager Singer wants limits on leverage
Forbes – Aggressive government action can hurt the market, but regulators should clamp down on excessive borrowing by banks and investors to prevent another credit crisis, veteran hedge fund manager Paul Singer said at a conference. Singer said the current […]
Gendell’s Tontine Partners Raises Money For New Hedge Fund
Nasdaq.com – Jeffrey Gendell of Tontine Partners LP, who is closing two of his hedge funds after steep losses, has raised money for his new Tontine Total Return Fund, according to regulatory filings. The Tontine Total Return fund, which Gendell […]
Hedge fund manager Singer wants limits on leverage
Reuters – Aggressive government action can hurt the market, but regulators should clamp down on excessive borrowing by banks and investors to prevent another credit crisis, veteran hedge fund manager Paul Singer said at a conference. Singer said the current […]
Hedge fund Pequot closing as probe back in spotlight
Boston Globe – Prominent hedge fund firm Pequot Capital told investors on Wednesday it will shut down because of a reopened government probe into possible insider trading. "Public disclosures about the continuing investigation have cast a cloud over the firm […]
Hedge Fund Is Dissolving as It Faces 2nd Inquiry
New York Times – In the rarefied world of hedge funds, he is one of the greats — a stock-picker who managed to make money, bull market or bear, for more than two decades. But on Wednesday, Arthur J. Samberg […]
Russian firm buys stake in Facebook
Businessandleadership.com – Just a year and a half after Microsoft paid US$240m for a 1.6pc stake in social-networking player Facebook, a Russian technology investor has paid US$200m for a 1.9pc stake in the company. The Microsoft investment in September 2007 […]
NY pension clips fund of funds stakes to $500 mln
Reuters – New York state’s pension fund has cut its so-called fund of funds investments to about $500 million from $5 billion since January 2008, after deciding direct investments were preferable, a spokesman said Tuesday. Fund of funds invest money […]
Spanish bank to repay $235M it withdrew from Madoff scheme
USA Today – A Spanish banking giant that channeled $3 billion of its clients’ funds to Bernard Madoff has agreed to repay more than $235 million it withdrew from the confessed Ponzi scheme architect in the months before the scam […]
