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Hedge-Fund Startups Sprout as Roc Gathers $1 Billion
June 16 (Bloomberg) — Arvind Raghunathan , former head of Deutsche Bank AG’s global arbitrage business, will open his new hedge-fund firm next month with more than $1 billion, a sign that investors are trickling back after record losses last […]
Myners pledges vigorous campaign against EU hedge fund curbs
Wealth Bulletin – Paul Myners has vowed to fight “tooth and nail” to revise a directive from Brussels that would give the European Union the power to set limits on how much hedge funds are allowed to borrow. The draft […]
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 […]
Northern Trust Named Fund of Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Financial technology vendor youDevise Limited congratulated its client Northern Trust upon being awarded the Fund of Hedge Funds Administrator of the Year award at the inaugural HFMWeek Service Provider Awards, held recently in London. Northern […]
Brevan Howard Said to Spin Off Teams to Manage Two New Funds
Bloomberg – Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, Europe’s largest hedge-fund manager, spun off groups of credit and currency traders to manage two new funds, people familiar with the situation said. Luke Ding, who trades foreign exchange for the flagship Brevan […]
Citadel in Rescue Talks With E-Trade, Report Says
New York Times Blogs – E*Trade Financial is in talks with Citadel Investment Group, the hedge fund that is its largest shareholder, about a deal to shore up the struggling brokerage firm’s balance sheet, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing […]
Lord Rothschild dumps his son’s hedge fund Atticus
Telegraph.co.uk – RIT Capital Partners, Lord Rothschild’s investment vehicle, had £36.5m ($58.3m) allocated to Atticus at the end of March 2008, but the company’s latest annual report shows the money has been entirely withdrawn. The trust had invested in Atticus […]
SEC Requests Data From Two Dozen Firms in Pension Investigation
Bloomberg – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking information from more than two dozen pension funds, placement agents and other companies as it steps up an investigation into whether money managers made improper payments to win business. “The […]
AlternativeSoft Teams Up With Eurekahedge & Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – AlternativeSoft has forged agreements with Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management (CASAM) and Eurekahedge to provide all trial users of AlternativeSoft with free trials of the CASAM CISDM and the Eurekahedge Global Hedge Funds databases. “We’re […]
WisdomTree Files For Hedge Fund ETFs
IndexUniverse.com – The New York-based ETF provider today filed papers with the Securities & Exchange Commission for three actively managed ETFs: the WisdomTree Real Return Fund, the WisdomTree Managed Futures Fund and the WisdomTree Long-Short Fund. The Long-Short fund will […]
