Tag Archives: uncertainty
Pound extends losses vs dollar after Europe election
guardian.co.uk – Sterling fell against the dollar to near a two-week low on Monday after a collapse of support for the UK’s ruling Labour Party in the European election raised the chances of further challenges to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. […]
Hedge fund managers leery of activist Uncle Sam
Forbes – Following a brutal 2008 of losses, plunging assets and the Madoff scandal, the activities of the Obama administration were a primary worry among the nearly 500 hedge fund managers and other industry executives gathering at a Las Vegas […]
Dell says IBM-Sun talk creates business opportunity
Reuters – The chief executive of Dell Inc said on Tuesday that talk of IBM possibly buying Sun Microsystems was providing an "enormous opportunity" to the world’s No. 2 PC maker in the corporate server market. Michael Dell said such […]
Andrew Lo On New Challenges For Investors
U.S. News & World Report – Andrew Lo, hedge fund manager and director of MIT’s Laboratory for Financial Engineering, is a long-time student of investor behavior, especially the sort that belies the notion that markets move with cool efficiency. Particularly […]
Eurekahedge Forecasts More Hedge Fund Launches in 2009
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds returned a healthy 1% in January, wrapping up a tumultuous 2008 at -12.3%, according to Eurekahedge. Hedge fund assets fell $380 billion or 20% in 2008, from just under $1.9 trillion to just […]
CSX Concedes Two Board Seats to Hedge Funds
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CSX looks to be cutting some slack to the two rebel hedge funds that have been on a quest to restructure their board of directors. The railroad company said that it will give two seats to […]
TCI Hedge Fund Posts Biggest Monthly Loss in June, FT Reports
Bloomberg- The Children’s Investment Fund Management LLP, a London-based hedge fund, lost more than $1 billion in June, posting its biggest-ever monthly loss, the Financial Times reported. The five-year-old fund, also known as TCI, dropped 12.5 percent last month, topping […]
