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February 28, 2013
Bruce Richards’ fund shows attractive returns from controversial public private investment program.
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November 23, 2010
Simon Lack, the former head of seeding at JPMorgan, cites research suggesting that all the money that’s ever been invested in hedge funds should instead have been put in Treasury bills.
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May 03, 2010
After launching in the height of the 2008 market maelstrom, Global Credit Advisers is up 104.81% since inception, and is now encouraged by Pres. Barack Obama’s health care reform.
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March 03, 2010
The $165 million firm returned 158% in 2009 and is chasing abundant opportunities in the stressed bond markets.
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March 01, 2010
RIEF suffers its third consecutive annual loss.
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March 01, 2010
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January 15, 2010
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January 14, 2010
Savvy credit bets last year pushed the performance at Leon Black's Apollo Global Management beyond the stratosphere.
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January 08, 2010
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January 07, 2010
Hong Kong-based The Pacific Group, which manages the $100 million Greater Asian Hedge Fund, an equity long/short strategy with a macro overlay, was up 40% last year and is up 1% in the first three days of trading this year.
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January 05, 2010
Belltower Advisors is beginning 2010 with a marketing push and aims to treble its assets by yearend.
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January 04, 2010
Glazer Capital Management, which returned 13% in 2009, recently added $20 million to its growing merger arbitrage strategy, and is looking to nearly double its $265 million by 2011
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December 18, 2009
Hedge funds bounced back from their slight dip in October to gain 1.56% in November, according to an average of eight independent indices.
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December 18, 2009
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December 17, 2009
Greylock Capital Management is expanding its team following significant performance in its flagship, Greylock Global Opportunity Fund, an emerging markets hedge fund that is up 89% this year through Dec. 16.
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December 10, 2009
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December 10, 2009
Culross Global Management has unveiled a credit-focused fund of funds that will give investors access to a range of illiquid opportunities.
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December 10, 2009
Ronald England, founder of New York-based Westbrook Capital, is seeking hedge fund and private equity investors for single project-finance deals in non-fiction programming.
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December 09, 2009
Molinero Capital Management, the London CTA firm led by a veteran of Rotella Capital Management, is planning to build out its strategy with the addition of new quantitative models.
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December 07, 2009
A student-run hedge fund in upstate New York, which does not charge fees, is turning investors away.
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December 07, 2009
Cooper Creek Partners Management, which manages a long/short equity value catalyst-driven strategy, has recently taken a position in Vantage Drilling Company, an oil drilling company.
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December 03, 2009
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December 03, 2009
Hedge funds have been buying up calls on sterling against the euro and U.S. dollar, following news that U.K. banking and construction sector exposure to Dubai was not as bad as feared.
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December 01, 2009
Capital Works, a $100 million hedge fund and private equity firm based in Cleveland, is preparing to unveil an offshore version of its domestic long/short equity fund in the first quarter next year.
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December 01, 2009
The New York-based Artist Rare Instrument Fund is studying the U.K.’s inheritance tax laws to see if there is a tax break for potential investors in its fund, which invests in rare violins, violas and cellos (totalalternatives.com, July 20).
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December 01, 2009
Stenham Asset Management has increased the notice period for three of its funds of funds, although it continues to offer monthly liquidity for each of these.
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November 27, 2009
The $66 billion North Carolina Retirement System has launched a search for in-state private equity managers and the $11 billion Kansas Public Employees Retirement System is considering upping its exposure to the asset class.
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November 27, 2009
Corporates have been buying up short-term calls on the euro against the U.S. dollar this week, following results of a survey by the Munich-based IFO Institute for Economic Research showing rising confidence in commerce and news that gross domestic product in Germany rose 0.7% for the third quarter.
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November 25, 2009
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November 25, 2009
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November 25, 2009
Pension plans are expected to put more money into hedge funds, specifically distressed, long/short equity and macro strategies, according to a Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch research report.
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November 25, 2009
Hedge funds’ seven month positive performance streak, returning a cumulative 15.67%. came to an end in October as the composite index lost 0.16%.
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November 25, 2009
Aureos Capital is looking to raise $250 million for a Southeast Asia fund, its second to focus on the region.
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November 25, 2009
Veda Asset Management, founded by Ridaa Murad, former head of Bear Stearns' India equity group, is preparing to launch an infrastructure fund.
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November 24, 2009
Phoenix Investment Adviser, which manages a long/short fixed-income strategy in New York, sees an abundance of opportunities in the paper industry.
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November 23, 2009
Highland Capital Management, which has approximately $25 billion under management, is preparing to launch a new credit strategy which will begin trading early next year.
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November 20, 2009
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November 17, 2009
New York emerging markets firm Greylock Capital Management’s maiden fund is looking to increase its exposure to Russian and Eastern European debt.
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November 16, 2009
Skystone Capital Management, which Founder Kerry Nelson spun-out of Highbridge Capital Management in 2006, is preparing to launch a global long/short healthcare fund in the first quarter next year.
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November 13, 2009
Wayne Chambless, Stephen Schurr, and Ted Geary have co-founded Harrier Hawk Management and launched an onshore and offshore fund with a collective $100 million.
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November 13, 2009
Taum Sauk Capital Management’s energy and resources fund is waiting for the outcome of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month and will then tweak its portfolio accordingly, Chairman Thomas Schmitt told AIN.
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November 12, 2009
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November 12, 2009
Hedge funds have been buying puts on sterling against the U.S. dollar, brought on by downbeat comments from Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, and the spike in option prices on euro/U.S. dollar.
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November 05, 2009
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November 05, 2009
Reyl Asset Management, the fund management arm of Swiss bank Reyl & CIE, has launched the Reyl Velocity Fund, its third fund of funds.
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November 04, 2009
Scipion Capital is targeting 50% annualised with the Scipion Mining & Resources Fund, which rolled out on Nov. 1.
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November 03, 2009
Signet Capital Management, the London fund of funds firm with $1.8 billion under management, has raised the exposure to credit strategies held by its listed fixed-income investment trust.
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November 02, 2009
Peter Carlin and Charlie Carr of the now-closed Alson Capital Partners have regrouped to form Estekene Capital Management and are preparing for a Q1 launch.
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November 02, 2009
James Hanbury, portfolio manager of Odey Asset Management’s Ucits-compliant Odey UK Absolute Return Fund, is adding exposure to defensive large-cap names such as Tesco, GlaxoSmithKline and Compass Group and rotating out of more cyclical mid-cap names like Infineon Technologies, a German semi-conductor manufacturer.
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October 29, 2009