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September 16, 2005
Chatri Trisiripsal, recently-departed managing director at Maverick Capital, emphasizing the need for a slow process in hiring staff for his start-up.
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September 16, 2005
Toronto-based Abria Alternative Investments is preparing to launch an energy fund of funds, the Abria Energy Fund, on Oct. 1.
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September 16, 2005
AXA Private Equity, the private equity arm of the giant French insurer, is planning to make its first push for Asian assets and has opened an office in Singapore.
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September 16, 2005
John Demaine, head of alternative investments for Barclays Global Investors, will step down from his position in October.
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September 16, 2005
Erasmus Capital, a Brussels-based start-up, is considering launching a long/short European equity fund.
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September 16, 2005
New York-based MCM Associates' Mission Partners fund was up 1.3% last month partly on the back of a short position in American Italian Pasta Company.
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September 16, 2005
San Francisco-based Lion Capital Management Group has taken the first step in rolling out a range of new hedge fund strategies as part of its Lion Select fund.
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September 16, 2005
Campbell & Company's funds had a rough time of it last month, turning in some of their worst performances in recent memory.
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September 16, 2005
London- and Dublin-based alternative investment firm Cardinal Asset Management's plans to develop a range of funds of funds now look uncertain.
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September 16, 2005
London-based Galena Asset Management, with $150 million under management, has hired Duncan Letchford from HSBC as a trader on its long/short leveraged metals fund.
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September 16, 2005
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September 16, 2005
Concordia Advisors, the $2 billion London-based hedge fund firm, has hired Michael Warrender away from fund of funds giant Atlas Capital, where he was responsible for institutional sales and marketing until July.
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September 16, 2005
Third Wave Global Investors, a Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund, has hired Jie Ding as a senior quantitative analyst.
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September 16, 2005
As part of its corporate restructuring efforts, Credit Suisse First Boston is integrating its two alternative asset management groups.
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September 16, 2005
European hedge fund regulation should be the responsibility of individual EU member regulators, rather than of the European Commission, said Charlie McCreevy, commissioner for internal market and services.
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September 16, 2005
London-based hedge fund firm Otus Capital Management has closed its small-cap long/short European fund to new investors.
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September 16, 2005
Chatri Trisiripsal, managing director on the industrials team at Maverick Capital, has left to start his own fund.
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September 16, 2005
Mellon Global Alternative Investments has increased exposure to convertible arbitrage managers in its Mellon Sanctuary and Mellon Sanctuary 2 funds of hedge funds.
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September 16, 2005
Mont Pelerin Capital, the Newport Beach, Calif., firm started by Chuck Martin, was up 7.9% in July, due in part to its investment in the Russian cellular telephone company Mobile Telesis.
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September 16, 2005
Hilton Asset Management, a New York-based firm, has launched its second fund, the Kenmore Fund, which has a market-neutral, long equity strategy.
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September 16, 2005
The NASD is prepping guidance for member firms on affiliations with hedge funds. Stephen Luparello, NASD executive v.p. of market regulation, told a Practising Law Institute conference last week that the guidance is based on a sweep the NASD did in 2004 of broker/dealer-hedge fund relationships.
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September 16, 2005
Pequot Capital Management, the $6.5 billion hedge fund giant run by well-known manager Art Samberg, has hired Holly Goodrich from Guggenheim Partners as a marketer.
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September 16, 2005
New York-based Phoenix Investment Adviser has hired an analyst as part of its move to ramp up assets.
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September 16, 2005
Platinum Capital Management, the $450 million London-based hedge fund firm, will launch a fund of funds on Oct. 1 offering investors access to large, closed hedge funds.
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September 16, 2005
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September 16, 2005
RAB Capital, the London-based hedge fund giant, is planning to launch a fund focused on new technologies, with a probable launch date of Dec. 1.
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September 16, 2005
Sagamore Hill Capital Management purchased United Airlines enhanced equipment trust certificates (EETCs), which are collateralized with Boeing and Airbus aircraft in the carrier's fleet.
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September 16, 2005
Denali Advisors is making an effort to increase assets for its market-neutral fund.
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September 16, 2005
The Securities and Exchange Commission has chosen to approach hedge fund inspections with targeted sweeps
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September 16, 2005
Small and emerging manager hedge funds, snubbed by large prime brokers, are finding a cottage industry of boutique prime brokerages that have cropped up to serve them.
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September 16, 2005
Third Wave Global Investors, a Greenwich, Conn.-based firm, saw its global macro fund return 0.82% in July.
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September 16, 2005
Babcock & Brown has linked up with Australian property company General Property Trust to launch an AUD4 billion diversified fund investing in Australian, Asian, US and European real estate assets.
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September 16, 2005
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September 16, 2005
Cardiff County Council, which oversees £650 million of assets for the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Pension Fund, has rejected the idea of investing in hedge funds.
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September 16, 2005
The Dumbarton Group's European Wine Investment Fund has filled out its executive roster.