Monthly Archives: January 2012
Hedgies braving battered markets to go it alone
Reuters – Several high-profile hedge fund managers are preparing to strike out on their own this year, supported by strong followings and unfazed by a year of poor industry performance that has shaken investor confidence in the $2 trillion sector. […]
Hedge fund in multimillion dollar settlement over Dell ‘insider trading’
ComputerWorld – Diamondback Capital Management, a large US hedge fund managing billions of dollars of assets, has settled a groundbreaking FBI case around the alleged $62 million (£40 million) insider trading of Dell and Nvidia stock. The hedge fund will […]
Can Hedge Fund Managers Master Market Volatility?
Advanced Trading – Since the Arab Spring turned into the Euro Summer, the capital markets have been on a roller coaster ride that has Wall Street veterans scratching their heads, investors heading for safer ground and risk-loving hedge fund managers […]
No, Hedge Funds Can’t Foreclose On The Acropolis
NPR – Greece is broke. But there’s no blueprint for a country to declare bankruptcy, so Greece’s creditors are sort of making things up as they go along. “You’re taking some sort of loss,” Hans Humes, of Greylock Capital Management […]
Northern Trust Offers New Fund of Hedge Funds Reporting Platform
Press Release – Northern Trust has enhanced its offering to Fund of Hedge Funds (FoHF) clients with a new reporting platform which provides clients with better, more flexible access to key data elements. This, the latest in a series of enhancements, […]
Hedge funds prepare legal battle with Greece
Reuters – Hedge funds are combing through the small print of Greece’s planned rescue deal with private creditors, readying a wave of potential litigation to squeeze a better payout from the country. Most bondholders face an uphill battle in wringing […]
Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index Performance in 2011
NEW YORK, Jan. 25, 2012 — The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index team today released its 2011 Hedge Fund Market Review. The report examines the drivers of hedge fund performance and asset growth in 2011. Some key conclusions […]
Hedge fund Greenlight fined for market abuse
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hedge fund Greenlight Capital and its high-profile owner David Einhorn were fined 7.2 million pounds by Britain’s financial regulator, after the manager used inside information to sell shares in a UK pub company before a […]
Hedge Funds Scramble to Unload Greek Debt
So much for that big fat Greek payday. Hedge funds that in the last month or so have purchased an estimated 4 billion euros ($5.2 billion) of beaten down Greek bonds that mature on March 20 are now trying to […]
HedgeHarbor study shows interest in Emerging Hedge Funds spiked in 2011
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedgeharbor Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Asset Alliance Corporation that specializes in investment placement services to institutional investors and high net worth individuals, has recently completed their Annual Global Investor Survey. Survey questions address such […]
Billionaire Hedge Funds Snub 90% Returns: Argentina Credit
SF Chronicle – Billionaire investors Kenneth Dart and Paul Singer rejected Argentina’s defaulted debt restructuring in 2005. Since then the securities have beaten returns on emerging-market bonds, global stocks and oil. While Dart’s EM Ltd. and NML Capital, a unit […]
Chasing the Mirage of Hedge Fund Returns
Forbes – Hedge funds had another rocky year in 2011, down 6.4%, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse All Hedge Index. And yet industry assets under management have climbed back to $2 trillion, having reached $2.1 trillion in […]