Monthly Archives: January 2009
Tate & Lyle hurt by rumours of hedge fund share sale
Financial Times – The London market’s new year bounce continued into a fifth session, but Tate & Lyle missed the trend. Tate lost 8.5 per cent to 386¼p amid speculation that Harbinger, its second-biggest shareholder, might have to sell to […]
Daiwa drops big fund plan after Blackstone talks fail
Reuters – Daiwa Securities Group Inc, Japan’s second-largest brokerage, said that it would drop its plans for a large private equity fund after talks with Blackstone fell through. Daiwa had been in talks with private equity firm Blackstone Group LP […]
Finvest Launches Private Equity Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – After being awarded $2.5 billion in allocation for investment in private equity, hedge fund manager Finvest Asset Management, announced the launch of a private equity initiative. Finvest is also separately dedicating $300 million to a […]
Hedge funds bet on regulations
The Washington Times – Hedge-fund managers say Bernard L. Madoff may succeed where Christopher Cox failed: forcing regulation of their $1.5 trillion industry. Mr. Madoff’s purported bilking of investors by up to $50 billion begins to uncover a part of […]
Hedge Fund Manager Waives Managment Fees
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Renaissance Institutional Futures, a $3 billion futures fund run by hedge fund management company, Renaissance Technologies, has waived all it’s management fees for 2009, even if the fund delivers good results in 2009, according to […]
Chicago hedge fund buys 5.7 percent stake in ADC
Bizjournals.com – Citadel Investment Group, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has spent $33 million to buy a 5.7 percent stake in ADC Telecommunications Inc. The deal makes Citadel the second-largest holder of Eden Prairie-based ADC’s stock and sent the company’s shares […]
Survivors to Benefit from ‘Hedge Fund Industry Life Cycle’
AllAboutAlpha.com – Critics of hedge funds often argue that industry growth has had two negative side-effects: firstly, that less-skilled managers have been attracted to the sector and second, that the number of alpha-generating opportunities has not kept pace with asset […]
Hedge fund tools may see revival in Asia
Inquirer.net – Global asset management firm Bank of New York Mellon sees the Asia-Pacific region leading the revival of hedge fund instruments, such as the so-called structured products, despite the stigma from the financial meltdown that started in the United […]
Fed, ECB prepare to tackle deflation head-on
Reuters – Officials from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank on Sunday vowed to fight the damaging effects of deflation as the global economy suffers a deep and lengthy recession. In just a few months, central bankers’ concerns […]
Obama seeks $310 billion in tax cuts
Reuters – President-elect Barack Obama is seeking as much as $310 billion in tax cuts as part of a massive stimulus plan to counter what senior policymakers warned could be a prolonged period of economic stagnation and deflation. Obama’s plan […]