Monthly Archives: January 2007
Man Investments Supports Hedge Fund World Middle East Awards
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Man Investments is supporting this year’s Hedge Funds World Middle East Awards. Man said, “We believe that they will play a critical role in identifying the future stars of the region’s hedge fund industry.” Awards will […]
Credit Suisse/Tremont Research Shows Positive Emerging Markets Trends in Hedge Fund Industry
Credit Suisse/Tremont today released its latest industry commentary, Emerging Markets Trends in the Hedge Fund Industry, and revealed positive news for hedge funds that invest in emerging markets. The new research compares the changing environment of the emerging markets sector […]
Predictions for Hedge Funds in the New Year
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – “A hedge-fund manager will buy Aston Martin.” That’s the forecast according to Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn. Pretty bold, but you never know, healso says that “farming will become a great way (for hedge funds) to get […]
Man Investments, Terrapinn announce Hedge Fund World Awards
Maktoob Business – Man Investments, a leading provider of hedge fund products, and business media group Terrapinn today announced the launch of the Hedge Fund World Awards which recognises and honours excellence in the Middle East hedge fund industry. The […]
Hedge Funds Win Refco Case
CattleNetwork.com – A group of hedge funds that fought to boost payments to stockholders in Refco Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings won the right to collect more than $1.2 million in legal fees andexpenses from the former commodity brokerage, marking a final […]
Harbinger hedge fund to run board slate at Ryerson
Reuters – Harbinger Capital Partners, a $5 billion hedge fund group, said on Tuesday it plans a proxy campaign to elect seven new directors on the board of Ryerson Inc., a metals processing companythat it says is underperforming rivals. New […]
Hedge Fund Trades Picks the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Most Profitable Trades of 2006
MSN MoneyCentral – Hedge Fund Trades, the premier weekly newsletter covering the trading activity of hedge funds, has come out in today’s issue with a list of seven top trades of 2006, whichcollectively racked up profits of $2.3 billion. All […]
Activist Hedge Fund calls for sale Of Sunpower
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Activist hedge fund Chapman Capital LLC announced that it has notified the Board of Directors of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation of its recommendation that Cypress reorganize via a split-off and subsequent going-private LBO transaction. A letter from […]
Winners and Losers in Closed World of Hedge Funds
Black Enterprise – Hedge fund managers, let us toast the triumphs and travails of your secretive world as the year draws to a close. Already I can hear some of you yelping. You hate being calledsecretive. You insist that it […]
An emerging hub for the hedge fund services market
HedgeWeek – As hedge funds have become a growth area for the North American marketplace, Toronto has emerged as the Canadian hub for the industry, thanks to its stable business environment, supportive regulatory framework and favourable conditions for growth. For […]
Overstock.com lashes out at critics on Web
New York Post – Overstock.com’s war against its critics is taking an ugly new twist, as a Web site aided and supported by its management is leveling sharp charges against two Internet message boardposters. The site, AntiSocialMedia.net, launched bitter attacks […]
Banks Leases to Hedge Funds Are Questioned
New York Times – Inside a Philip Johnson-designed office tower in Boston’s financial district, UBS, the giant Swiss bank, is running a “hedge fund hotel.†Like a few other big investment banks, UBS leases space to ambitious young hedge fund […]