Monthly Archives: March 2012
Hedge fund star Jean-Francois Tardif comes out of retirement to launch fund
Opalesque – In 2009, Jean-François Tardif retired from Sprott Asset Management as one of the top hedge fund managers in the industry. Since then, he has been living a quieter life in Canada. Now, he is coming out of retirement and […]
UK hedge fund serves notice to govt on Coal India
ZeeNews – British hedge fund The Children’s Investment Fund Management has served a notice to the Indian government for alleged violations of international treaties related to its investments in Coal India. The latest salvo comes close on the heels of […]
Greenwich hedge fund titan buys stake in Maine media firm
Greenwich Times – The manager of a Greenwich hedge fund who is married to a U.S. congresswoman has purchased a 75 percent stake in the financially struggling company that owns The Portland Press Herald and two other daily newspapers in […]
HFMWeek Names Maples Fund Services Best Small and Start-up Administrator
Maples Fund Services, a leading independent global fund services provider and a division of MaplesFS, has been honoured as Best European Administrator for Small and Start-up Firms by HFMWeek. The award comes on the heels of MaplesFS’ launch of its […]
Analysis: Hedge funds register, wait for SEC to visit
Reuters – Hedge fund managers are increasingly nervous about getting a knock on the door from U.S. securities regulators now that a new rule requires them to register as investment advisers and provide lots of data about their inner workings […]
Financial Research Associates’ 4th Annual Mastering Due Diligence for Alternative Investments
Charlotte, North Carolina – Financial Research Associates (FRA) is proud to bring back the highly acclaimed 4th Annual Mastering Due Diligence for Alternative Investments conference to New York City at the Princeton Club of NYC on Tuesday, April 3 and […]
OPERS assigns $170m to hedge funds
HFM Week – The $76bn Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS) has allocated a further $170m in direct hedge funds, as part of its effort to commit around $3bn in fresh capital to the space by the end of 2012, […]
State poised to directly invest billions in hedge funds
Boston Business Journal – In an effort to avoid millions in management fees, the state pension board plans to invest more directly in hedge funds, rather than through aggregators of hedge funds. The Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management Board is poised to […]
Hedge funds take profits after bumper Q1
Reuters – Hedge funds are cashing in some of their chips after enjoying a bumper first quarter, wary that a sudden change in market sentiment could see them take the sort of losses suffered in last year’s volatile markets. Hedge […]
New Evidence Reveals Goldman Sachs Engaged in Secret Re-Titling Into Goldman’s Name Alone of Over 20 Million Shares Owned by Marvell Founders
PRNewswire – The founders of Marvell Technology Group, Dr. Sehat Sutardja and Ms. Weili Dai, are preparing to amend their claim filed with the San Francisco office of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) against Goldman Sachs GS -0.18% and […]
Top City lawyer Christopher Grierson faces jail over £1.3m travel expenses fraud
Telegraph – Grierson’s clients have been involved in some of the most high profile cases in London and abroad – including Martin Coward, the estranged husband of hedge fund owner Elena Ambrosiadou. Grierson also worked on one of the most […]