Monthly Archives: March 2009
FACTBOX-G20 proposals on hedge funds, pay, ratings agencies
Forbes – EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday and Friday will discuss action on the financial crisis, with concern expressed that some eastern European countries may need more help. Earlier this month G20 finance ministers laid out a broad […]
The Mad Hedge Fund Trader
Seekingalpha.com – The Mad Hedge Fund Trader graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in Biochemistry and a minor in Mathematics in 1974. He moved to Tokyo, Japan to join Dai Nana Securities as a […]
Bennelong SGI to Start Hedge Fund to Invest in Global Equities
Bloomberg – Bennelong Funds Management, an Australian fund manager with A$400 million ($271 million), will start a second hedge fund to ride through the financial crisis as it seeks to more than double funds under management. Melbourne-based Bennelong wants to […]
Inside the world’s biggest hedge funds
Fortune Magazine – Is the current downturn merely a severe slump, or are we facing a second coming of the Great Depression? That’s the question everyone is asking these days. But Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates and manager of what […]
Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel got $200 mil. of AIG
Chicago Sun Times – Chicago-based hedge fund Citadel Investment Group turned up on American International Group Inc.’s list of firms it paid using proceeds from the federal government. AIG, which has received $173 billion in aid from Washington, disclosed recipients […]
AIMA Statment On The Turner Review
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – “We welcome the publication of the Turner Review, which is an impressive and comprehensive piece of work." Andrew Baker, Chief Executive of The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), said, "It is about the banking system’s […]
Hedge funds shakeout could be over by June
Reuters – A shakeout of the hedge funds industry could be over by June 2009, with nearly half of firms likely to shut up shop, a leading hedge fund manager said. "The hedge fund bubble has popped and, unfortunately when […]
Tough times bring fund sector consolidation
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – A wave of mergers and acquisitions could sweep the fund management industry this year as players come under pressure from the market turmoil, said speakers at the Reuters Funds Summit. One leading hedge fund manager added that […]
UK financial services regulator proposes shakeup
LONDON (AP) – Britain’s financial services watchdog proposed sweeping changes to global banking regulations on Wednesday, including a crackdown on the "shadow banking" activities of institutions like hedge funds. The government-commissioned banking services report recommends new rules on a wide […]
Fund at Covenant Capital rebounds as market sags
Charlotte Business Journal – In early 2008, Jim Morgan and his partners at Covenant Capital sent a gloomy letter to their investors. After a couple of disappointing years, the letter said, the hedge-fund firm was preparing to close. It told […]
Boutiques, hedge funds lure cream of global banking –
Reuters – Boutique investment firms and top hedge funds are slowly lapping up the cream of global banking talent as the financial crisis forces banks to cut staff and limit the pay of their top risk-takers. From Singapore to New […]