Monthly Archives: April 2009
Chrysler lenders offer to swap $2.5B for equity
Daily Times – Banks and hedge funds that hold $6.9 billion in Chrysler LLC debt have proposed forgiving $2.5 billion of it in exchange for about a 40 percent stake a Chrysler-Fiat alliance, according to two people briefed on the […]
Hedge fund ups stake in main Eircom shareholder
Independent – A New York-based hedge fund, run by former Goldman Sachs executives and family members of the Ziff Davis publishing dynasty, has become the biggest shareholder in Babcock & Brown Capital (BCM), Eircom’s main shareholder. Och-Ziff Capital Management now […]
Investors continue to withdraw from hedge funds in Q1
English Eastday – Investors continued to withdraw capital from hedge funds in the first quarter of 2009, redeeming nearly 103 billion U.S. dollars, according to data released on Tuesday. The redemption figure, about 7.3 percent of overall hedge fund assets, […]
Into the fire – MM Capital launched fund into the financial crisis and returned +35.58% in 2008 raising assets to $50m
Opalesque – Launching in July 2007 with internal funds and the strength of a single seed donor New York-based MM Capital waded directly into the oncoming financial crisis with $6m in assets under management. In the midst of historic industry […]
Schemes increasing allocations to non-traditional assets
Professional Pensions – European schemes are increasing their allocation to non-traditional asset classes in a bid to manage their risks more effectively, Mercer says. The consultant’s European Asset Allocation Survey – which polled around 1000 schemes from 11 countries – […]
Fossella’s next act unfolding at Manhattan financial firm
SILive.com – The "next chapter" of former GOP Rep. Vito Fossella’s life is unfolding at a financial firm in Midtown Manhattan that offers hedge fund-style investments to ordinary Joes, the Advance has learned. The company is run by a high-flying, […]
Cayman Island Hedge Funds Webinar
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Cayman Island law firm Solomon Harris is today hosting its inaugural Webinar on the highly topical subject of ‘Managing Distressed Cayman Funds and lessons learned for new funds’. "This fits in perfectly with our firm’s […]
Bankruptcy judge approves Magna Entertainment financing
CJBK – A bankruptcy judge on Monday agreed to grant final approval of a modified financing plan for horse-track owner Magna Entertainment Corp. (TSX:MEC.A). Ontario-based Magna Entertainment is the largest horse track owner in the United States. Its holdings include […]
Algebris fund sells Generali stake-report
Interactive Investor – Activist hedge fund Algebris has sold its stake in Italian insurer Assicurazione Generali SpA , a newspaper said on Tuesday, but a financial source said Algebris would attend the shareholder meeting this week. Algebris head Davide Serra […]
Japan pension funds cut domestic stock holdings
Reuters – Japanese corporate pension funds have been cutting their domestic stock holdings and buying more domestic bonds to avoid risky bets amid financial turmoil, a JP Morgan Asset Management survey showed on Tuesday. Pension funds on average lost about […]
Hedge Fund’s Book May Have Fallen 75%, FRM’s Tomlinson Says
Bloomberg – Assets owned by hedge funds including borrowings may have fallen by 75 percent to a decade- low, with less competition paving the way for better returns, said Blaine Tomlinson, chairman of Financial Risk Management Ltd. The total book […]
Unions say they lost $1B
Albany Times Union – A group of upstate unions claims it lost nearly $1 billion in pension and other benefit funds after an investment manager placed the money with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Now, the unions have filed a […]