Monthly Archives: June 2009

Appleby closes in on Dickinson Cruickshank merger

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

The Lawyer – Offshore giant Appleby is to merge with Isle of Man firm Dickinson Cruickshank to create the world’s largest offshore firm in terms of partner numbers. The combined firm will have 73 partners and nine offices worldwide, including […]

Hedge fund body taps heavyweight lobbyist

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Wealth Bulletin – The Managed Funds Association, a leading trade group for the hedge fund sector, has recruited Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the heavyweight K Street lobbying firm, to press its interests on Capitol Hill, a document filed this week […]

G8 Endorses Lecce Framework

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – G8 Finance Ministers announced their endorsement of a global regulatory framework for financial institutions worldwide, "We agreed to create a coherent framework which builds on work done by the IMF, World Bank, OECD, FSB, FATF, […]

Hedge funds buy up German TV firm’s debt

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Independent – Hedge funds Apollo and Octavian have been quietly building up a position in ProSieben, one of Europe’s biggest commercial broadcasters. The move could lead to a showdown with private equity owners Permira, the Damon Buffini-run giant, and Kohlberg […]

Asia Hedge Funds on ‘Radar’ After Beating Peers, Citigroup Says

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Asian hedge funds are attracting growing interest from investors as managers focusing on the region outperform global peers, said Andrew Hill, director of prime finance for Asia-Pacific markets at Citigroup Inc. “There are pockets of proprietary money looking […]

Carlyle Group Sets Sights On Battered Banks

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Free Internet Press – With the leveraged-buyout business on life support, major private-equity firms such as the Carlyle Group are taking a closer look at the battered banking sector as a way to make money for their clients. Last September, […]

Confluence Whitepaper Outlines Hedge Fund Reporting and Control Challenges

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Financial administration automation specialist, Confluence, released a new whitepaper for hedge fund administration executives, entitled "Hedge Fund Reporting: The Change Imperative". "Mandates from investors, regulators, and auditors are driving significant change in hedge fund back […]

Barclays and BlackRock: Passive-Aggressive

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Barrons – A big question surrounding BlackRock’s $13.5 billion purchase of Barclays Global Investors, including its iShares exchange-traded-funds business, is how effectively a passive management group can work with an active one. The combined firm will have more than 9,000 […]

Obama readies stricter rules on financial institutions

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Detroit News – President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America’s troubled financial institutions, proposing the most ambitious revision since the Great Depression. The goal is to prevent a […]

Could hedge funds be the Holy Grail for weary investors?

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Herald Tribune – Investors are always searching for the "Holy Grail" of investing; that is, investments with high returns, low risk and little correlation to the returns of the broad stock and bond markets. Some investors believe that they have […]

Hope for hedge funds

June 14, 2009 : Permalink

Stuff – Hedge funds meeting for their annual get-together in Monaco this week are hoping recovering profits will help placate clients, after the industry was heavily culled and suffered its worst year on record. An exodus of investors followed a […]

Hedge Fund BlackRock Buys Barclays, $2.8 Billion In Commitments From Investors

June 12, 2009 : Permalink

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – BlackRock, Inc. announced the purchase agreement to acquire Barclays Global Investors, including its market-leading ETF platform, iShares, from Barclays PLC. “We are incredibly excited about the potential to significantly expand the scale and scope of […]