Monthly Archives: June 2009
Hedge Fund Provider Appoints Risk Specialist as Senior Advisor
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Risk management expert, Dr. Stuart Turnbull, has been appointed as senior advisor to independent hedge fund technology provider GlobeOp’s Risk Services. "Risk measurement, analytics and reporting are increasingly important to hedge funds and investors alike," […]
Northern Trust Named Fund of Hedge Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Financial technology vendor youDevise Limited congratulated its client Northern Trust upon being awarded the Fund of Hedge Funds Administrator of the Year award at the inaugural HFMWeek Service Provider Awards, held recently in London. Northern […]
Reluctant hedge fund mergers
Stuff – The beleaguered hedge fund industry is rife with talk of consolidation, as dwindling asset bases eat into firms’ profits, with the key barriers likely to be hedge fund managers’ egos and poor rewards for sellers. Man Group and […]
Canyon, Citadel Ride Convertibles Resurgence to Recoup Losses
Bloomberg – Convertible bonds that punished hedge funds in 2008 are driving returns at Canyon Partners and Citadel Investment Group LLC and helping companies from JetBlue Airways Corp. to Alliance Data Systems Corp. raise capital. Canyon, the $14.4 billion investment […]
Brevan Howard Said to Spin Off Teams to Manage Two New Funds
Bloomberg – Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, Europe’s largest hedge-fund manager, spun off groups of credit and currency traders to manage two new funds, people familiar with the situation said. Luke Ding, who trades foreign exchange for the flagship Brevan […]
Citadel in Rescue Talks With E-Trade, Report Says
New York Times Blogs – E*Trade Financial is in talks with Citadel Investment Group, the hedge fund that is its largest shareholder, about a deal to shore up the struggling brokerage firm’s balance sheet, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing […]
Hedge Fund Paulson & Co Buys $100 Million CB Richard Ellis Stock
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Real estate services company, CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. has reached an agreement to sell in a direct placement 13,440,860 shares of its Class A common stock for gross proceeds of approximately $100.0 million, to […]
Lord Rothschild dumps his son’s hedge fund Atticus
Telegraph.co.uk – RIT Capital Partners, Lord Rothschild’s investment vehicle, had £36.5m ($58.3m) allocated to Atticus at the end of March 2008, but the company’s latest annual report shows the money has been entirely withdrawn. The trust had invested in Atticus […]
When hedge funds lose their mojo
Alibaba News Channel – We’re not quite there yet, but hedge fund managers may soon need to start giving away toasters — or perhaps plasma TVs — to woo new investors. Forcing the funds to eat a little humble pie […]