Monthly Archives: June 2008
Hedge Funds May Be Forced to Sell Bonds, Debt Assets, ECB Says
Bloomberg- Hedge funds may be forced to sell bonds and asset-backed debt amid tighter lending standards and poor returns, the European Central Bank said in its six-monthly Financial Stability Review. Volatile financial markets, investor redemptions and difficulties meeting margin calls […]
CSX and Hedge Funds Warm Up Before Proxy Battle
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – CSX and dissident shareholders sounded off yesterday, as they shared their cases to an advisory firm and outlined their differing plans for the railroad operator’s future. With a proxy fight in the future, TCI and 3G […]
Buffett bets on the S&P 500 to beat a fund-of-hedge-funds
Los Angeles Times – The hedge fund industry can only exist because investors believe their fund managers will deliver above-average returns over time, despite the portfolios’ hefty fees. Master investor Warren Buffett, who has long derided those fees, now has […]
Hedge fund managers shy away from signing compliance code
The Independent – Hedge funds have given a voluntary code for the industry a collective thumbs-down – not a single firm has signed up to the compliance standards since they were launched in January. Nearly five months ago the Hedge […]
Hedge fund assets jump to $2,900bn
Financial Times – Hedge funds have more than $2,900bn under management, according to a survey of valuers of their assets, sharply up on last year in spite of the credit crunch and a series of high-profile problems in the industry. […]
Abu Dhabi fund shifts from hedge to index-report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which bought into Citigroup will slash its hedge fund investments and increase holdings in index funds, according to a report. ADIA increasingly favours passive investments such […]
Pakistan fund eyes growth despite violence
LONDON (Reuters) – Political uncertainty, occasional bomb blasts and border militant insurgency do not stop Pakistan being a good investment destination, one of the first funds to target the country says, comparing the economy to a smaller India. The Melchior […]
CESR refrains from imposing controls on hedge funds for now
Thomson Financial- The committee of European securities’ regulators (CESR) will refrain for now from imposing law-like controls on hedge funds after 13 big European funds have presented a voluntary codex of behaviour, president Eddy Wymeersch told Financial Times Deutschland. ‘From […]
Toscafund ups Aberdeen stake
Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Toscafund has raised its stake in Aberdeen Asset Management by around another 50 million pounds to more than 25 percent, continuing its rapid stake-building of recent months. Toscafund, which is run by Martin Hughes, increased […]