Monthly Archives: June 2006
Entry Of Hedge Funds Into Private Equity Poses Multiple Challenges To Managers, Vendors, SEC, Investors
NEW YORK, June 12, 2006 – “Hybrid hedge funds that are initiating positions in private equity investments face many challenges,†said Michael Tannenbaum, Founding Partner at Tannenbaum,Helpern, Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, speaking to a group of reporters in New York. Besides […]
CMA Global Hedge to seek London listing
LONDON (AFX) – CMA Global Hedge PCC, a specialist worldwide investment company, is to seek a full listing on the London Stock Exchange through a proposed placing of shares with an aggregate value of 500 mln usd. CMA Global Hedge […]
Hedge Funds Star in a Picture We’ve Seen Before
We’ve been down this road before. That’s the strong sensation that comes over me just about every time I happen upon some report on the growth and evolution of hedge funds. Don’t get me wrong — these partnerships designed primarily […]
In The Pipeline: ‘Activist’ hedge funds challenge a booming Eugene company
The Register-Guard – PW Eagle Inc. has been flying high for the past couple of years. The PVC pipe manufacturer, which is headquartered in Eugene and has a plant in Glenwood, built itself into one of the country’s largest PVC […]
Photo-Me suitor is US hedge fund – report –
Forbes – Photo-Me International PLC, the photo booths operator, is talking to secretive US hedge fund Och-Ziff about a bid, according to the Sunday Times. The paper cited people close to the situation as saying private equity firms Bain Capital […]
Hedge funds building stake in Ahold with plans to break it up – report
Forbes – Activist hedge fund Centaurus has been secretly building a strategic stake in Royal Ahold NV, as part of plans to break up the Dutch food services group, reported The Business citing sources familiar with the situation. The report […]
Hedge funds deliver status but not a whole lot more
San Francisco Gate – It might be the “dream job” that comes with unforeseen nightmares, or the fabulous vacation spot that leaves some visitors surprisingly nonplussed, or the big lifetimecelebration — like a wedding — that is remembered more for […]
Blackstone opens HK office for fund of hedge funds
Reuters -The Blackstone Group [BG.UL] has opened an office in Hong Kong to provide marketing and support for its fund of hedge funds division, a spokesman for the New-York based investment firm saidon Friday. The business, known as Blackstone Alternative […]
Cost concerns boost multi-strategy hedge funds
LONDON (Reuters) – Multi-strategy hedge funds are growing in popularity with investors who previously chose funds of hedge funds as they cost less and can quickly move assets to markets with the most potential, hedge fund managers say. Multi-strategy hedge […]
Eurotunnel chief open to new plans
Eurotunnel’s executive chairman has signalled a new openness to alternatives to the restructuring plan announced last week. Jacques Gounon yesterday said he was open to improvements to the plan and intended to talk to bankers drawing up two separate proposals. […]
OSC sets hearing over Sears complaints
Globe and Mail – The Ontario Securities Commission has called a hearing into the U.S.-based Sears Holdings Corp.’s complaint that three dissident shareholders of its Canadian division worked in concert to try to thwart the parent company’s takeover bid. The […]
Moneyization Part Twenty-five
Last Monday we watched rain, perhaps even some hail, fall on Wall Street’s parade. For two decades the Street had relied on a friend at the Federal Reserve to keep the rain off them. The 20-year era of ever descending […]