Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Ruling: Hedge Funds Receive Their Rightful Seats on Board
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund TCI has won two more seats on the board of railroad operator CSX, in what looks to be the finale of a year-long proxy battle. A U.S. Court of Appeals judge ruled yesterday in […]
Harbinger says it’s not dumping Times, Media General
Reuters – Hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners said it is not pulling out of high-profile investments like The New York Times Co. and Media General Inc., seeking to quell market rumors after their share prices dropped sharply on Monday. Philip […]
AIG Seeks Investors, Deals With Harsh Ratings Cuts
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – In an effort to stave off bailout rumors, the Federal Reserve is urging American International Group Inc. to find private investors and warns that they should not expect a loan from the central bank. However, talks […]
Stanley Fink plots comeback with Lord Levy in hedge fund venture
Daily Telegraph – Stanley Fink, the former boss of Man Group, who became one of the City’s best-known financiers, is teaming up with Lord "Cashpoint" Levy to make a spectacular comeback to the hedge fund industry he quit last year. […]
Hedge Funds Raise Cash To Repay, Not Reinvest
Seeking Alpha – Some analysts say a big-picture trend presently unfolding involves hedge funds and other players unwinding bets on commodities/foreign currencies and plowing the proceeds into U.S. financial and other stocks. They are doing this for valuation reasons and […]
Hedge Fund Rebukes Republic Services
Wall Street Journal – Hedge fund Elliott Associates LP made public a letter to Republic Services Inc. in which it said the company’s board wasn’t doing its duty by fully considering the raised $6.73 billion takeover bid from Waste Management […]
WhiteRock Says Markets May Be Rollercoastering but Recruitment is Accelerating
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Recruiters at WhiteRock Group are seeing increased opportunity for job-seekers and hiring firms. The meltdown in sub-prime mortgages, and the ensuing credit crunch, has led to uncertainty and turmoil throughout financial markets worldwide, says WhiteRock, […]
Lehman Goes Banktrupt in High Profile Casualty Case
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Lehman Brothers, Wall Street’s fourth biggest investment bank has filed for bankruptcy, making it the largest and highest-profile casualty of the global credit crisis, with approximately $639 billion in assets. The bank said the Chapter […]
Hedge Funds Perform Well
Cayman Net News – Despite the ongoing housing crisis in the US, the credit crunch, and the general slowing of the American economy the number of hedge fund terminations in the most recent financial year has been only slightly higher […]
Hedge funds force Orient Express to hold meeting
Business Standard – Tatas’ voting powers in Bermuda-based hotel firm to rise if shareholders approve reclassification of shares. The Tata group-controlled Indian Hotels Company’s voting power in Orient Express Hotels (OEH) will increase if the shareholders vote for annulling the […]
Hedge funds are losing their secretive status
Times Online – People who run hedge funds hate the way the press describe them as “secretive”. A quick Google of “hedge funds” shows what a cliche it has become. Hedge funds are “notoriously secretive” and “super-secretive”; they live in […]