Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Coal price surge coincides with hedge funds
Financial Times- Coal prices have doubled over the past year to record levels and could spike even higher as a power crisis in China combines with supply problems in leading exporting countries to tighten the market further. The surge in […]
American firms covet TransAlta
TheChronicleHerald.ca- Two U.S. private equity firms are offering about $7.8 billion — or $39 a share in cash — for Alberta-based utility TransAlta Corp., which had been under pressure by a major investor to boost its stock price. LS Power […]
Amidst Rumors About Jobs Health Problems, Apple Shares Drop
eFluxMedia- Quoting an unnamed Wall Street source, the New York Post said that Apple’s hedge fund investors are very worried after Steve Jobs appearance at MacWorld 2008. In June, Apple downplayed the rumors rumors and speculations regarding Steve Jobs’ health. […]
Blackstone Risks Hedge Fund Returns as LBO Loans Fade
Bloomberg- When Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest buyout firm, was pursuing the takeover of the Weather Channel cable network earlier this month with General Electric Co. and Bain Capital LLC, Wall Street balked at providing financing. So the New […]
Court supervision for failed funds
Caymen Net News- On Monday, 21 July, lawyers representing PricewaterhouseCoopers filed a formal petition in Grand Court to put the liquidation of several failed hedge funds under court supervision. Chief Justice, Anthony Smellie, granted all of the petitions, which will […]
Trump Jr. To Launch Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Donald Trump Jr. has plans to set up a $1 billion hedge fund that will amass property in India and capitalize on the nation’s economic growth, according to a report published on Bloomberg.com. "The fund will […]
Hedge Fund Halts Takeover Talks, Inmarsat Shares Plunge
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Inmarsat shares took a dive yesterday after hedge fund Harbinger Capital halted talks of a possible takeover. Harbinger has amassed a 28 percent stake in the U.K.-based mobile satellite communications group. Harbinger, who has AUM upwards […]
Assured Guaranty Says Profit Will Surge on Derivatives Gains
Bloomberg- Assured Guaranty Ltd., which owns one of two bond insurers to have retained Aaa credit ratings, said its second-quarter profit would surge by more than 14 times because of gains in credit derivatives. The company, whose second-biggest shareholder is […]
Canada’s Sceptre Hires NY Hedge Fund Manger FGG
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) New York-based Fairfield Greenwich Group ("FGG"), a $16.6 billion global hedge fund and fund of hedge funds management firm has formed a cooperative venture with Sceptre Investment Counsel Limited, one of Canada’s leading independent money management […]
Activist American hedge fund eyes Sky stake in ITV
Times Online- An activist American hedge fund has drawn up detailed plans to buy BSkyB’s 17.9% stake in ITV. Silver Point Capital, an American fund that specialises in distressed assets, has held talks with investment bankers who could assist with […]
Goldman May Take Heat for Bayou Hedge Fund Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Disdained investors of the former Bayou hedge fund, run by one-time fugitive Sam Israel, are going after Goldman Sachs for $20 million to try and recover some of their losses. Goldman Sachs served as the prime […]
Managed Funds Association Says Financial Problems Not Related To Short Selling Rules
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- The Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the Coalition of Private Investment Companies (CPIC) called on SEC Chairman Christopher Cox in a letter to not extend the emergency order on short selling beyond the announced expiration date. […]