Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Japan’s Pension Fund Eyes Hedge Funds
Reuters- Japan’s largest private-sector pension fund manager, the Pension Fund Association, is starting to invest in hedge funds, another sign that the country’s conservative institutional investors are dipping into riskier assets. Japan’s pension fund industry was slow to start investing […]
BlackRock buying stake in Merrill\’s India fund firm
Hindu Business Line- BlackRock Inc, the largest publicly traded U.S. asset manager, will buy a 40 per cent stake in DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers Ltd, Mr Laurence Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive said in a statement on Friday. BlackRock, […]
Old Lane Hedge Fund liquidates stake in LandAmerica
Reuters- Citigroup’s (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Old Lane Hedge Fund liquidated its stake in insurance company LandAmerica Financial Group (LFG.N: Quote, Profile, Research), according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Old Lane had about a 5.4 percent stake in the […]
Smiles disappearing in hedge fund land
Globe and Mail- You think you’ve got bad timing with your investments? Spare a thought, and maybe a prayer, for hedge fund manager Jim Allan. Back in the rosy hope of summer, which feels like a hundred years ago, Mr. […]
Prominent hedge funds nurse heavy losses in 2008
Reuters- Recent stock market drops hurt some of the world’s most famous hedge fund managers, who have long attracted money with promises that they could sidestep even the worst conditions. Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Alpha Equity fund, Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Fund […]
Market falls hit hedge funds but throw up bargains
LONDON (Reuters)- Hedge funds with geared wrong-way bets in hot areas such as commodities and emerging markets are feeling the squeeze from market falls, but some top managers are using this opportunity to pick up stocks they like on the […]
Fresh blow to banking as rogue trader costs French bank US$7.1-billion
Financial Post- French bank Societe Generale said fraud by a single trader had caused it a 4.9-billion euro (US$7.1-billion) loss and that it would seek emergency funds as a result, shocking battered markets. If fraud is proved, the loss will […]
Managers confront baffling array of hedge funds
Reuters – Worried about tracking error risk in your portfolio? Do you know your performance attribution with your 130-30 fund? Or its dynamic leverage policy? To enhance your alpha generation, are you long beta or gamma? For portfolio managers looking […]
Caxton Hedge Fund Stops Strategic Investments
SAN FRANCISCO — The main hedge fund run by Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates, L.L.C. has stopped making strategic, longer-term investments, according to two people familiar with the situation. The decision shows how the hedge fund industry’s foray into longer-term investing, […]
Prominent hedge funds nurse heavy losses in 2008
Reuters- Recent stock market drops hurt some of the world’s most famous hedge fund managers, who have long attracted money with promises that they could sidestep even the worst conditions. Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Alpha Equity fund, Lee Ainslie’s Maverick Fund […]
Caxton hedge fund stops strategic investments
Marketwatch – The main hedge fund run by Bruce Kovner’s Caxton Associates L.L.C. has stopped making strategic, longer-term investments, according to two people familiar with the situation. The decision shows how the hedge fund industry’s foray into longer-term investing, such […]
OMAM to close Prosper 80 fund of hedge funds
Investment Week- Old Mutual is closing its Prosper 80 fund of hedge funds after assets under management have dwindled. The group said it has also suspended trading on the product due to the separate problem of ‘administrative difficulties experienced in […]