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Survey reports 21% Hedge Fund Asset Growth

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hennessee Group’s 12th annual hedge fund manager survey reported that hedge fund assets grew 21% from $1.009 trillion as of June 30, 2005, to $1.2 trillion by Oct. 31. “Hedge funds are evolving in a manner […]

AIMA Takes a Yearly Look at Hedge Funds

London 8th December 2006, AIMA, the global trade association for hedge funds assesses the highs and lows of 2006 and looks forward to 2007. With 2007 nearly upon us, AIMA highlights the events of 2006 and considers what next year […]

Hedge Fund Breaks Asset Record

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – MW Tops, an Amsterdam hedge fund, has outperformed in a variety of market conditions, breaking the world record for a listed hedge fund float after successfully raising €1.5 billion. Capital was first allocated to the Tops strategy […]

UPDATE 1-Citadel sells $500 mln in hedge fund first

Reuters – Citadel Investment Group LLC, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, sold $500 million of debt on Thursday, drawing about double that amount of orders for the first corporate bond sale bya hedge fund, market sources said. The […]

Your new bankers: hedge funds

CNN Money – Growing companies could be tapping into a new source of capital in 2007: Hedge funds are getting into the private-equity business. And although some are investing in large venture capitalor similar institutional funds, other managers are hitting […]

Investing: Bank rules may limit hedge funds in Japan

Herald Tribune – Bank rules may limit hedge funds in Japan The adoption by Japan of tighter capital requirements next year may force the biggest banks to trim investment in hedge funds, and smaller institutions to abandon that class of […]

The Hedge Fund Hearings

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – The Senate Judiciary Committee conducted re-investigation hearings Dec. 5 on the hedge fund industry, looking into the handling of hedge fund giant Pequot Capital. The Committee hearing focused on the regulation and enforcement issue. It is trying to […]

$4 Billion Hedge Fund Rewrites Contract

HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Deephaven Capital Management, a $4 billion hedge fund is close to making a multimillion-dollar contract with Knight Capital Group. Knight bought the hedge fund more than three years ago and Deephaven is listed on the companys website […]

Sumitomo Life, Zenrosai to Increase Investment in Hedge Funds

Bloomberg – Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., Japan’s fourth-largest life insurer, plans to increase investments in hedge funds to beat returns on domestic bonds, said Nobuki Yasuda, a manager ofalternative assets at the company. “Returns from hedge funds at around 5 […]

Senator: ‘Possible cover-up’ in hedge fund case

CNN Money – Two senior lawmakers Tuesday questioned how market regulators handled an insider trading probe involving hedge fund Pequot Capital and John Mack, CEO of Wall Street investment houseMorgan Stanley. Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate […]

North Sound hedge fund assets fall to $1.4 billion

Marketwatch – North Sound’s total assets will likely fall to $1.4 billion in January, McAuley estimated in the letter. He didn’t say what North Sound’s assets were previously, but Institutional Investor reported in 2005 that the Greenwich, Conn.-based firm’s assets […]

Lamson & Sessions faces hedge fund pressure

Reuters – Lamson & Sessions Co. is facing pressure from hedge fund Ramius Capital Group, which wants the manufactured plastics goods maker to sell one of three divisions, according to aregulatory filing on Tuesday. Ramius, a $7.4 billion fund group […]