Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Hedge fund may have Finish Line under foot
Indianapolis Star – Clinton Group, a New York hedge fund, seems to be following a pretty specific game plan when it comes to investing in The Finish Line. It’s a strategy that investors should watch closely. Hedge funds, lightly regulated […]
Controversial Hedge Fund Investment Loss Grows to $105 Million
San Diego Business Journal – Now facing a loss of $105 million invested in a failed hedge fund, San Diego County’s pension board is mulling whether to continue similar investing strategies, as wellas litigation against Connecticut-based Amaranth Advisors LLC. Brian […]
Business Insight: Managers, strategies important with hedge funds
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Citadel, Hedge Funds Bet $3 Billion on Gas After Amaranth Falls
Bloomberg – Citadel Investment Group LLC, the $12 billion hedge fund manager, T. Boone Pickens and the Merchant Commodity fund expect natural gas to rebound from a historic losing streak. Hedge funds amassed a $3 billion wager on rising prices […]
RMF Team creates Four Fund of Funds
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – A new hedge fund run by former RMF-Man Investment analysts is being set up and named after its Swiss latitude, 47 Degrees North Capital Management in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, the hedge fund also plans on offices in […]
YouTube Sale Boosts Hedge Fund Stock
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – When Google made its biggest deal ever in buying YouTube for $1.65bn, it boosted hedge fund Sequoia Capital’s performance again with about $495 million in Google stock.Sequoia has also invested in Apple Computer, Cisco, eBay and […]
Hedge Funds accused of Securities Violation
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund managers Michael A. Roth and Brian J. Stark have had a complaint lodged aganst them by Multi Fineline Electronix (M-Flex) with the United States District Court. The complaint alleges that the Stark hedge fund […]
Hedge funds seen posing risk to mkts, tighter regulations needed
Forbes – Hedge funds present a risk to the financial markets and tighter regulations are needed, a majority of private economists said in a new survey conducted by the onlineedition of the Wall Street Journal. In a survey conducted during […]
Regulators play catch-up over access to data
MSN MoneyCentral – This autumn in London, a striking new trend is afoot in the hedge fund world: increasing numbers of funds are talking to lawyers before placing trades in the credit markets. Some funds are apparently so nervous about […]
Hedge-Fund Interest in Turnarounds Rises
MSN MoneyCentral – A new survey indicates a marked increase in hedge-fund and private-equity involvement in corporate turnarounds, but a pronounced decline in both in-court and out-of-courtrestructuring work for turnaround professionals. More than 200 turnaround, financial-advisory and consulting firms that […]
Morgan Stanley to buy 20 pct of hedge fund
Reuters – Avenue Capital Group, a hedge fund specializing in distressed debt, is in advanced talks to sell around 20 percent of itself to the asset-management arm of investment bank Morgan Stanley,the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The deal […]
Hedge funds say to wait for Ahold assets review
Reuters – Hedge funds Centaurus Capital and Paulson said on Thursday they would not take any action in pursuit of a breakup of Dutch retailer Ahold until they had seen results from a planned assetsreview. The funds, which together own […]