Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Hedge fund Boussard & Gavaudan plans Amsterdam IPO
Reuters – Asset management firm Boussard & Gavaudan plans to list shares of a hedge fund on Euronext Amsterdam to raise cash for equity investments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The fund, Sark Holding Ltd, will go public […]
SAR Systematic Absolute Return AG to launch dedicated Asset Finance Fund
Zurich-based Systematic Absolute Return AG has announced that on September 1 it will launch the SAR Asset Finance Fund, a fund of funds focused on a diverse portfolio of asset-based lending and asset-backed securities funds. The Fund targets an annual net return of […]
How US public funds fuel private equity
MSN MoneyCentral – Alan Van Noord, a Pennsylvania civil servant with a laid-back demeanour, makes an unlikely business partner for some of the world’s most powerful financiers. Yet, sitting in thespartan state offices, he remembers the day he was too […]
Hedge fund Boussard & Gavaudan plans Amsterdam IPO
Reuters – Asset management firm Boussard & Gavaudan plans to list shares of a hedge fund on Euronext Amsterdam to raise cash for equity investments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The fund, Sark Holding Ltd, will go public […]
Hedge funds in no hurry to pull SEC registrations
Reuters – Hedge funds are now beyond the reach of U.S. financial regulators, but they are in no hurry to terminate their registrations because it might worry clients and too many uncertaintiesremain, according to industry experts. In June a federal […]
Hedge fund, OSI part ways
St. Petersburg Times – Pirate Capital LLC has stopped rattling the sabers at OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. by quietly dumping its 5.3 percent stake in the struggling Tampa chain. Thus ends the Norwalk, Conn., hedge fund’s short but stormy feud […]
F&C: Hedge funds have right to criticise bad management
London Stock Exchange – Hedge funds have every right to criticise bad management in companies they invest in, according to an expert from F&C Partners. The comments come in response to an “outburst” from Joop Wijn, the Dutch minister for […]
Hedge Funds bet on Government Debt
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Hedge fund speculators at the Chicago Board of Trade bet a record $35 billion that the prices of government debt will continue to rise, according to research by CBOT. CBOT Holdings, Inc. operates a marketplace for […]
Fake hedge funds cost Investors millions
HedgeCo.Net (New York) – Kirk Wright, formerly of supposed hedge fund, International Management Associates, skipped town with between $115 and $185 million after it became clear to many of hisclients, which include several prominent National Football League players, that something […]
Attract fund managers to push capital up the ladder
TMCnet – One of the UK’s most respected investment fund managers, Gerald Holtham, believes Wales can create a vibrant cluster in this lucrative sector. Aberdare-born Mr Holtham made his name in the City of London as chief investment manager for […]
Ratings agencies eye hedge funds
LONDON (Reuters) – CCredit ratings agencies are working on boosting coverage of hedge funds in response to a growing need for transparency in the sector, but face analytical problems and, ironically,a lack of transparency in doing so. Regulators around the […]
Why Tom Cruise Is Right to Join the Hedge Funds: Matthew Lynn
Bloomberg – The script was so finely tuned, they must have asked the writing department to polish it a bit. Wacky movie star. Losing what few marbles he had in the first place. Lousy movies. Flaggingbox-office appeal. What else could […]