Reuters – Medium-sized hedge funds are slipping under the radars of nervous investors but can offer great investment opportunities, says Investcorp, which is considering offering capital to these portfolios. Deepak Gurnani, the Bahraini investment firm’s head of hedge funds, said […]

MarketWatch – The sovereign debt crisis in Europe is “manageable” and doesn’t pose a risk to broader markets, said John Paulson, head of hedge fund giant Paulson & Co., on Monday. Paulson also urged people to buy houses in the […]

Biz Journals – Highland Capital Management, a Dallas-based hedge fund, is buying out a Tennessee medical equipment provider company helping it go private and avoid bankruptcy. Under the deal, American HomePatient would reincorporate from Delaware to Nevada, and Highland Capital […]

AP – Argentina quickly said it would file a court appeal after a U.S. federal judge ruled Wednesday that bondholders can seize $105 million in Argentine central bank deposits held in the United States. A bank spokesman told The Associated […]

Telegraph – Despite denials of any wrongdoing shares in Gartmore have fallen more than 10pc over the past week amid fevered City speculation about links between Roger Guy, a Gartmore fund manager and Clive Roberts, head of equities at Exane […]

Reuters – A Conservative government would oppose a planned European law for hedge funds as it stands, one of the party’s leading MEPs in Brussels overseeing the law has told Reuters. Last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown intervened to stop […]

FINANCIAL services professionals will have a say in regulatory changes designed to make Australia more attractive to foreign funds managers under proposals outlined today. The Australian Financial Centre Forum found today that although Australia’s funds management industry is one of […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission is shaking up its enforcement division, establishing five priority areas, including one pointed directly at hedge funds and private equity firms. The agency, and in particular its enforcement arm, have taken a beating in the […]

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the largest U.S. public pension, said private investment firms paid at least $125 million to placement agents for help winning contracts to manage the fund’s money. The pension fund today […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – The fast-growing BRIC group of economies will be back in favor in 2010 among emerging markets-focused hedge fund managers, who may shun European countries slammed by recession, an industry expert said. While strong growth is expected in […]

Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner designate for the Internal Market and Services, has said he wants to come to London soon to ask hedge fund and private equity managers about changing the EU’s controversial proposed Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. […]