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		<title>US Investor Acquires $2.4 Billion UK Hedge Fund Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; $351.7 billion US investment manager, Federated Investors, Inc., is acquiring Prime Rate Capital Management from UK hedge fund Matrix Group Limited. Prime Rate Capital Management&#8217;s family of UCITS hedge funds include: Prime Rate Sterling Liquidity Fund, Prime Rate Euro Liquidity Fund and Prime Rate US Dollar Liquidity Fund. Together the funds are estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Yorker Profiles Hedge Fund Tech Maestro Peter Thiel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; In the upcoming issue of The New Yorker, writer George Packer profiles hedge fund and venture-capital entrepreneur Peter Thiel. The article “No Death, No Taxes” comes out on November 28th. His venture-capital firm, Founders Fund, has an online manifesto about the future that begins with a complaint: “We wanted flying cars, instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Mergers &amp; Acquisitions: Blackstone Buys Up Emdeon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) - Hedge fund giant Blackstone has completed its acquisition of Emdeon Inc, a healthcare revenue and payment cycle management provider, in a transaction valued at approximately $3.0 billion. &#8220;We are excited to open a new chapter in the evolution of Emdeon. We are enthusiastic about our future as we continue to evolve our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nanotech Hedge Fund Investor Gets $11 Million Funding by U.S. Department of Energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund investor Nanostart&#8217;s holding Nanosys Inc. has received funds from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as part of the DOE’s larger mission to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies through targeted programs aimed at increasing vehicle efficiency. The new innovations will enable Electric Vehicles (EVs) to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hewitt Shareholders Nominate Hedge Fund As $243 Million CLO Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211;  Texas hedge fund adviser Highland Capital Management and it&#8217;s affiliate, Acis Capital Management, L.P.,  is now the successor Collateral Manager of Hewett&#8217;s Island CLO I-R Ltd, with approximately $243 million of assets under management. Alternative investment specialist, Acis, assumed the role as Hewett&#8217;s collateral manager after a majority of the subordinated noteholders nominated the firm for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Managers, The Mayor And Republicans Join The Fight For Same Sex Marriage in NY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 10:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; A group of three hedge fund managers, Paul E. Singer, a &#8220;top-tier Republican donor,&#8221; Steven A. Cohen and Clifford S. Asness have decided to back, financially and otherwise, the establishment of same-sex marriage in the state of New York, the New York Times reported. Some comments in the Times include: - &#8220;An unexpected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Acquisitions: Northern Trust/Omnium</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 10:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Investment management giant, Northern Trust, with over $662.2 billion in assets under management, has acquired Omnium LLC, a hedge fund administrator with approximately $70 billion in assets. Omnium&#8217;s staff will be integrated into Northern Trust&#8217;s Corporate &#38; Institutional Services business unit as Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, LLC., offering scalable technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BNY Mellon Acquires Wealth Management Arm of Hedge Fund Manager Talon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Investment management firm, BNY Mellon, is in the process of acquiring Chicago-based Talon Asset Management&#8217;s wealth management operations, which have more than $800 million in assets under management. Talon is one of the region&#8217;s premier independent investment managers, the team did not include the firm&#8217;s private equity and hedge fund businesses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Hedge Fund Challenges Board At Fisher Communications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; FrontFour Master Fund, Ltd., an affiliate of hedge fund investor FrontFour Capital Group LLC., has written a letter to the stockholders of Fisher Communications, Inc., criticizing the current board of directors and nominating new candidates. Fisher&#8217;s stock has recently declined by 48%, representing a total stockholder loss of $173 million. &#8220;FrontFour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Backed Mega-Quarry Riles Up Local Farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; The Highland Companies, backed by Boston-based hedge fund Baupost Group, is seeing local opposition to its new Canadian mega-quarry plans. The group of protesters yesterday passed the half-way mark of their 5 day, 119 kilometer march.  The group of residents, farmers and representatives have been walking with signs and flags saying &#8220;Stop the Quarry,&#8221; since a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medley Capital Acquires Hedge Fund Manager Viathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; NY-based Medley Capital LLC has announced the acquisition of credit hedge fund manager Viathon Capital LP and all its related entities. &#8220;This transaction combines the analytical and credit strengths of the two organizations.&#8221; Brook Taube, Managing Partner at Medley said. &#8220;Having known the Medley team for some time, I am excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Acquires $800 Million Hedge Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund giant Man Group plc., yesterday entered into an agreement to take full ownership through its US subsidiaries of Ore Hill Partners LLC and Ore Hill Partners Capital Management LLC (together, Ore Hill). &#8220;We are extremely excited to add Ore Hill to the GLG platform.&#8221; Raffaele Costa, Man&#8217;s Head of Sales for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Acquisitions: Magnetar Buys Metallurgical and Steam Coal Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; $7.5 billion hedge fund investor Magnetar Capital announced that Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its interests in International Resource Partners LP, a metallurgical and steam coal company, to James River Coal Company in a cash transaction valued at $475 million. The transaction is expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Service Expansion: DMS Management (Hong Kong) Limited</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2011/hedge-fund-service-expansion-dms-management-hong-kong-limited.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Cayman Islands hedge fund firm, DMS Management Ltd, has opened a representative office in the Asia-Pacific region: DMS Management (Hong Kong) Limited. Supported by DMS&#8217; Cayman office, the hedge fund firm hopes to strengthen the relationships between Hong Kong and Cayman Islands service providers. Leading the Hong Kong team is David Lyons, Director, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Owns 24 Texas Shopping Centers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund manager Investcorp&#8217;s US-based real estate arm has made over $100 million in acquisitions in the past 30 days. The most recent of three purchases made by Investcorp over the past 30 days was the Coral Palm Plaza, a 135,672 square foot shopping center located in Coral Springs with a total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Hedge Funds: Ramius Challenges Immersion Choice of Directors</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/02/2011/activist-hedge-funds-ramius-challenges-immersions-choice-of-directors.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Alternative investment and hedge fund advisor Ramius Value and Opportunity Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of Ramius LLC., (Ramius) has challenged the board of top touch technology company Immersion to elect a new Director. Ramius also nominated a list of directors for presentation at Immersion&#8217;s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders. &#8220;As Immersion&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Richie Capital Challenges Court&#8217;s Decision Against Victims Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/12/2010/hedge-fund-richie-capital-challenges-courts-decision-against-victims-rights.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund investment firm, Ritchie Capital Management, L.L.C., has filed a petition for a Writ of Certiorari (a formal written order seeking judicial review), asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review decisions of the Minnesota Federal District Court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denying restitution to the victims of Thomas Petters&#8217; $3.5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Activist Hedge Funds: Helvetia Acquires Dunedin Independent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Zurich-based activist hedge fund manager Helvetia Wealth has expanded its influence in Scotland with the acquisition of Dunedin Independent, Scotland&#8217;s largest independently-owned financial advisor (IFA). With GBP350 million ($539 million) in AUM, Dundein is ranked in the top 100 wealth management companies in the UK. &#8220;With offices also in Liechtenstein, Geneva, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BNY Mellon Purchases I(3) Hedge Fund Advisors of Toronto</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/09/2010/bny-mellon-completes-purchase-of-i3-wealth-advisors-of-toronto.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; BNY Mellon, a leading global financial services company, has completed its purchase of I(3) Advisors of Toronto, an independent wealth strategy company with more than C$3.8 billion in assets under advisement. This transaction represents BNY Mellon&#8217;s first wealth management acquisition in Canada. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. &#8220;This partnership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SkyBridge Completes Acquisition of Citi&#8217;s FoHFs, Hedge Fund Seeding and Advisory Businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/07/2010/skybridge-completes-acquisition-of-citis-fohfs-hedge-fund-seeding-and-advisory-businesses.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; $7.4 billion global alternative investment firm, SkyBridge Capital (SkyBridge) has completed its acquisition of the fund of hedge funds, hedge fund seeding and hedge fund advisory businesses from Citi Alternative Investments LLC (CAI). The hedge fund manager now offers investment services across Commingled Funds of Funds Products; Custom Portfolios; Hedge Fund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Man Acquisition of GLG, Launches $63 Billion Hedge Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/05/2010/man-acquisition-of-glg-launches-63-billion-hedge-fund.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund giant Man Group has created a hedge fund managing $63 billion after acquiring rival $23.7 billion hedge fund GLG Partners in a $1.6 billion in deal. Man Group held a presentation today at 9.30am (UK time) at the Thomson Reuters Building. “I am delighted to announce Man&#8217;s proposed acquisition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CRP Report: Top 10 Hedge Fund Democrat Doners</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) -  According to the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) for ABC News, hedge fund donors gave almost all their donations to Democrats. During this past election cycle, a little more than 12 months, hedge fund managers contributed $1.9 million to Democrats, ABC News reports. The top hedge fund doners are: Jim Simons, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SYZ &amp; CO Acquires State Street’s Swiss Institutional Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 11:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; The Swiss banking group SYZ &#38; CO today announced that it has signed an agreement with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) for the transfer to SYZ &#38; CO of SSgA’s Zurich-based institutional Swiss fixed income activities. The transfer represents several billions in assets under management and very high quality clients, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SkyBridge Acquires Three of Citi’s Hedge Fund Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund incubator SkyBridge Capital has agreed to buy the fund of hedge funds, hedge fund seeding and hedge fund advisory businesses from Citi Alternative Investments, LLC (CAI), with total investments under management and advisory of $4.2 billion. “It has been our belief for several years that the integration of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs Invests In $4 Billion Hedge Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Goldman Sachs’s $1 billion Petershill Fund Offshore LP, has bought a minority stake in a $4 billion hedge fund, according to a Bloomberg report. The hedge fund, Level Global Investors LP., founded by David Ganek, bets on the global rise and fall of stock prices, employing long/short strategy to make its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fund.com Expands Hedge Fund &amp; ETF Operations With The Acquisition Of Weston Capital Management</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/03/2010/fund-com-expands-hedge-fund-etf-operations-with-the-acquisition-of-weston-capital-management.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; New York hedge fund manager, Fund.com, Inc., has acquired a $1 billion hedge fund distributor based in West Palm Beach Fl., Weston Capital Management, LLC. &#8220;With Weston Capital&#8217;s proven capability to seed new fund products, combined with its seasoned global institutional sales force, Fund.com is now positioned to capture revenue streams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley Loses 6 Senior Traders To Hedge Funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Marcin Wiszniewski, a 14 year veteran of Morgan Stanley has quit his job to join the $18.3 billion hedge fund, BlueCrest Capital Management, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wiszniewski joins the London hedge fund May 10, as a portfolio manager for the hedge fund&#8217;s $500 million BlueCrest Emerging Markets Fund. Wiszniewski [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Billionaire John Paulson puts his money on Citigroup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.net) – According to a regulatory filing, Hedge Fund manager John Paulson&#8217;s of the $12.5 billion Paulson &#038; Co. bought 300 million shares of Citigroup worth $1.45 billion. This move puts Paulson &#038; Co. alongside other hedge funds such as Appaloosa Management LP who acquired 79.7 million Citigroup shares in the third quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnetar Said to Limit Fund Withdrawals After Losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Magnetar Capital LLC, the $8 billion hedge-fund firm co-run by former Citadel Investment Group LLC trader Alec Litowitz, limited withdrawals from its biggest fund after it lost 30 percent this year through November, according to two people familiar with the fund. The restrictions, known as gates, were triggered after clients sought to pull [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds return to roots as alpha claim refuted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Hedge funds are set to return to their roots as niche products for the happy few as they have been unable to deliver the gleaming returns they were promising ever since the start of the credit crisis. Hedge fund managers have long been flaunting alpha &#8212; returns down to their skills to beat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffetted `Quants` Are Still In Demand</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Javno &#8211; Last week, New York University and Carnegie Mellon sent a new class of math whizzes out into a profession that is both blamed for the financial collapse and charged with preventing it happening again. Many of these so-called quantitative analysts, or &#34;quants,&#34; graduating from elite financial engineering courses will end up writing computer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian hedge funds step in as global players flee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters -&#160;The investment banks and global hedge funds that are the usual buyers of debt and equity in struggling Asian companies have largely fled the market, leaving the distressed asset space to home-grown investors. Local players with the cash &#8212; and the stomach &#8212; to remain in the hunt for cheap assets find themselves with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSX settles case over alleged fund violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNNMoney.com -&#160;Railroad CSX Corp. said Wednesday it has settled a case of alleged securities law violations with two activist shareholder hedge funds. If the settlement is approved by a federal court, CSX will receive $10 million from TCI, which manages The Children&#8217;s Master Investment Fund, and $1 million from 3G Capital Management. The case, brought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merger-Arbitrage, Other Hedge Funds Hurt By Nixed BCE Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/12/2008/merger-arbitrage-other-hedge-funds-hurt-by-nixed-bce-deal.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal&#160;- If you thought the collapse of one of the biggest leveraged buyouts in history would be devastating for merger-arbitrage hedge funds, you&#8217;d be right. But pure merger arbitragers weren&#8217;t the only hedge funds hurt. The $41 billion buyout of Canadian telephone company BCE Inc. (BCE) has been officially nixed, sending the stock [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference in Brussels on Carbon Capture &amp; Storage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -&#160;Platts 3rd Annual European Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) conference is assembling the CCS community to discuss and review CCS projects in their various stages and look to uncover opportunities in what will become a changed regulatory environment to ensure CCS lives up to its potential. &#160; Some of the issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDF close to buying half of Constellation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Electricite de France SA is close to an agreement to buy half the nuclear power business of Constellation Energy Group Inc (CEG.N) for $4.5 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the situation. Approval by Constellation&#8216;s board, subject to some conditions, may be announced as early as this week, Bloomberg said quoting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman&#8217;s Hedge Funds Business A Bright Spot In Down Year</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/12/2008/goldmans-hedge-funds-business-a-bright-spot-in-down-year.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN Money &#8211; Hedge funds may be struggling and closing up shop in the current market environment, but Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) was able to make more money tending to the funds&#8217; needs this year than last. The company, which on Tuesday reported its first quarterly loss since it went public a decade ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rich pickings ahead for hedge fund survivors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times &#8211; It is becoming clear that the hedge fund universe is set to shrink. The most obvious casualties will be highly levered funds, in particular the strategies that cannot justify their fees without that level of leverage, such as a number of arbitrage strategies. In addition, depending on what further regulation is put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds request Dillard&#8217;s corporate records</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/12/2008/hedge-funds-request-dillards-corporate-records.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes &#8211; A group of&#160;Dillard&#8217;s Inc.&#160;investors is asking the family that controls most shares in the department store chain for corporate records containing information on family and business relationships and perks given to directors or executives of the department store chain. The request was detailed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Trian Partners to Hold Over 50 Million Fast Food Shares</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Hedge fund Trian Partners said that they will buy about 49.4 million shares of fast-food operator Wendy&#8217;s/Arby&#8217;s Group for $4.15 per share, or about $205 million. &#160;The hedge fund and their affiliates now own about 21.6% of Wendy&#8217;s/Arby&#8217;s, or 52.1 million shares, up from its previous 11.1% stake. In November, [...]]]></description>
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