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AIMB Launched by Hedge Fund Restructuring Advisors

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative money managers and hedge fund restructuring advisers, Grisons Peak and IGS, have formed a joint venture to launch the Alternative Investment Merchant Banking (AIMB). The AIMB is to advise on M&A and restructuring deals for […]

Vantage Changes Name And Hires Investment Specialist

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Vantage Reporting said it has changed its name to Vantage Software, reflecting the company’s focus on delivering products to private investment firms with modular software designed to easily enhance their existing systems. “Since founding Vantage, […]

Stock Manipulation Probe Launched After Prices Spike

Bloomberg – U.S. regulators are investigating whether investors manipulated end-of-day stock prices to avoid being forced by their brokers to sell holdings. These gaps, which caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to swing as much as 104 points this month […]

Lend America Launches Exit Strategy

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Lend America announced the  launch of an exit strategy to help leading Wall Street firms and hedge funds quickly monetize their residential mortgage portfolios.  As the 12th largest direct-to-consumer FHA lender in the US, Lend […]

Credit Suisse Buys Reamer’s Asset Management Finance

Bloomberg – Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland’s second-biggest bank, bought New York-based Asset Management Finance Corp. for $384 million to provide financing to investment firms. Credit Suisse paid stock for more than 80 percent of the firm, founded by former […]

Shanghai to give foreign pvt equity ‘legal status’

Reuters – Shanghai has decided to let foreign investors, including private equity and venture capital funds, register legally as local equities investment firms as China’s financial hub moves to lure more overseas investment. Foreign investors with a focus on Chinese […]

Hedge Fund Platform To Expand Research Team

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative investment platform, Altegris Investments, has plans to expand their research team under the leadership of Mr. Allen Cheng, an accomplished hedge fund investment professional with extensive industry experience. Cheng joins Altegris as Managing Director, […]

Duff Capital to acquire hedge fund North Sound

Reuters- Investment firm Duff Capital Advisors said on Tuesday it acquired hedge fund group North Sound Capital. The two firms, both located in Greenwich, Connecticut, did not disclose terms of the deal. For Duff Capital, which launched in March with […]