Tag Archives: interest-rate


Ex-Fortress H.K. Head Plans Hedge Fund, Document Says

July 15, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Stanley Ku, former head of Fortress Investment Group LLC’s Hong Kong office, plans to start an Asia- focused hedge fund to profit from macroeconomic developments, according to a marketing document given to potential investors. Minerva Macro Fund, to […]

Hedge funds back into options to bet on dollar/yen

May 21, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters Tokyo – Hedge funds are dipping their toes back into the dollar/yen options market after months of absence, betting that eventual interest rate tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve will help the greenback gain against the yen. Dollar/yen’s implied […]

Now, hedge funds to be bailed out

December 22, 2008 : Permalink

domain-B – Hedge funds will be allowed to borrow from the Federal Reserve for the first time under a landmark $200-billion programme intended to support consumer credit. The new programme is aimed at injecting credit for consumers and small businesses […]

Witnesses Call for Tighter Hedge Fund Restrictions

November 14, 2008 : Permalink

New York Times – Several leading hedge fund managers told Congress on Thursday they support some new regulation of hedge funds and the complex derivative securities that are partly blamed for the global financial crisis. But they advocated only the […]