Tag Archives: investment-funds
Dummys View of the Global Crisis
Given the string of problems created by hedge funds, derivatives, investment funds, insurance companies, pension funds, mortgage securities and hairy bank loans over these few years, it is becoming increasingly apparent that high flying investment managers and financial whiz kids […]
Conyers Expands Cayman Islands Team
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Pioneers in the field of offshore law, Conyers Dill & Pearman, (Conyers) is expanding its Cayman Islands presence with three new associates as attorneys-at-law. Stephen Leontsinis has joined the Litigation team, while Tania Dons and […]
Inquiry started of financier who invested with Madoff
International Herald Tribune – J. Ezra Merkin, a New York financier, wrote his investors last month that he too was shocked by the news that Bernard Madoff’s hedge fund was an elaborate Ponzi scheme. But not everyone sees him as a […]
Success of managed futures is a mixed bag
Chicago Tribune – Strong returns are a mixed blessing this year for investment funds that specialize in trading futures contracts. While the stock market plunged about 35 percent, managed futures funds posted annual returns of about 16 percent, according to […]
Rich pickings ahead for hedge fund survivors
Financial Times – 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 […]
Lehman may force collapse of hedge funds
The Daily Deal – Lehman Brothers Holdings may have gone bankrupt eight weeks ago, but the filing continues to reverberate throughout the financial world and even in some unexpected places like the National Football League’s New York Giants. The latest to […]
Citigroup to Liquidate Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citigroup Inc. will be liquidating its Corporate Special Opportunities fund after losing over half its value last month, according to a report by the Financial Times. The hedge fund had frozen redemptions for almost a year […]
Companies and Markets Reports on Hedge Funds in Europe 2008
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Companiesandmarkets.com has released a report presenting views on the market for hedge fund investment based on a survey of 100 leading asset managers across Europe. The report, which covers mass market, high net worth and […]
Billion-dollar hedge fund stars face grilling
Financial Times – Hedge fund managers who earned more than $1bn last year, including George Soros and Philip Falcone, are being summoned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to testify under oath about the potential risks their firms pose to the […]
London Hedge Fund Manager Alan Miller Makes a Comeback
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – According to a report in the Financial Times, London hedge fund manager Alan Miller has returned to the industry after a two-year absence by becoming a partner at SilverStreet Capital, a small London fund of […]
Goldman Fund Loses Nearly $1 Billion in 9 Months
CNBC – A Goldman Sachs hedge fund that launched in January with over $6 billion under management lost close to $1 billion by September, according to the Financial Times. The fund, known as Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, has told investors […]
