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New York (HedgeCo.net) – London-based government fixed-income specialist firm, Capula Investment Management LLP, has appointed BNY Mellon as provider of global hedge fund custody services for their flagship hedge fund, the Capula Global Relative Value Master Fund Limited.
“We selected BNY Mellon as a global custodian as in the current economic environment it is important – to both the firm and to its clients – to have a provider with the financial stability to ensure the safekeeping of our assets. Neil McCallum, chief operating officer at the $4 billion Capula Investment Management LLP, said.
“BNY Mellon is committed to helping our hedge fund clients reduce their counterparty risks. Our appointment gives Capula an additional custody option with a custodian of recognized quality.”David Aldrich, managing director and head of alternative investment services EMEA, at BNY Mellon said.
AP – A Chicago hedge fund owner accused of helping prop up the alleged Tom Petters Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud.
Appearing in federal court in St. Paul on Wednesday, Gregory Bell admitted helping set up 86 “round-trip” money transfers between his company, Lancelot Investment Management, and Petters Co. Inc. Prosecutors say the transfers helped conceal Petters Co.’s inability to repay its debts to the hedge fund.
Under his plea deal, Bell, 44, of Highland Park, Ill., agreed to help the government find his accounts and disburse the money to victims of his fraud.
Bloomberg – Raaj Shah, an ex-partner of Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, co-founded a hedge fund last month trading under-researched and mispriced Asian securities affected by events such as mergers, tax changes and forced selling.
The almost $50 million Matchpoint Asia Fund Ltd. targets annual returns of 15 percent to 17 percent without betting on market direction, Sean Debow, chief operating officer and co- founder of its adviser Matchpoint Investment Management Asia Ltd., said in an interview. Hong Kong-based Matchpoint’s nine- person team has the capacity to manage $700 million, he added.
Bloomberg – Guan Ong, former chief investment officer of South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, is setting up a hedge fund to trade Asian bonds that he forecasts will benefit from a “period of economic uncertainty.”
Blue Rice Investment Management’s BRIM Asian Credit Fund, which will trade the region’s dollar-denominated debt, will target annual returns of 10 percent to 15 percent, Ong, 49, said in an interview yesterday. The fund aims to start with as much as $30 million, including Ong’s own money, in October or November, he said.
Evening Standard – A prominent hedge fund manager has claimed that gold investment is proving popular in the US over fears about inflation.
Moonraker, a London-based independent firm, has managed over $330 million worth of assets at BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management since September 2003.
The company carried out a survey of 22 US hedge fund managers and found that 20 have bought gold bullion because they expect quantitative easing to push prices higher. Read Complete Article
Commodity Online – A prominent hedge fund manager has claimed that gold investment is proving popular in the US over fears about inflation.
Moonraker, a London-based independent firm, has managed over $330 million worth of assets at BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management since September 2003.
The company carried out a survey of 22 US hedge fund managers and found that 20 have bought gold bullion because they expect quantitative easing to push prices higher.
Bloomberg – Massachusetts will cut investments in hedge funds after its public pension plan lost a record 24 percent on all assets in the fiscal year ended June 30.
The state pension plan’s board of trustees voted today to lower the amount of money invested in hedge funds to 8 percent, or about $3 billion of the $37.7 billion it oversaw at the end of June, from 12 percent, which is about $4.5 billion. The vote reversed a five-year effort by the pension system to boost returns by expanding such alternative investments.
”We all have to understand we’re making a bet on what assets will do well,” said state Treasurer Timothy Cahill, chairman of Massachusetts’s pension reserve investment management board. “Ultimately, we don’t make decisions based on the short-term, but we get measured on the short-term.”
Examiner – There is a global movement towards the harmonization of best practices and standards in the hedge fund industry amongst investors, hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, policymakers, service providers and regulatory authorities. In response to the global financial crisis, the G20 agrees on the need to extend regulation and oversight to all systemically important firms, including hedge funds.
Organizations such as the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), Managed Funds Association (MFA) and the Asset Managers’ Committee of the President’s Working Group (PWG) have individually published viewpoints on how a system of best standards and practices should be adopted.
A prominent hedge fund manager has claimed that gold investment is proving popular in the US over fears about inflation.
Moonraker, a London-based independent firm, has managed over $330 million worth of assets at BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management since September 2003.
The company carried out a survey of 22 US hedge fund managers and found that 20 have bought gold bullion because they expect quantitative easing to push prices higher.
Bloomberg – Kapstream Capital, Australia’s biggest fixed-income hedge fund, will almost double assets under management in the next month as pension funds seek returns in all market conditions.
The Sydney-based firm has secured investments that will take funds it oversees to A$1.2 billion ($965 million), from A$650 million, said founder Kumar Palghat, Pacific Investment Management Co.’s former head of portfolio management in Asia- Pacific. He aims to raise A$1.5 billion by end-2009 as investors switch to managers that made money even as global markets tumbled last year.
“People are recognizing that there are some opportunities in the credit space and they are more willing to start investing in them now,” said Robert Dasilva, managing director of Asia- Pacific fixed income in Sydney at Principal Global Investors, which manages $228 billion in assets globally.
Kare11.com – An Illinois hedge fund manager who claimed to be the biggest victim of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters’ alleged Ponzi scheme was actually a participant in it, the Securities and Exchange Commission says.
Greg Bell and his company, Lancelot Investment Management, were charged with fraud Friday. The SEC said it also moved to freeze his assets, which include millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts.
Ron Peterson, a court-appointed trustee for Lancelot’s investors, told the Star Tribune that Bell was arrested Friday in Highland Park, Ill., and was taken to the Anoka County jail in Minnesota.
TradingMarkets.com – Asset manager Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd. (GFMN.EB) said Thursday it has been awarded an investment and advisory mandate by Nestle Capital Advisers S.A.
The investment management mandate applies to one of Nestle Pension Funds’ hedge fund portfolios; it will be managed through a customized fund of funds program, focused on relative value and event driven strategies.
