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Search Is on for Iceland-Like Hedge Fund in Asia

Bloomberg - It used to be that we searched for economic icebergs in Asia. Now we are on the lookout for Icelands.
Last week, Iceland became the first developed economy to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund since 1976. It needed a $2.1 billion bailout after investors realized it wasn’t running an economy, but a […]

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Ratings downgrade hits Hollywood investors

Reuters - A largely unnoticed ratings downgrade on a slate of Paramount Pictures movies backed by hedge-fund money offers rare proof that such innovative packages have proved to be wobbly investments.
The Melrose I fund, established in 2004, was cut six grades by Moody’s Investor Service from an investment grade "Baa2" to the speculative "B3" rating. […]

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Hedge Fund Service Team Launched by BNP Paribas

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - BNP Paribas has launched a global, transversal, multi-asset, hedge fund client service team. The team will be a single point of entry for Hedge Funds for all inquiry, according to BNP, leveraging the bank’s capabilities and focusing on operational efficiencies.
The team is headed globally by John Polivko, based in New […]

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Broken Securities Industry Still Has $20 Billion to Pay Bonuses

Bloomberg - Five straight quarters of losses and a 70 percent slide in its stock this year haven’t stopped Merrill Lynch & Co. from allocating about $6.7 billion to pay bonuses.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, both still on track for profitable years, have set aside about $13 billion for bonuses after three quarters, […]

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Wall Street layoffs could surpass 200000

Los Angeles Times - Traders and investment bankers might have more to worry about than dwindling bonus pools this year as mass firings on Wall Street are set to hit a record.
The fallout from this year’s global credit crisis has claimed jobs throughout Wall Street, from hedge fund managers to floor traders and beyond. More […]

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Treasury Said to Invest $125 Billion in US Banks

Bloomberg - The Bush administration will invest about $125 billion in nine of the biggest U.S. banks, including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., in the government’s latest attempt to shore up confidence in the financial system.
The proposed cash injections in exchange for preferred shares are part of a $700 billion rescue approved by […]

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Commodities R.I.P. as Leverage Vanishes, Growth Slows

Bloomberg - Commodities markets are heading for the biggest annual decline since 2001 as investors exit leveraged bets and slowing economic growth erodes demand for raw materials.
The value of the 19 commodities in the Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index fell $280.6 billion, or 43 percent, from its July 3 peak, a loss larger than their total worth […]

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Tantallon Closes Its Smaller Companies Hedge Fund

Bloomberg - Tantallon Capital, founded by Merrill Lynch & Co. former head of sales Nicholas Harbinson, closed one of its hedge funds after bad bets on Asian stocks, three people familiar with the matter said.
The Singapore-based firm shut its Tantallon Smaller Companies Fund, managed by Steve Sun, after it lost 25.6 percent this year, according […]

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Agecroft Hires Hedge Fund Manager

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) - Hedge fund third party marketing firm, Agecroft Partners has hired its 5th Managing Director, Jarratt Ramsey. Jarratt spent the last 11 years at multi-billion hedge fund Chesapeake Capital Management.
"Jarratt is a wonderful addition to our firm. Our business model is to introduce large well established hedge funds in a […]

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Thain to head investment banking, wealth at BofA

Reuters - John Thain, the Merrill Lynch & Co Inc chief executive who engineered the firm’s sale to Bank of America Corp, will head investment banking, securities and wealth management at the new company — at least for now. […]

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Wall Street CEOs Bag $3bn During Toxic Securities Build-Up

Here Is The City - Bloomberg reports that CEOs at Wall Street’s top five securities house earned a staggering $3bn between them from 2003 and 2007, during the time when the subprime and toxic securities timebomb was ticking away in the background. Goldman Sachs CEOs were paid the most in this period ($859m), followed by […]

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Hedge funds grab the spotlight on Wall St.

Politico.com - Even as the storied financial names vanish — Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns — they’re being quietly replaced by less familiar ones: Cerberus Capital Management, Citadel Investment Group, SAC Capital Partners and the other biggest hedge funds and private equity shops in the world.
The consensus in Washington is that […]

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