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		<title>Atticus closing two hedge funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes &#8211; Investor Timothy Barakett on Tuesday said Atticus Capital, which suffered some of the hedge fund industry&#8217;s steepest losses last year, is closing two of its three funds and will return $3 billion to shareholders. The Atticus founder and chief executive told investors in a letter that he is closing down his flagship fund, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polar Capital hedge fund manager Barnett to leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; Polar Capital Holdings Plc said on Wednesday that Julian Barnett, the founder and manager of hedge fund Polar Capital Paragon Fund Ltd, has resigned. The firm said Barnett had decided to leave for personal reasons, and would continue to manage the fund until it was wound down and assets returned to investors. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays Sues Chicago Hedge Fund Over Ties to Petters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; Barclays Bank Plc has sued Chicago-based Ritchie Capital Management and the hedge fund&#8217;s principal Thane Ritchie, accusing them of concealing a $150 million investment in the controversial and now collapsed Petters Group Worldwide LLC. According to the complaint filed on November 18th, Thane Ritchie gave the go-ahead to invest &#8220;significant sums&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ritchie Funds Sued by Barclays Over Hidden Petters Group Stake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg &#8211; Ritchie Capital Management and Thane Ritchie, the hedge fund manager&#8217;s principal, were sued by Barclays Bank Plc over accusations they concealed more than $150 million in investments made in the collapsed Petters Group Worldwide LLC and affiliates. Now bankrupt, Petters Group, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, was raided in September by FBI agents acting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wealth managers fret as the rich turn away from them after losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times of India &#8211; Can the wealthy trust their wealth managers any more after losing 30 to 60% of their wealth during the current global financial crisis? The world&#8217;s top banks including brands like Morgan Stanley, UBS, Barclays and Standard Chartered operating in Asia are desperately struggling to find a suitable answer to this question. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Brotman Capital Shows Top Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; Brotman Capital Partners LP, based in Boca Raton, Florida, has turned in the best performance Year to Date of a Market/Trend Timing Hedge Fund according to Barclays Hedge Fund Database. Through October, 2008 the Fund is up over 14% net of fees. The fund has a $100,000 minimum investment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nomura grabs Lehman Asia unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Tokyo &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Nomura Holdings is to buy the Asian operations of Lehman Brothers, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Monday, outbidding other banks seeking to scoop up the bankrupt U.S. bank&#8217;s Asian assets. The source did not say how much the deal was worth, nor did he say if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street layoffs could surpass 200000</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Times &#8211; 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&#8217;s global credit crisis has claimed jobs throughout Wall Street, from hedge fund managers to floor traders and beyond. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lehman failure dogs Evergreen Solar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Globe &#8211; Evergreen Solar Inc. got a shock when Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. went bankrupt last month: The solar panel maker lost control of almost 31 million shares of its stock. How that happened is the subject of a lawsuit the Marlborough company filed yesterday against Lehman and the defunct investment bank&#8217;s new owner, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds expand probe into Bear Stearns</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday &#8211; A federal probe of the $1.8-billion collapse of Bear Stearns hedge funds has spread to include the activities of a number of banks and other lenders, according to court records and legal sources. Investigators are also reviewing various private financial memorandums prepared by Bear Stearns officials for possible fraud against wealthy investors, said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Probe Expands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; The infamous collapse of the two $1.8 billion Bear Stearns hedge funds that many believe helped spark the credit crisis is still being investigated, and now other banks and individuals are being probed in the process. According to those familiar with the matter, prosecutors are now looking at the offering memorandum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two equity firms buy Lehman&#8217;s money management unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Herald Tribune &#8211; Lehman Brothers said Monday that it would sell for $2.15 billion much of its money management business, including its prized Neuberger Berman asset management unit, to Bain Capital and Hellman &#38;&#160;Friedman. The sale of the business, more than a month in the making, has been among the biggest outstanding issues for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nomura grabs Lehman Asia unit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters Tokyo &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Nomura Holdings is to buy the Asian operations of Lehman Brothers, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Monday, outbidding other banks seeking to scoop up the bankrupt U.S. bank&#8217;s Asian assets. The source did not say how much the deal was worth, nor did he say if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US hedge fund Paulson bets big against UK banks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; John Paulson, a U.S. hedge fund manager who gained a superstar reputation with a big bet against the U.S. housing market, was shown holding a 1 billion pound ($1.9 billion) bet against UK banks as short sellers were forced to disclose their positions. Paulson &#38; Co., run by John Paulson and based in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Withered hedge funds set for severe autumn pruning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times Online &#8211; Who would be in hedge funds right now? Man Group, which has long traded on its name as the world&#8217;s largest hedge fund manager, yesterday found the tag something of a liability. The shares lost 35&#189;p to 398p before a trading update next Monday, making a 46 per cent fall in six [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds Challenge Lehman Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/09/2008/hedge-funds-challenge-lehman-sale.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters &#8211; A hedge fund that specializes in distressed investments has filed a notice of appeal in the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc bankruptcy case, indicating it intends to challenge the court order approving the sale of Lehman&#8217;s core U.S. business to Barclays Plc. The fund, Bay Harbour Management, did not disclose in the filing what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge fund Atticus loses more than $5 bln -source</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes -&#160;U.S. activist hedge fund Atticus Capital has lost more than $5 billion this year, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, after its funds were hit by heavy falls in financial stocks. Atticus, a high-profile player in deals such as Barclays&#8216; unsuccessful bid for ABN Amro last year, saw total assets under management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swing back to bank stocks is overdone, says Merrill Lynch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times Online &#8211; The fashionable investment tactic of the past month &#8211; buying bank stocks while selling energy companies &#8211; could already have gone too far, Merrill Lynch, the financial management group, warned clients yesterday. In mid-July, hedge funds, pension funds and other institutional investors dramatically reversed their enthusiasm for energy stocks and loathing for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worlds Largest Hedge Fund Manager BGI Opens Dubai Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has opened an office in the United Arab Emirates&#8217; Dubai International Finance Centre. BGI has been active in the region since 1998 and currently has assets under management of US$ 28 billion in area. The office, which is co-located with Barclays Wealth and Barclays Capital, will principally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds with high ambition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times Online- Philip Falcone is used to demanding change from underperforming company executives, but yesterday he took Harbinger Capital, his activist hedge fund, into new territory. Complete with financial advisers and a big stake, Harbinger broke cover as a traditional prospective buyer of strategic assets, with a tentative approach to Inmarsat, the London-listed satellite operator. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedges turn to business of rescue</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/07/2008/hedges-turn-to-business-of-rescue.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times- Even as politicians and regulators accuse hedge fund short-sellers of trying to bring down banks in Britain, the US and Australia, top hedge managers are providing rescue capital to prop up the ailing corporate world. The latest bail-out backed by hedge funds is the &#163;4.5bn cash raising by Britain&#8217;s Barclays, where five big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds to back £4.5bn Barclays issue</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/06/2008/hedge-funds-to-back-45bn-barclays-issue.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times- Several of London&#8217;s largest hedge funds are backing Barclays&#8217; &#163;4.5bn ($8.9bn) capital increase, underscoring the complex roles they are playing in the recapitalisation of the UK banking sector. GLG Partners, Lansdowne, CQS and Och-Ziff have all agreed to take up a large chunk of Barclays shares as part of its &#163;1.7bn placing with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barclays Capital, Dubai to Back Shariah-Compliant Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://www.hedgeco.net/news/06/2008/barclays-capital-dubai-to-back-shariah-compliant-hedge-funds.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg- BlackRock Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. money manager, and Ospraie Management LLC, are among five companies that will start Shariah-compliant hedge funds based in Dubai. The funds will get $50 million each in so-called seed capital from the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority, a government-backed agency. Barclays Capital, securities unit of Britain&#8217;s fourth-largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CQS hires Barclays executive to head Hong Kong trading</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters India- CQS has hired former Barclays Capital managing director David Kilgore as its head of trading in Hong Kong, part of a broader push by the $9.6 billion (4.9 billion pound) UK hedge fund manager to expand its presence in high-growth Asia. CQS, a specialist in convertible bond arbitrage, is looking at further expanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds gang up on Babcock</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian- The shares of Macquarie Bank&#8217;s most ardent and successful imitator, Babcock &#38; Brown, and several of its satellites, plumbed new depths yesterday as Barclays lost faith in the group. Shares in Babcock&#8217;s headstock have slumped from $16 to $9.50 in just three weeks and many market observers believe the group&#8217;s large debts are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSA puts pressure on top five banks to support Bradford &amp; Bingley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Times Online- The Financial Services Authority took the unprecedented step of pressuring Britain&#8217;s five biggest banks into supporting the revised rescue capital-raising at Bradford &#38; Bingley last week, The Times has learnt. HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and HBOS are understood to have each agreed to sub-underwrite &#163;20 million-worth of the reworked [...]]]></description>
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