Tag Archives: withdrawals


Asian Hedge-Fund Assets to Double on New Money

Bloomberg – Asian hedge funds will attract a “wave” of new money that could more than double the industry’s assets from its peak of $250 billion as the region leads the world’s emergence from the deepest recession since World War […]

Vicis Capital Suspends Redemptions After Hedge Fund Loses 12%

Bloomberg – Vicis Capital LLC, the $2.9 billion hedge fund started by former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. trader John Succo in 2004, barred clients from withdrawing money from its main fund after losses this year. The firm received “higher-than-anticipated” requests […]

Goldman CFO sees end to hedge fund redemption wave

Khaleej Times – Hedge fund assets may be on the rebound after a year of massive redemptions, Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Financial Officer David Viniar told analysts on Tuesday, although the prime brokerage business will remain under pressure. “Assuming […]

Cerberus to change terms of hedge fund: source

Reuters – Private equity firm Cerberus is to place investors seeking withdrawals from one of its hedge funds into a special purpose vehicle which would make cash distributions over time, a source familiar with the contents of a recent investor […]

Man Group funds drop, but withdrawals are slowing

MENAFN –  U.K. hedge fund manager Man Group reported a further decline in its assets under management Thursday, but said institutional customers have significantly slowed their withdrawals and private investor sales have been strong. The group said funds under management […]

Hedge Fund Investors Regain ‘Whip Hand’ After 2008’s Losses

Bloomberg – Hedge fund managers gathering in Monaco this week said they have work to do to regain investors’ confidence after the industry’s record losses last year. “We have to prove as an industry that we can provide absolute returns […]

Brevan Howard Tops Alpha’s List of Best 50 Hedge Funds in Europe

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alpha Magazine unveiled the 2009 Europe Hedge Fund top 50, showing that that Europe was not immune to investor angst over hedge funds. A wave of investor withdrawals shapes the magazine’s annual ranking of the […]

Satellite Asset Management shutting down

Reuters India – Satellite Asset Management LP, a $2.8 billion (1.84 billion pounds) hedge fund founded by former employees of billionaire George Soros, is closing down because of client withdrawals, Bloomberg said on its website late Friday. The New York-based […]

Investors continue to withdraw from hedge funds in Q1

English Eastday – Investors continued to withdraw capital from hedge funds in the first quarter of 2009, redeeming nearly 103 billion U.S. dollars, according to data released on Tuesday. The redemption figure, about 7.3 percent of overall hedge fund assets, […]

HSBC sees “tipping point” in hedge fund outflows

Reuters UK – HSBC Global Asset Management says it is finally seeing inflows into some of its hedge funds and believes it may have reached a "tipping point" after a tough period of client withdrawals. Bill Maldonado, head of alternative […]

TCI Has $1.2 Billion of Japan Short Positions, Sells Toshiba

Bloomberg – The Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP, a $9.5 billion London-based hedge fund, has about $1.2 billion of short positions in Japanese stocks including Toshiba Corp., according to exchange filings. The fund, better known as TCI, has shorted […]

Highbridge records $1 bln in net inflows in 2009

Reuters – Highbridge Capital Management, the hedge fund majority-owned by JPMorgan Chase & Co, received $1 billion in net inflows this year, the Financial Times reported citing people familiar with the fund. The inflows suggest that investors are tentatively returning […]