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International Herald Tribune- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In a sealed complaint filed last month with a state-run employment tribunal, John Pickett, who ran a hedge fund known as CSO Partners that specialized in corporate debt, accuses the bank of pressuring CSO to buy billions of dollars in troubled loans, the newspaper reported.
Pickett said the loans undermined CSO and led to his resignation. Citigroup called the complaint "without merit," the Journal said.
MSN MoneyCentral- A former manager of a Citigroup Inc hedge fund has filed a complaint with a British tribunal accusing the bank of causing his fund’s demise, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
In a sealed complaint filed last month with a state-run employment tribunal, John Pickett, who ran a hedge fund known as CSO Partners that specialized in corporate debt, accuses the bank of pressuring CSO to buy billions of dollars in troubled loans, the newspaper reported.
Reuters- Distressed debt in emerging markets is now harder to find than in developed economies, asset manager Ashmore says, but its "special situations" funds see good growth in emerging private equity.
Ashmore’s Global Special Situations Funds started a decade ago picking up distressed corporate debt in developing economies and helping companies achieve profitable returns — but now that market barely exists.
Sydney Morning Herald- There should be no doubt in anyone’s mind that those aggressive funds we all love to hate were responsible for the massive fall in Babcock & Brown’s share price yesterday - a fall so large it prompted a "review" by the company’s banks of its corporate debt facility.
There is also no doubt B&B provides a fertile environment for the hedge funds to operate. B&B and many of its satellite investment companies are vulnerable because they are over-geared, with flawed business models.