Monthly Archives: January 2012
Avoca Hires Concerto’s Black to Head Hedge Fund Capital Raising
Bloomberg – Avoca Capital Holdings, the Dublin- based investment firm, hired Rachel Black from Concerto Asset Management as head of capital raising for its credit hedge fund business. Black is based in London and reports to Simon Thorp, chief investment officer of […]
Bangert: A hedge fund buck to be made on school reform
JC Online – Standing in unrelenting waves of school reform — private vouchers, teacher merit pay, charter schools, letter grades for districts — public school superintendents up to their waists in the roiling water tend to see sharks just below […]
Hedge Fund Makes Large Investment in Marathon Petroleum
CSN News – Marathon Petroleum Corp. has a significant new shareholder. In a U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing, hedge fund Jana Partners disclosed it purchased a 5.5-percent stake in the parent company of Speedway LLC. The investment equates to […]
Costs, Compliance for Launching a Hedge Fund
Bloomberg TV- Ingrid Pierce, a partner at Walkers, talks about the cost and compliance components of establishing a hedge fund. Pierce talks with Dierdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Watch Interview
Hermes BPK launches fund of managed futures funds
CityWire – Fund of hedge funds firm Hermes BPK Partners has unveiled a managed futures strategy. Hermes BPK, which was formed in 2008 between BP pension scheme manager Hermes Fund Managers and a group of hedge fund professionals, will look […]
What The Specialists Are Saying About Private Equity And Hedge Funds This Year
New York (HedgeCo.net) – “When large-scale hostile takeovers appeared in the 1980s, many voiced the opinion that they were driven by investor greed; the robber barons of Wall Street had returned to raid innocent corporations. Today, it is widely accepted […]
People Moves: UK University Snaps up Hedge Fund Guru
New York (HedgeCo.net) – In a move that turns the table on the hiring status quo, Strathclyde University has reached out into the world of hedge funds to access talent. In announcing that it has just appointed Daniel Broby as […]
SEC expands inquiry into two Portland hedge funds
Oregon Live – Federal investigators have expanded their inquiry into two Portland hedge funds, last week interviewing investors of Sasquatch Capital who say they have not been able to withdraw their money. Last year, officials from the U.S. Securities and […]
In Latest Insider Trading Cases, Feds Go After Big Hedge Fund Bosses
The Daily Beast – “How does a hedge fund get an edge?” postulates a prominent New York corporate lawyer from a white-shoe firm. “Cheating, that’s how. How do you outperform the market year after year? You can’t, so you cheat.” No wonder […]
Hedge funds may appeal to human rights court
The Independent – Hedge funds with large amounts of Greek debt are reportedly planning to take the government to the European Court of Human Rights in an attempt to prevent Athens from forcing huge losses upon them. The funds have baulked at […]
Hedge fund investors flocking to global macro and relative value strategies
Hedge Funds Review – Hedge fund investors show a preference for macro funds and relative value arbitrage strategies, says Hedge Fund Research. Discretionary and systematic macro funds had highest net inflows in Q4 2011. Global macro and relative value arbitrage strategies […]
Two hedge funds say no material Greek debt holdings
Reuters – Hedge funds Och-Ziff Capital Management and York Capital Management said they do not have a material investment in Greek sovereign debt, and have not been involved in negotiations to restructure the country’s debt. “York’s holdings in Greek Government bonds […]