Monthly Archives: January 2010

Funds Make Record Oil Bets as Freeze Spurs Prices: Chart of Day

Bloomberg – Hedge funds and other investors have made record bets on higher crude and fuel prices as freezing weather boosts consumption. The CHART OF THE DAY shows the total net number of long positions, contracts betting prices will rise, […]

Dalton launches Ucits hedge fund

Hedge Funds Review – Dalton Strategic Partnership is building on three years of strong hedge fund returns with the launch of its first Ucits III hedge fund product. The MST European Fund will open on February 1, 2010 as a […]

Gundlach Plans 3 DoubleLine Funds Similar to TCW’s

Bloomberg – Jeffrey Gundlach filed to start three bond mutual funds through DoubleLine Capital LP, the Los Angeles-based investment firm he created after being dismissed last month as chief investment officer for TCW Group Inc. The proposed funds — DoubleLine […]

Ex-Centaurus H.K. Head to Start Asia Event Fund for Tiresias

Business Week – Tiresias Capital Ltd., a Cayman- based hedge-fund manager overseeing $560 million, plans to start its first Asian fund this quarter to take advantage of an expected increase in mergers and acquisitions in the region. The “event-driven” fund […]

New Ucits III hedge fund platforms cater for wave of funds seeking the sought-after Ucits label

International Adviser – Within the last two months, at least two companies have launched platforms aimed at enabling existing hedge fund copmpanies to create Ucits-compliant versions of their products more easily, quickly and cheaply than if they were to do […]

UPDATE: Rajaratnam Attacks Wiretap Evidence In Hedge Fund Case – New Witnesses

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam won approval yesterday from U.S. District Court Judge Richard Holwell to stay free on $100 million bail while awaiting trial on his insider trading case. The judge refused to reduce or […]

Ex-Credit Suisse Manager Tomiyama to Start Japan Hedge Fund

ABC News – Kunio Tomiyama, former chief fund manager at Credit Suisse Asset Management Ltd., plans to start a hedge fund by the end of this year that will restrict investments to a maximum of 30 Japanese stocks to boost […]

Hedge Fund Lender Reaps Returns on Fallen Companies Banks Shun

Bloomberg – Hedge fund manager Michael Tennenbaum, at age 74, plans to race down a giant slalom course on Vail Mountain in Colorado in March at the Directors’ Invitational Ski Classic, an annual event that pits pro skiers against business […]

Calif. Fund Manager Sentenced in Fraud Scheme

ABC News – The founder and manager of two Beverly Hills hedge funds has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for cheating investors out of more than $25 million. Bradley Ruderman was sentenced Monday in a […]

Benzinga’s Daily Hedge Fund Briefing – More Statistics Show Hedge Funds Had a Banner Year in 2009

Benzinga – December and 2009 year-end results for the USA’s biggest hedge funds are starting to trickle in, and DealBook has obtained some of the numbers. Hedge Fund Research, which tracks a number of funds, said its index of fund […]

SAIL to launch up to $300 mln distressed fund in Q1

Reuters – SAIL Advisors, the Hong Kong-based fund of hedge funds, aims to raise $200 million to $300 million for a distressed asset fund which will likely launch in the first quarter of 2010, a top executive said on Tuesday. […]

UK Hedge Fund Manager Launches Green Investment Opportunity

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Future Capital Partners (FCP), the £6 billion ($9.68 billion) hedge fund and alternative investment boutique, has launched a groundbreaking investment opportunity that will allow UK investors to invest in the rapidly growing Renewable Transport Fuels (RTF) […]