Monthly Archives: January 2009
Hedge Fund Manager SVM Launches Long/Short Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Privately-owned investment management company, SVM Asset Management, is seeking approval from the Financial Services Authority for the launch of the long/short SVM UK Absolute Alpha Fund, which has a similar investment approach to their SVM […]
Hedge Fund Seeks Continental AG Chairman’s Ouster, FTD Reports
Bloomberg – A hedge fund led by Frank Scheunert wants to oust Continental AG Chairman Hubertus von Gruenberg, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing the investor. Scheunert, who controls about 5 percent of the tiremaker’s stock, said Continental’s board is “destroying […]
RPT-EXCLUSIVE-Hedge fund firm Magnetar cuts London jobs
Reuters – Multibillion dollar hedge fund firm Magnetar Capital has shut its London risk arbitrage desk and cut seven jobs, the firm told Reuters on Monday, as the industry goes through its biggest crisis. A spokesman said four traders and […]
Wealthy wary of putting new money in hedge funds
Reuters – Millionaires who long put money with hedge funds are now skittish about adding fresh cash after these loosely regulated portfolios posted record losses last year, a top industry executive said on Thursday. "We have probably seen the worst […]
Fraudster Who Staged Death Transferred to Florida Jail
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Marcus Schrenker, the pilot turned money manager accused of faking his own death to avoid fraud charges, was transferred from a Tallahassee hospital to a Pensacola jail on Monday. Schrenker, 38, purposely crashed his single-engine Piper […]
Chrysler Rumored to be in Talks with Italian Automaker over Stake
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Italian automaker Fiat S.p.A. may be interested in acquiring a stake in Chrysler that could help lift the U.S. automaker out of financial distress. According to an article published on autonews.com, Fiat may invest in a […]
Hedge fund industry could become the investment banks of the future
Times Online – Mark Twain said that visiting a fortune-teller “was just as good as going to the opera, and the cost scarcely a trifle more — ergo, I will disguise myself and go again”. But he was visiting a […]
Hedge Fund Peers Come to Merkin’s Defense
TheStreet.com – Two contemporaries rushed to the defense of hedge fund manager Ezra Merkin, who is reportedly being investigated by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo after his investors lost billions of dollars linked to disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff. […]
Reality of the Hedge Fund Industry in 2009
Seekingalpha.com – The tide has gone out for hedge funds. Many have indicated that they "feel" X% of the hedge fund industry will go under. Perhaps a little data and a crude stab at a model will improve a rather […]