Monthly Archives: January 2008
Indian Policymakers Looking At Hedge Funds To Neutralize Rupee Appreciation
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- India has been looking to hedge funds and loans since this year’s decline began in industrial growth from 11% a year ago to 9.5% in the first half of 2007-08, coupled with a fall in the […]
Hedge funds seek to shake up board of the New York Times
Independent- Arthur Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times and the chairman of its family-controlled parent company, picked out one of the most irritating thorns in his side in October when, after a two-year campaign to shake up the […]
Hedge funds seek to shake up board of the New York Times
CNNMoney.com Hedge funds seek to shake up board of the New York TimesIndependent, UK – 6 hours agoA pair of hedge funds has amassed a 5 per cent stake and wants to impose a slate of new directors and a sharp new […]
Chinese-style hedge funds lure top managers
Reuters- After he resigned as chief investment officer of JPMorgan’s China fund venture last August, Lu Jun was inundated with offers of senior posts at other asset management firms. But Lu, widely known in the country’s 3.2 trillion yuan ($445 […]
Hedge funds fuel volatility
InvestorDaily- Hedge fund participation in the share market downturn has only intensified the markets’ rapid fall, according to Australian Unity chief investment officer David Bryant. "They make a lot of money very quickly on the downside and unfortunately the Australian […]
Northern Trust FoHF’s To Recieve Daily, Instead of Monthly Data
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Northern Trust has announce the setup of a worldwide partnership with financial applications company youDevise, it will offer funds of hedge funds daily portfolio management data. Typically, funds of hedge funds ("FoHF") can only get this […]
Funds of funds braced for fall in returns
Reuters- Funds of hedge funds managers are bracing themselves for poor returns in the first half of the year across many portfolios as fears of a U.S. recession seep into the global economy, a Reuters poll showed. The quarterly survey […]
Hedge funds flex muscles
Philadelphia Inquirer- The lousy January start for the U.S. stock market is giving activist hedge funds plenty of company in the misery they see. You don’t have to look far for local examples. Comcast Corp. and its chairman and CEO […]
Crisis grips European hedge funds
Times Online- A RAFT of European hedge funds have been forced to introduce emergency measures to protect their businesses from collapsing in the wake of the turmoil in financial markets. Up to 10 European hedge funds have suspended redemptions after […]
Korea Remains Attractive for Hedge Funds
Korea Times- Growing volatility in global financial markets will create more investment opportunities for highly-skilled hedge funds this year, although concerns about a U.S. economic recession will be hampering investor sentiment, an HSBC researcher said Monday. Clark Cheng, head of […]
Old Lane Hedge Fund liquidates stake in LandAmerica
Reuters- Citigroup’s (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Old Lane Hedge Fund liquidated its stake in insurance company LandAmerica Financial Group (LFG.N: Quote, Profile, Research), according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Old Lane had about a 5.4 percent stake in the […]
BlackRock buying stake in Merrill\’s India fund firm
Hindu Business Line- BlackRock Inc, the largest publicly traded U.S. asset manager, will buy a 40 per cent stake in DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers Ltd, Mr Laurence Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive said in a statement on Friday. BlackRock, […]