Monthly Archives: February 2012

Dow Jones – Hedge funds look set to take center stage as European merger-and-acquisition activity starts to pick up after a long drought and as bets on winning prices and bidders trigger dramatic rises in the stock price of target […]

DealBook – There was a time, not long ago, when the hedge fund manager John A. Paulson seemed to be practically untouchable. Shuttled from meeting to meeting in a caravan of black S.U.V.’s, Mr. Paulson was living the hedge fund […]

The Australian – Companies and investment advisers should be wary of hedge funds trying to cultivate staff for inside information on takeover deals, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission warned yesterday. Speaking at a press conference in Sydney at the […]

The Enquirer – Oil rose to a nine-month high in New York after Iran said it halted some crude exports and investors bet that fuel demand will increase as Europe moves closer to bailing out Greece. Meanwhile, gasoline prices continued to […]

Investment News – Gold traders are getting more bullish after billionaire hedge-fund manager John Paulson told investors it’s time to buy the metal as protection against inflation caused by government spending. Twelve of 22 surveyed by Bloomberg expect prices to […]

CNBC – Hedge funds are cranking up their bets in equities and credit in 2012’s buoyant markets in the belief that the euro zone, U.S. and Chinese economies will fare better than many were fearing last year. Many funds think […]

Pensions & Investments – European institutions — led by the U.K. — are expected to raise or change their hedge fund allocations in a bid to improve funding levels while better controlling portfolio volatility, industry observers say. Hedge fund allocations […]

Reuters – A rough year for Asian hedge funds in 2011 exposed the long-only bias of many managers’ portfolios, leaving the industry fighting a tough battle to retain clients as assets shrink and fund closures accelerate. The setback puts at […]

Vancouver Sun – Hedge funds increased commodity bets to the highest in al-most five months on signs that a rescue plan for Greece and faster U.S. growth will buoy demand as supplies shrink for everything from soybeans to copper. Money […]

CNN – Technology analyst John Kinnucan was arrested Friday on allegations of trading on information about many of the nation’s leading tech companies, resulting in illicit gains of nearly $110 million. Kinnucan faces both criminal and civil charges. He was […]