Monthly Archives: February 2009
Hedge fund worker faces jail for attack on stranger
This is London – Colin Sharpe, 31, disgraced himself at the West End charity ball by making a pass at Joe Delvaux’s wife. When Mr Delvaux, 28, stepped in to defend her, Sharpe smashed a beer bottle over his head, […]
Funds expect 2009 growth in life insurance trading
Reuters – Fund managers who buy U.S. life insurance policies to cash in the death benefits have predicted a bumper year in 2009 as investors seek uncorrelated alternatives to mainstream markets. Supply is also is expected to increase as more […]
Emerging Hedge Fund Managers Get Fee Cuts Through Philanthropy
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -Hedge fund admin provider, Variman LLC, and Hedge Funds Care are working together offering discounted monthly service fees to emerging hedge fund managers who donate the standard set-up fee to Hedge Funds Care on behalf of […]
What kids say about hedge funds
Mail Online – IT’S where a hedgehog lives. MAY, six A hedge fund is a money-hedge and we have one at the bottom of our garden. SAM, six I’VE seen a hedge fund before. They have one at the hospital, […]
Cost of protecting Japan govt debt hits record high
Forbes – The cost of protecting Japanese government debt against default has risen sharply as political uncertainty and worries about the nation’s fiscal position grew after data this week highlighted the depth of recession in the world’s second-biggest economy. But […]
Ron Insana Strikes Out At SAC Capital
StreetInsider.com – Former CNBC news anchor Ron Insana reportedly will be leaving Stevie Cohen’s SAC Capital. This move should all but put an end to Insana’s foray into the hedge fund world. Ron Insana decided to leave SAC Capital only […]
US fund takes 35% stake in stricken Countrywide
Times Online – Oaktree Capital Management, a specialist investor that targets heavily indebted companies owned by buyout groups, has sealed its first big investment in Britain. The American-based Oaktree, which has just under €1.8 billion (£1.6 billion) to spend on […]
Harbinger Continues Cablevision Sell-off
Multichannel Online – Harbinger Capital, the hedge fund that caused a stir last year when it began buying large blocks of Cablevision Systems shares, continued a sell-off of the stock that began earlier this year, reducing its holdings in the […]
Hedge-Fund Firms Pressed to Consolidate After Losses Erode Fees
Bloomberg – Mohammed Syed has spent the past seven years scouting out the best hedge-fund investments for clients of his Axiom Fund Manager Ltd. Now, he’s seeking to expand the $100 million he oversees by acquiring rivals. “I am looking […]
Soros Management Fund Increases Stakes in Petrobras, Potash
Bloomberg – Billionaire investor George Soros’s hedge-fund firm bought more shares of Petroleo Brasileiro SA and Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. in the fourth quarter, almost doubling its holdings. Soros Fund Management LLC bought 16 million shares of the Petrobras’ […]
Texas Money Manager Charged with $8 Billion Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Texas businessman Robert Allen Stanford yesterday along with three of his companies for running a fraudulent $8 billion investment scheme. "We are alleging a fraud of shocking magnitude that has […]