Monthly Archives: May 2007
G8 leaders set to row over global warming, aid and finance
Budapest Business Journal- Leaders from the world’s top industrialized nations meet in the Baltic coastal resort of Heiligendamm next month to discuss the fight against climate change, increased aid to Africa and global financial stability. But forget the gentle fireside […]
How To Hedge A Hurricane
Forbes- Weather futures specifically tied to Atlantic hurricanes are set to begin trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as soon as the first storm gets brewing. The National Weather Center’shurricane forecasters predict 13 to 17 named storms this year, three […]
RBS consortium bids $95.6 bln for ABN AMRO
Reuters- A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland has launched a 71.1 billion euro ($95.6 billion) bid for Dutch group ABN AMRO, trumping Britain’s Barclays in a battle for the world’s biggest bank takeover. In a long-awaited move, the […]
Ernst & Young Launch Islamic Fund Report
The 1st Annual Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments Report (IFIR) is being launched to address the exciting and dynamic landscape of Islamic Private Equity market. The inaugural report will focus on the spectrum of asset classes and drivers […]
Hedge Funds Roil
Wall Street Journal- Traditionally, the annual fund-raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay was a staid affair: A string quartet played, Red Sox tickets were auctioned and empty seats abounded. The event was lucky to raise more than […]
Hedge Fund Manager New on Applebee’s Board
AP- Shareholders of Applebee’s International Inc. voted Friday to elect two new directors from a hedge fund that had threatened a costly proxy fight before both sides agreed to a settlement last month. Richard Breeden, whose hedge fund Breeden Capital […]
Market Wizards Delays Hedge Fund IPO
MSN MoneyCentral (AP)- Market Wizards Fund Ltd., a hedge fund investment company that had planned to debut on the London Stock Exchange postponed its initial public offering because it wouldn’t havemet a target of 200 million pounds ($397.3 million), highlighting […]
Correlation Trade is Extreme Sport for Hedge Funds
Reuters- Hedge funds are driving a surge in demand for the riskiest credit derivatives, with winner-takes-all strategies that appear to have turned the art of investing into the financial equivalentof extreme sports. As hedge funds jostle for space in London’s […]
Ernst & Young Launch Islamic Hedge Fund Report
The 1st Annual Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments Report (IFIR) is being launched to address the exciting and dynamic landscape of Islamic Private Equity market. The inaugural report will focus on the spectrum of asset classes and drivers […]
Amanda Capital Hedge Fund of Funds Exceeds Target Size at Closing
Amanda Capital Group, the first publicly listed private equity hedge fund-of-funds in Scandinavia announced that Amanda III Eastern Private Equity L.P. fund-of-funds exceeded its target size of EUR 100 million ($134.5 million). Amanda III is one of the five fund-of-funds […]
Ernst & Young Launches Islamic Funds & Investments Report
1st Annual Ernst & Young Islamic Funds & Investments Report (IFIR) is being launched to address the exciting and dynamic landscape of Islamic Private Equity market. The inaugural report will focus on the spectrum of asset classes and drivers that […]
Syz & Co Launches Two Spanish Funds of Hedge Funds
In a press release today, Swiss banking group SYZ & CO and Madrid-based asset management firm A&G Fondos, Asesores y Gestores Financieros Fondos announced the launch of two Spanish-regulated funds of hedge funds, the AYG SYZ Multi Strategy and the […]