Monthly Archives: August 2011
Hedge funds bullish on US equities, will need to invest aggressively to pass 2008 highwater marks
Opalesque – Even ahead of the US debt ceiling agreement, hedge fund managers have been turning increasingly bullish on US equities. With TrimTabs and BarclayHedge reporting 43% of managers expressing bullish sentiments about the S&P 500 (in July), it seems as though […]
SEBI begins hedge fund regulation
India – The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday released a paper on regulation of alternative investments, including hedge funds. Alternative investment funds or AIFs have been classified into 9 categories. Any fund operating as hedge fund shall […]
Take It To The Limit
New Yorker – There is the current crop of Ohio Republicans, and then there are those who art in Heaven. A specimen of the former, ultimate destination unknown, is Speaker of the House John Boehner, a perpetrator (and, arguably, a […]
Suit challenging CO education funds goes to trial
AP — Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Republican Attorney General John Suthers say a lawsuit questioning how the state funds education can cost the state billions of dollars and open the door for more court challenges by groups unhappy about other […]
Rathbone and Liontrust income funds join ‘blacklist’
Money Marketing – Rathbone and Liontrust have both seen their flagship income funds added to the black list of underperformers in Principal Investment Management’s latest income study. The £465m Rathbone income fund, managed by Carl Stick, and the £341m Liontrust […]
Man tops list of 50 biggest hedge funds
City AM – Man Investments is Europe’s leading hedge fund, topping the list of an industry that has has bounced back as a whole in 2011. Man’s hedge fund arm had assets under management (AUM) of $34.1bn (£20.9bn) as of […]
Clopton Capital Launches Real Estate Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Chicago based commercial real estate lending company Clopton Capital, is planning on launching a strategic hedge fund. The fund will be focused solely on taking advantage on the fractured commercial real estate market and provide a […]
Dirty Players Exposed: Fed, Hedge Funds, Cantor
Business Insider – The Dodd-Frank bill has the predicted response from the dirty players in the financial system. The main dirty player is the Fed. Law.Hukuki.net has an article devoted to a really dirty guy, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo. This guy […]
Lansdowne sells out of entire £850m Goldman Sachs stake
City AM – Hedge fund Lansdowne Partners has sold its $850m (£517m), stake in Goldman Sachs, amid fears that increased regulation in the US could stunt the investment bank’s proprietary trading arm. Lansdowne has sold almost 5m shares in Goldman […]
People Moves: Lakeview Fund of Hedge Funds Appoints Tony Lissuzzo as Portfolio Manager
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Activist fund of hedge funds, Lakeview Investment Managent, has appointed Tony Lissuzzo as Portfolio Manager of the Lakeview Opportunity Funds. Lissuzzio will be responsible for portfolio management as well as manager due diligence. Based in Chicago, […]
Hedge Funds Seek to Prevent Ambac From Taking Bond-Insurance Unit’s Assets
Bloomberg – Hedge funds including King Street Capital LP and Stonehill Capital Management LP filed a motion seeking to prevent Ambac Financial Group Inc. from taking assets out of a bond-insurance unit. The policyholders filed a motion in the circuit court […]
Hedge fund managers more bearish on US stocks
The Economic Times – Almost half of all hedge fund managers are bearish about the US stock market, up from 33 per cent a month earlier, according to a new report released on Monday. Forty-seven per cent of 104 hedge […]