Monthly Archives: August 2009
Paulson Hedge Fund Buys Banks That Lost Value in Credit Crisis
Bloomberg – John Paulson, the hedge-fund manager whose wagers against the U.S. housing market helped him earn an estimated $2.5 billion last year, bought Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. stock in the second quarter, while adding […]
U.S. agencies fine Amaranth hedge fund $15 million
Reuters UK – Amaranth Advisors, the largest collapsed hedge fund in history, has been ordered to pay $15 million in civil fines for attempting to manipulate natural gas markets, federal agencies said on Wednesday. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said […]
Hedge Funds Tricked by Producer of Palin Porno Spoof, Says Suit
CBS News – Here’s a switch: a dozen hedge funds are accusing a California businessman of "playing dirty" with their money and even the name Sarah Palin is a "player" in the defendant’s prior ventures, according to the New York […]
Report: Pequot Capital Management, founder Samberg receive SEC Wells notices
News1130.com – The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing its investigation of possible insider trading involving hedge fund Pequot Capital Management and its founder Arthur Samberg, according to a letter to investors obtained by The Wall Street Journal. The SEC […]
AIMA Launches Directive Centre Media Resource
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – The Alternative Investment Management Association, (AIMA) has launched a Directive Centre on their website as part of an on-going campaign to have the European Commission’s draft directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers revised. It is […]
Bandon Flagship Strategy Gains Momentum, 5th Year Reached
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Bandon Capital Management has reached it’s 5th year for its hedge fund flagship investment strategy, ‘Directional Interest Rate Strategy’, (DIRS) producing annualized returns of +7.09% net of all fees, comparatively over the same time period […]
Hedge Fund Models Need to Evolve- Deloitte Research
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – A new research paper by Deloitte LLC: "How Hedge Funds Are Becoming the Ultimate Networked Enterprise," focuses on how hedge fund methods of interacting with prime brokers and third-party administrators needs to be rethought in […]
Hedge funders’ suit claims money went to porn investment, swingers’ resort
New York Daily News – A California moneyman with X-rated interests is being sued by several hedge funds who accuse him of shoveling their millions into porn and a planned Catskills swingers ranch. Milton (Todd) Ault 3rd is charged with […]
Long-only leads hedge fund returns in July
Forbes – Long-only hedge fund strategies posted the best returns of the asset class in July as global stock markets continued their upward trend, according to data in a report published by Lipper Global on Tuesday. As the industry looks […]
Europe buyout firms eye IPOs as stock mkts thaw
Reuters – European private equity firms are keen to start bringing their best-performing portfolio companies to market, encouraged by early successes on the other side of the Atlantic. Last week KKR successfully listed semiconductor business Avago Technologies Ltd and is […]
Hedge funds shut out as banks win IMO
Times Online – A group of banks that financed the £450 million leveraged buy-out (LBO) of car wash group IMO will take control of the struggling business leaving a rival group of hedge fund investors with nothing. In a High […]