Monthly Archives: August 2008
Breaking even becomes hedge funds’ mantra
Globe and Mail – Joe E. Lewis, the late American nightclub comic and inveterate horse player, once quipped: "I hope I break even. I need the money." That could very well become a mantra in the hedge fund world, where […]
Court lets NJ invest pension money in hedge funds
Newsday – A state appeals court has allowed New Jersey to move ahead with a plan to invest some state pension money into hedge funds. The court ruled Friday, rejecting a challenge by the Communications Workers of America and the […]
Predictions for Hedge Funds
Wall Street Journal – Not long ago, hedge funds were reserved for a few wealthy investors and even fewer pioneering managers. Now 7,500 funds have nearly $2 trillion under management globally, according to Hedge Fund Research — increasingly from endowments […]
CSX ‘Welcoming’ Work With Activist Hedge Funds
CNBC – Cramer got a chance Thursday to check in briefly with CSX Chairman and CEO Michael Ward. Ward’s been a regular guest on Mad Money as his company has battled with activist hedge funds fighting to have him ousted. […]
Nordic Commodity, ECM Post Top Power Hedge-Fund Gains
Bloomberg – Energy Capital Management and Nordic Commodity Funds AB’s hedge funds are outperforming the competition in European energy markets, where power prices fell as much as 17 percent last month from a record. Energy Capital’s MMT fund returned 19.2 […]
Hedge Fund Buys Into Trucking Agency
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a Reglatory filing with the SEC, multibillion-dollar hedge fund, Tontine Associates, has bought 5% of trucking giant YRC, equaling 2.97 million shares of YRC common stock, for more than $48 million. Jeffrey Gendell, founder of Tontine Associates, has made […]
Hedge investors on cautious tack in choppy markets
Reuters – Funds of hedge fund portfolios are battening down the hatches in the current volatile markets by building up cash or steering clear of strategies with too much exposure to market movements. With returns in the hedge fund industry […]
High-flying fund manager under SEC scrutiny
CNN Money – Third Point Management, a New York hedge fund run by one of the country’s most outspoken and controversial investors, has come under investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The $5.6 billion fund, whose founder Daniel Loeb […]
Hedge Funds Take Huge Loss as Mood Swings
Financial-Planning.com – Many alternative asset managers, who brag about their ability to make money regardless of market conditions, posted their worst figures in years last month after worldwide sentiment suddenly changed on energy prices, financial stock and the U.S. dollar. […]
Harbinger Hedge Fund Looking to Shake Up Another Board
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Harbinger Capital has taken an 8 percent stake in Cablevision Systems Corp., according to a regulatory filing done yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The activist hedge fund now owns nearly 19 million shares of […]
Hedge Fund RAB Consdiers Buying Back Shares
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – RAB Special Situations hedge fund is contemplating a share buyback, after getting burned by the nationalization of Northern Rock and the plummeting of share values that followed. The fund said it may repurchase the shares and […]