Yearly Archives: 2008
Putin Denies Knowing of Banned Hedge Fund Manager Bill Browder
Bloomberg – Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he’s “never heard of” Bill Browder, founder of the hedge-fund firm Hermitage Capital Management Inc. who has been barred from Russia since November 2005. “I never heard of that name before,” Putin said […]
AdultVest Hedge Fund Acquires iPorn
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- Francis Koenig, Chairman of AdultVest Inc., announced the acquisition of iPorn.com. The acquisition coincides with the firm’s online marketplace topping $7 Billion in available capital for adult industry related investments. "We are very excited about the […]
Hedge Funds Want More Back
A relic from Russia’s debt default a decade ago is threatening the country’s economic resurgence by forcing more than 200 companies to increase the interest they pay to as much as 16 percent. With bond yields rising worldwide as the […]
Hedge Funds Cut Oil Bets as Prices Rose, CFTC Probed
Bloomberg- Hedge-fund managers and speculators reduced bets on higher oil prices by 80 percent since July as crude futures rose to records and U.S. regulators started investigating trading, government data show. So-called speculative net long positions fell to 25,867 contracts […]
Fund’s Investors In Revolt
New York Post- Angry investors in an embattled $650 million Greenwich hedge moved last week to take control of the fund from Philip and Alan Milton, the brother investment team that had steered the fund through many years of fat […]
Hedge funds push boat out for Ark charity
Times Online- This week, some of the City’s wealthiest people will descend on a lavish party in London intent on giving away a large chunk of their personal fortunes. More than 1,100 will pile into the Absolute Return for Kids […]
Delphi creditors join suit against hedge fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Appaloosa Management is getting hit from all angles in their attempt to walk away from the deal they struck with Delphi. The hedge fund is not only being sued by the auto parts maker, but now […]
UK advises China on private equity industry
Forbes.com – The UK government is advising China on its private equity industry, with the Treasury passing papers on tax and regulation to Beijing, the Financial Times reported. The newspaper said the move reflects London’s desire to gain a strategic […]
Pensions’ Dollars Shorted by Hedge Funds Have History on Side
Bloomberg – Whenever pension funds, mutual funds and insurance companies decide they should own dollar assets that are out of favor with hedge funds, the hedge funds lose. Institutional investors bought more dollars than they’ve sold this year, according to […]
Cranwood Capital Announces Launch of Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund
HedgeCo.Net – Cranwood Capital Management LLC has announced the launch of their new fund, the Cranwood Fixed Income Arbitrage Fund. The fund seeks to generate high, absolute returns by using Treasury futures to arbitrage temporary discrepancies occurring along the U.S. […]
Triple A to seed new S.Korea focused hedge fund
Reuters – Boutique alternative fund firm Triple A Partners said on Friday it was backing a new South Korea-focused hedge fund which it expects to launch on Sept. 1 with around $40 million in assets. Triple A, also known as […]
Bear Stearns passes into Wall Street history
Financial Times – Jimmy Cayne apologised for the first time to Bear Stearns shareholders and employees on Thursday as the investment bank he helped build into a scrappy powerhouse formally disappeared into Wall Street history as the biggest victim of […]