Yearly Archives: 2008

TOKYO (Reuters)- Low government bond yields and volatile currency markets are pushing Japan’s traditionally conservative life insurers into riskier investments to boost returns, with hedge funds and private equity set to get more of their huge cash pile. With little […]

Bizjournals.com- A Massachusetts hedge fund that rolled a bet on biotech company Pozen has seen it pay off in a big way. PAR Capital Management says in Securities and Exchange Commission documents that its stake in Chapel Hill-based Pozen (Nasdaq: […]

Reuters UK- If investing in hedge funds these days seems about as certain as betting on the ponies, why not a fund to buy and race thoroughbreds? The New York Times reported on Monday that International Equine Acquisitions Holdings is raising […]

Telegraph.co.uk- Net investment in hedge funds has fallen to almost zero this year as poor returns and the high-profile implosion of funds such as the $2bn (£1bn) Peloton fund have driven away investors. Data from US-based institution Hedge Fund Research […]

 FINalternatives- Yet another hedge fund operator is diving into the burgeoning distressed-debt market looking for a piece of the action. Switzerland’s Union Bancaire Privée is looking to make some noise with the launch of a pair of funds of hedge […]

New York Times- Senator John McCain seems like the natural choice for the rich who are voting their wallets. After all, Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, might help the wealthy keep more of their supersize incomes by making the […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea‘s most powerful businessman said on Tuesday he would step down after 20 years at the head of the giant Samsung Group following his indictment last week for tax evasion and breach of trust. The televised […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Influential emerging markets fund manager Mark Mobius said on Friday that he was in talks for private equity investments in Iraq. "We are looking at private equity in Iraq and are meeting with representatives in Iraq. There […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Britain does not face a U.S.-style subprime mortgage crisis but the Bank of England’s latest move to help out commercial banks can only be one element in easing credit market tensions, a senior International Monetary Fund official […]

Bloomberg- Hedge funds attracted $16.5 billion of new cash in the first quarter, the smallest inflows since the end of 2005, as a credit drought, falling home prices and a U.S. economy on the brink of recession damped investor enthusiasm. […]

Times Online – On one level, it appears almost comical – a tale that manages to draw in Harry Potter’s enemy Lord Voldemort, Shakespeare and a series of TV shows. On another, it is a story that involves some of […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Global hedge fund industry assets rose to $2.65 trillion (1.34 trillion pounds) at the start of 2008, data group HedgeFund Intelligence said on Wednesday, but growth slowed in the second half of 2007 as the credit crisis […]