Yearly Archives: 2008
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 […]
Andor Hedge Fund to Liquidate
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Greenwich-based Andor Capital Management will liquidate its $2 billion hedge fund after posting losses due to unfavorable market conditions, following in the footsteps of many failed hedge funds this year. Co-founder Daniel Benton announced the […]
Software Stake Bought by Hedge Fund Firm
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Elliott Associates, a New York hedge fund firm, has bought a 9.9% stake in Epicor Software Corp. and is inquiring about possible strategic alternatives for the company, Markets Media Online reports. In a filing made […]
Distressed funds circle Spain
Reuters UK – Vulture funds are finally saying debt from Spanish retailer Cortefiel is now cheap enough to buy, after waiting for months to see prices of the struggling company’s debt fall further. The funds, which have raised billions of […]