Yearly Archives: 2010

Hedge Fund Short Selling: Bloomberg Television Interview with Paolo Pellegrini

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Bloomberg Television’s Jon Erlichman spoke to Paolo Pellegrini, who formerly worked with hedge fund titan John Paulson.  Pelligrini says that bonds are trading at ridiculous levels and talks about what he has been concerned about most […]

Two Hedge Fund Managers Under Investigation In Oregon

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Oregon securities regulators are looking into two Portland hedge funds, Grifphon Asset Management and Sasquatch Capital, after investors reported problems with withdrawls, OregonLive.com reported. The Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities is investigating the two managers, […]

Brummer Said to Start Asian Event Hedge Fund With Ex-Millennium’s Collison

Bloomberg – Brummer & Partners, the largest Scandinavian hedge fund, plans to start an event-driven fund that seeks to profit from events such as mergers in the Asia- Pacific region, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The Stockholm-based […]

Hedge Funds Win, Economy Loses in Volcker Rule, SkyBridge Says

BusinessWeek  – Hedge funds will benefit and the broader economy will suffer if new curbs on trading by U.S. banks are left unchanged, according to the head of SkyBridge Capital LLC. The Volcker rule, enacted this year to curtail proprietary […]

A Hedge Fund Charity for Up-And-Comers

NYT – edge fund up-and-comers that want to give back — but not as much as the industry titans — will have their chance Thursday night at the fifth annual London gala for Hedge Funds Care. For years, there was […]

Email of analyst visited by FBI went to big players

Reuters – Money manager Ameriprise Financial would seem to have little in common with closely held investment advisory firms like Friess Associates and Sonar Capital Management or a giant hedge fund like Citadel Group. Yet a Portland, Oregon-based technology analyst […]

TradePlacer.com Launches CapitalSlice.com for Alternative Investment Projects

Press Release – In a move to expand its services, TradePlacer.com is pleased to announce the launch of CapitalSlice.com, a platform that matches investors seeking alternative investment vehicles with projects. Leveraging revolutionary TradePlacer technology, CapitalSlice.com enables investors to coordinate investment […]

Investors Borrowed $71.1 Billion Under Fed’s TALF Program

Capital – Money managers, including hedge funds, mutual and pension funds borrowed $71.1 billion under the Federal Reserve’s Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, according to a filing Wednesday on the central bank’s website. Through the program, known as TALF, the […]

Hedge Fund Roundtable: Idea Creation, Execution and Risk Management

New York (HedgeCo.net) – Opalesque’s third annual New York Roundtable has assembled a unique group of alternative asset management experts, ranging from a $12 billion hedge funds to an emerging manager. The Roundtable discussion highlights one of the most important […]

Argonaut Sees Portugal Risk as Europe Tops Hedge Funds’ Worries

Bloomberg – David Gerstenhaber, founder of $1.6 billion hedge fund Argonaut Capital Management, said Portugal may be the next casualty of Europe’s debt crisis. “Portugal is structurally weak,” he said in a telephone interview from New York. “There’s a 90 […]

Kravis’ Hedge Fund to Buy 10% of Morgan Stanley’s China Stake

Barron’s – Bloomberg is reporting that Morgan Stanley (MS), the pioneer in U.S. investment banks operating in China, is set to sell its 34% stake in China International Capital Corp. to four different investment groups. One of those buying up Morgan Stanley’s […]

Hedge Funds Tapped Rescue Program

WSJ – Hedge funds and investors whose bearish trades on housing helped them profit amid the credit crisis were among those that benefited from a U.S. government emergency rescue program to kick-start lending, according to Federal Reserve data released Wednesday. […]