Yearly Archives: 2010
Hedge Fund-Backed Farm Group Tejar Weighs U.S. IPO
Bloomberg – El Tejar SA, Argentina’s largest agricultural producer, is weighing an initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for farming assets. The closely held grain and oilseed grower, backed by London-based hedge fund Altima Partners […]
Liquidations fall, while hedge-fund launches rise
MarketWatch – An outgoing voicemail message at the office of Bellman Walter Capital tells callers that the San Francisco-based hedge-fund firm shut down at the end of 2009. Former SAC Capital traders Rich Walter and Jeff Bellman started Bellman Walter […]
ECB’s Noyer Says Low Rates Fueling Hedge Fund CDS Speculation
BusinessWeek – European Central Bank council member Christian Noyer called for greater regulation of credit- default swaps, saying hedge funds are exploiting low interest rates to increase speculation with the securities, according to an interview in L’Agefi newspaper. “Is it […]
Shariah Capital sees more Islamic hedge funds taking off
Reuters – More sharia hedge funds are likely to be launched, specialising in healthcare, telecoms and technology stocks, a U.S. financial firm said, as the industry debates how far Islam sanctions such investments. Few Islamic hedge funds have successfully gotten […]
EU defends hedge fund rules against U.S. critics
Reuters – The European Union has defended planned rules for hedge funds against criticism from Washington, saying on Thursday its proposed regime was in line with an international accord to increase transparency. U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has complained to […]
The Top Ten Global Hedge Funds – And More
New York (HedgeCo.net) – New research is in from Pensions & Investments starting with a list of the world’s largest hedge funds as of the end of 2009. ($ billions) 1. J.P. Morgan $53.5 2. Bridgewater Associates $43.6 3. Paulson […]
Athamas Hedge Fund Will Sell More Wood, Fewer Carbon Credits
BusinessWeek – A forestry and carbon hedge fund proposed by Athamas SA will focus on wood rather than carbon credits after United Nations climate talks in December failed to set international targets after 2012. When Luxembourg-based Athamas was founded in […]
Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout
WSJ – The technology bubble popped a decade ago, but the venture-capital industry that helped finance the boom stayed largely intact. Now venture-capital firms are going through their own brutal culling. Venture firms are struggling to raise new cash, hampered […]
Brussels targets derivatives to help euro
Guardian – The European commission announced moves today to shore up the euro and ward off market pressure on Greece by considering a ban on complex derivatives allegedly being used to undermine the single currency. The draconian move suggested by […]
MFA inks partnership with yet another hedge fund group
Investmet News – The Managed Funds Association is teaming up with the Texas Hedge Fund Association, marking the MFA’s third announced partnership in as many months. The MFA, the hedge fund industry’s premier trade association, has made regional alliances a […]
Fund Manager Gartmore Says Business Rebounding
WSJ – Gartmore Group Ltd., the hedge-fund and mutual-fund manager that listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange in December, reported a drop in operating earnings for 2009 but said its business is firmly on the mend and has […]