Yearly Archives: 2010
CQS plans UK fund listing in December
Reuters – Hedge fund firm CQS plans to launch a new fund which will then list in London, the company said on Monday, making it the second manager since last week to announce plans to float a new vehicle. The […]
UBS in Talks With Dozens of Prop Traders Mulling Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – UBS AG, the largest Swiss bank, said it has been in talks with “dozens” of proprietary traders from firms worldwide who may start their own hedge funds as banks seek to comply with new U.S. rules aimed at […]
Hedge Fund Launch: CME Rainfall Contracts
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Global risk manager and derivatives marketplace, CME Group, will begin listing and trading rainfall futures, options on futures and binary options beginning October 31 for trade date November 1. The monthly and seasonal contracts will be […]
Special Report: What If Elvis Ran a Hedge Fund?
Reuters – On a rainy day in late September, Newark Mayor Cory Booker set up a temporary outpost in a somewhat unlikely setting — the midtown Manhattan offices of hedge fund manager William Ackman. For much of the afternoon, Booker […]
Fed Survey: Hedge Funds and the Shadow Banking System
New York (HedgeCo.net) – The new Fed’s Senior Credit Officer Opinion survey (FSCOO), modeled after the better-known Senior Loan Officer Survey (SLOS), showed that hedge funds, private-equity firms, insurance companies and other big investors got better terms from lenders during the summer […]
Fund Manager Doesn’t Hedge His Bets on Tories
NYT – As the right-leaning British government prepares to impose some of the deepest spending cuts in a generation, it is doing so with the full-throated support of the London financial elite, Landon Thomas Jr. reports in The New York […]
American hedge fund intervention would put Liverpool sale in Limbo
NewsTime – As the battle for the hearts and minds of Liverpool fans continues in a Dallas Court on Friday, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry has vowed to fight off what he has styled a “last desperate attempt” by […]
Former Broncos quarterback Elway invested in Ponzi scheme
The Denver Post – Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway and a business partner invested $15 million in March with Colorado hedge-fund manager Sean Mueller, who was charged this week in an alleged Ponzi scheme, according to court documents. Mueller, […]
Hedge fund talks derail again as France and Britain clash
Telegraph – The row revolves around whether or not to grant a “passport” licence to foreign funds that want to work across the European Union’s 27 member nations. France wants more stringent rules for foreign hedge fund managers, while the […]
Hedge Fund Fall Networking Event
New York (HedgeCo.net) – This year’s HedgeCo Fall Networking Event is being held in New York at the Nikki Midtown 151 E 50th St, between 3rd Avenue and Lexington. The event is a chance for investors, hedge fund managers and […]
Brevan Howard to launch new credit fund
Reuters – Hedge fund firm Brevan Howard is set to float a new credit fund in the London market in mid-December, the Financial Times said on Thursday. The British-based firm, which is moving a handful of staff to a subsidiary […]
