Yearly Archives: 2010

Bloomberg – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. may face a proposal from creditors including hedge fund Paulson & Co. for distributing an estimated $57.5 billion more equally than provided for in its own payout plan, according to a person familiar with […]

MarketWatch – Hedge funds pulled in roughly $13 billion in new money from investors in November, the fifth consecutive month of inflows and a shift from the pullbacks that marked the first part of year, a research group reported Monday. […]

Opalesque – Last week, we heard of fund launches from Insparo (Africa); Christofferson Robb (liquid version of flagship); Gorelick Brothers (closed-end FoHFs); Venus Capital (India Emerging Leaders) ; and Algebris Investments (fund focusing on capital securities that regulators say banks must issue). […]

Reuters – The Barclays UK pension fund may review its 800 million pounds ($1.26 billion) exposure to hedge funds investing in credit as the scheme sets up its own asset management unit, its head of dynamic asset allocation said. The […]

Telegraph – ACPI, run by ex-Goldman Sachs colleagues Alok Oberoi and Brett Lankester, has filed a lawsuit against RMG Wealth Management, seeking to ban it from using what it alleges is confidential information gained from Stephen Greene. Mr Greene was […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds and large speculators increased their bets on a commodity rally to the highest level since at least 2006 as copper and gold gained to records. An index tracking speculative positions in 20 commodity futures in the U.S. […]

GLG – The hedge fund and prime brokerage industry, fixated on exploiting ‘market inefficiencies’ wherever they may be found in whatever form they may be found in, continues to avoid the most lucrative ‘inefficient market’ opportunity that exists, the biotechnology […]