Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Seattle investment firm Quellos Group expected to be indicted in tax-evasion case Thursday
Seattle Times – Federal prosecutors are expected to unseal indictments Thursday in a massive tax-evasion investigation involving the Seattle investment firm Quellos Group, accusing its officers of operating offshore tax shelters used to hide hundreds of millions of dollars from […]
Argentina in contempt of court over defaulted sovereign bonds
MercoPress – US District Judge Thomas Griesa granted a contempt of court motion last week by bondholder Aurelius Capital Partners hedge fund, according to a transcript of a hearing in Manhattan federal court obtained over the weekend, reports Reuters. Lawyers […]
Hedge Fund Prime Brokerage Provider Expands To Chicago
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – NorthPoint Trading Partners, LLC has opened a new office in Chicago, IL., with 12 year industry veteran, Michael Ferro, as head. Ferro has held positions at Genworth Financial, Knight Capital Markets, and X-Change Financial Access. […]
Japan’s First Short-Biased Hedge Fund Bets Exporters Will Fall
Bloomberg – Alphex Investments Co., the adviser to Japan’s first short-biased hedge fund, plans to sell exporters’ shares, wagering they’ll fall on a rising yen and weak global economy, boosting the fund that started in March. “What we’re seeing right […]
Et-China soars after Kuoni buys hedge fund’s 31.8 pct stake in company
Proactive Investors UK – Shares in Et-china.com International Holdings LTD (AIM: ETC) got an enormous boost today from news that Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd has bought the 31.8 percent stake in the company that was held by hedge fund Gandhara […]
Barclays sees $50 billion hedge fund inflows this year
Reuters – Improving markets and a need to recoup 2008 losses will prompt investors to pour $50 billion (30 billion pounds) into hedge funds this year and slow redemptions, Barclays Capital said in a report on Tuesday. More than 300 […]
David Einhorn, still a hedge fund rock star
FierceFinance – David Einhorn, the head of Greenlight Capital, caused quite a stir at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference last year. He made it known that he was shorting Lehman Brothers, which was trading at $60 at the […]
JPMorgan to break up unit’s hedge fund
Reuters – JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to shut down its Principal Investment Management Group’s hedge-fund business and private-equity division, with the exception of a team that focuses on Asia, Bloomberg said, citing two people familiar with the plan. Bob […]