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Anglo Irish Global Pink Pound Prosperity Program
User Contributed News – Anglo Irish Global (AIG) now offers it’s Partners in the LGBT Community the opportunity to benefit from lucrative trade returns at nominal investment at the same time securing well needed funds for LGBT charities and organizations. […]
Northwest Hedge Funds Gain as Much as 46% on ‘Trade of the Year’
Bloomberg – The “trade of the year” is reaping rewards for investors in Northwest Investment Management (HK)’s hedge funds. Cheaper valuations of Chinese companies’ Hong Kong-quoted class-H shares will persist for at least another three to six months, said George […]
Small Hedge Funds Get Bigger Share of Investors’ Money
WSJ – Hedge-fund upstarts attracted as much money as the titans of the industry last year, a shift for investors who have long favored larger firms. Managers with assets of less than $5 billion took in roughly half of the […]
Agnellis Shun Hedge Fund Approach With $6.4 Billion Buyout Plan
Bloomberg – The Agnelli family’s Exor SpA, known for investments in cars and soccer, is dismissing the prevailing reinsurance strategies as it seeks to push into the industry with a $6.4 billion takeover. Exor is shunning the idea that it […]
The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index finished up 0.60% in March
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The Credit Suisse Hedge Fund Index (the “Broad Index”) finished up 0.60% for the month of March. Performance for the Broad Index and its 10 sub-strategies is calculated monthly. February, March and YTD 2015 performance numbers […]
The Revolving Door: Fed Chief Bernanke To Advise At Hedge Fund Citadel
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Citadel Investment, the hedge fund founded by billionaire Ken Griffin and one of the largest on Wall Street with over $25 billion in assets under management, has hired former chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke […]
Former Top Financial Regulator Worked at Collapsed Hedge Fund Heather Capital
WSJ – A former top financial regulator who wrote a book on corporate governance worked as a director of Heather Capital, the $600 million hedge fund whose collapse has sparked a police investigation. John Bourbon, a former managing director of […]
Hedge funder quits to seek ‘more’ in life
CNBC – Like some who work in finance, Forrest Xiao wasn’t fulfilled despite making a lot of money. But unlike many frustrated employees, the 25-year-old New York-area hedge fund employee decided to make a big change: He quit. “I’ve become […]
A key analyst at the hedge fund that took on Marissa Mayer just quit
Business Insider – Cristiano Amoruso, an analyst at hedge fund Starboard, is leaving the firm for a new gig at Lion Point, a global special situations fund which launched on April 1st. We’ve heard this from two sources. This would […]
Hedge fund invests in healthcare firm criticised for running of hospital
Guardian – One of Britain’s most aggressive hedge funds has bought a large stake in Circle Holdings, the healthcare company that has pulled out of running the NHS’s only private hospital. Toscafund bought a 12.1% stake in Circle last Thursday, […]
Hedge Fund Firm GMO Comes Down on Hedging
Think Advisor – If there’s one thing a hedge fund should know something about, that would be hedging, right? So investors may be interested to know that Boston-based hedge fund firm Grantham Mayo van Otterloo (GMO) takes strong exception to […]
