Tag Archives: alan-greenspan
Hedge Funds Take Huge Loss as Mood Swings
Financial-Planning.com – Many alternative asset managers, who brag about their ability to make money regardless of market conditions, posted their worst figures in years last month after worldwide sentiment suddenly changed on energy prices, financial stock and the U.S. dollar. […]
Predictions for Hedge Funds
Wall Street Journal – Not long ago, hedge funds were reserved for a few wealthy investors and even fewer pioneering managers. Now 7,500 funds have nearly $2 trillion under management globally, according to Hedge Fund Research — increasingly from endowments […]
Federal Reserve investigated Lehman rumors
Reuters – The Federal Reserve acted on rumors last month and called Credit Suisse Group to see if it had pulled a credit line from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, The Wall Street Journal said citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Ospraie hedge fund loses $1bn on misplaced commodities bets
Ospraie Management, the US hedge fund led by Dwight Anderson, has seen about $1bn (€678m) in value being wiped out of Ospraie Fund, its biggest, over the last 12 months amid misplaced bets on commodities, according to a report in […]
Hedge Fund Harbinger Buys Nearly 5% of Cablevision
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Harbinger Capital Management, an activist hedge fund, has accumulated a 4.9% stake in Cablevision Systems Corp, according to The Wall Street Journal. In a regulatory filing, Harbinger said that it had bought 11.45 million of […]
Former UBS Trader’s Hedge Fund Takes a Hit
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The SRM Global Master Fund, headed by former UBS AG star trader Jonathan Wood, is down about 85% over the course of its two-year tenure, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Launched in […]
Cuomo Pressing Major Banks in ARS Probe
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Less than one week after UBS and Citigroup were called upon to buy back over $30 billion in bad auction-rate securities, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is forcing JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Wachovia to follow […]
Trader Lands $300 Million To Stay Put At Fortress
Wall Street Journal – Eager to keep one of its key employees, publicly traded Fortress Investment Group LLC has lavished a $300 million share grant on one of its star traders, 38-year-old Adam Levinson. Mr. Levinson, who also is the […]
Former Long-Term Capital Employee Shys Away from Leverage, Starts Own Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – David Ko, a former quantum physicist and Long-Term Capital Management employee, has set up his own hedge fund according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Kurtosis Capital Partners will employ a global macro strategy […]
In dim year, 2 Mass. funds shine bright –
Boston Globe – Massachusetts again has some of the best money managers in the world. But unless you’re a public employee or the parent of a Harvard student, you won’t benefit much from this tremendous talent. Harvard University’s endowment, already […]
Tudor’s Jones, Pallotta may end partnership
Reuters – Hedge-fund pioneer Paul Tudor Jones and veteran stock picker James Pallotta are mulling changes to their 15-year partnership, including a possible parting of ways that could affect their $18 billion fund empire, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. […]
