Tag Archives: asset-management


Hedge fund firm ISAM hires ex-RAB director Barker

Reuters – International Standard Asset Management, the hedge fund firm headed by former Man Group chief executive Stanley Fink, has hired former RAB Capital director Rod Barker to help build the business. Barker, who resigned from RAB at the end […]

MENA Equity Fund Launch

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager, Majid Al Futtaim Asset Management, is launching its first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) equity fund, the Luxembourg domiciled ‘Elite MENA Equity Fund’. Investors can invest alongside the family office of […]

Ex-Soros protégées said to be winding down hedge fund

Wealth Bulletin – Satellite Asset Management, a $2.8bn (€2.1bn) hedge fund established by former employees of billionaire George Soros, is winding down due to investor redemptions, Bloomberg said on its website late Friday, according to a Reuters report. The New […]

Satellite Asset Management shutting down

Reuters India – Satellite Asset Management LP, a $2.8 billion (1.84 billion pounds) hedge fund founded by former employees of billionaire George Soros, is closing down because of client withdrawals, Bloomberg said on its website late Friday. The New York-based […]

Lipper: UK Hedge Funds led by Emerging Markets

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – UK-domiciled funds had a strong week to Friday May 8, led by global emerging markets products, according to data from Thomson Reuters research firm Lipper. Asia Pacific funds also performed well, as did funds investing […]

Proactive Preparations For Hedge Fund Regulation

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In a white paper which was presented to high-level asset managers in New York by FinServ Consulting, ‘Preparing for Alternative Asset Management Regulation’, it is said that hedge funds should be prepared to identify, aggregate […]

Chrysler Opponents Unmasked

BusinessWeek  – The list of dissidents is much smaller than the original 20 or so hedge funds that veoted a pre-bankruptcy deal to reduce Chrysler’s outstanding secured debt. The list of hedge funds that are still members of the opposition […]

Hedge fund regulation to capture listed fund sector

Citywire.co.uk – European regulation intended to introduce some controls on hedge funds will inadvertently capture almost all investment trusts. Draft rules released by the European Commission define ‘alternative’ funds as any non-UCITS investment fund, said the Association of Investment Companies. […]

Top hedge fund boss picks return of bull market

New Zealand Herald – The modest recovery staged by world stock markets in recent weeks may mark the beginning of a new bull market for equities, one of the UK’s best-known hedge fund managers said yesterday. Crispin Odey, the founder […]

Fund Manager Pleads Guilty in New York Pension Probe

Bloomberg – Barrett Wissman, a Dallas hedge fund manager, pleaded guilty to securities fraud as part of an investigation of corruption at New York’s $122 billion pension fund, state officials said. Wissman, 46, an executive of HFV Asset Management LP, […]

UPDATE 1-Hedge fund manager Odey eyes new bull market

Forbes – The current rally in stock markets may be the start of a new bull market, said hedge fund manager Crispin Odey, founding partner at Odey Asset Management and one of the hedge fund industry’s highest profile figures. ‘Opinion […]

SocGen fund managers leave to create own fund

Reuters – A team of hedge funds managers at Societe Generale is leaving to set up their own hedge fund with capital from the French bank, La Tribune reported on Tuesday. The paper said the move was led by Arié […]