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Hedge Funds Lower Fees, Lengthen Lockups on New Bond Funds
Bloomberg – Artradis Fund Management Pte, RAB Capital Plc’s Northwest unit and Cannizaro (Hong Kong) Ltd. are cutting fees and locking up investors’ money for longer in new hedge funds that will buy bonds after prices fell in Asia. Merrill Lynch & […]
Tudor’s BVI Hedge Fund Suspends Redemptions, Will Split in Two
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge Fund firm Tudor Investment Corp. has suspended investor redemptions from its $10 billion BVI Global unit until March 31st, giving the company time to split the fund into two. BVI Global was hit by a […]
Paulson Bucks Paulson as His Hedge Funds Score $1 Billion Gain
Bloomberg – There’s not a lot of light in Paulson & Co.’s 28th-floor headquarters on a drizzly November afternoon. The Alexander Calder sculpture and multicolored prints have been shipped to the firm’s new offices six blocks south. Darkness envelops the […]
Summers has ties to prominent hedge fund
Politico – On the same day Lawrence Summers was announced as President-elect Barack Obama’s top White House economics adviser, the veteran economist said he would resign as the part-time managing director of one of the nation’s largest and most successful […]
Yahoo Stock Shoots Up After Carl Icahn Raises His Stake
eBrandz – In a move expected to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.’s search for a new chief executive — Corporate raider and billionaire investor Carl Icahn augmented his stake in Yahoo, has bought up close to 7 million additional shares […]
Satellite Halts Hedge Fund Withdrawals, Fires 30 After Losses
Bloomberg – Satellite Asset Management LP, founded by former employees of billionaire George Soros, stopped client withdrawals from its three largest hedge funds and eliminated more than 30 jobs after losses reduced the firm’s assets to about $4 billion this […]
Perot’s Parkcentral Fund Closes as Credit Freezes
Bloomberg – Parkcentral Capital Management LP, an investment firm that manages money for the family of former U.S. presidential candidate H. Ross Perot, is liquidating a fixed-income hedge fund because it’s “no longer viable.” Parkcentral Global Hub Ltd.’s assets fell […]
FoHF Lighthouse Expands Through Integration with GlobeOp
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Fund of hedge funds Lighthouse Partners announced that it is expanding its partnership with GlobeOp Financial Services to a full-service fund administration relationship. More than 20 professionals from the Lighthouse operations team in Florida will […]
Pacificor Hedge Fund Faces Lawsuit
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The hedge fund formerly run by the late Michael Klein has been sued by two individuals who owned a mortgage lending business in which the fund had a stake. John and Kitty Gaiser are suing California-based […]
Carlyle Group To Launch New Fund with $14 Billion
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – At a time when many hedge funds are experiencing their worst year to date, private equity firm The Carlyle Group is launching a new fund with around $14 billion in capital. According to a report by […]
John Key annoys local hedge fund managers
National Business Review – Hedge fund managers are the last people you’d expect new Prime Minister John Key to offend, considering he is a former investment banker wealthy enough ($50 million) to make NBR’s Rich List. But it appears we […]
