Tag Archives: goldman-sachs


JC Flowers, others close to IndyMac deal

December 29, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters – A consortium of private equity and hedge fund firms, including J.C. Flowers & Co, is close to a deal to buy the assets of failed mortgage lender IndyMac, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday. The […]

Life after death for hedge funds?

November 7, 2008 : Permalink

AllAboutAlpha.com – Several pundits have recently pronounced the so-called “hedge fund model” to be dead (or at least “upended“).  But is the patient clinically dead, or is it just having an out-of-body experience?  After the recent trauma experienced by the […]

Merrill Lynch Probes Trading Desk

May 27, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Merrill Lynch & Co., the third- largest U.S. securities firm, is probing one of its trading desks in London and has suspended a trader after discovering he may have overstated the value of some of the bank’s equity […]