Tag Archives: hedge fund
Sparx Group Opens Hedge Fund With Soros Strategy
Bloomberg – Sparx Group Co., Asia’s biggest hedge-fund firm, will open its first global macro hedge fund to new investors as the company departs from its traditional focus on equities to return to profit. Cayman Island-based Sparx Global Markets Fund […]
Sure, Throw Your Money In This ‘Hedge Fund’
Tubefilter news – Do you know what a Hedge Fund is? I don’t. And neither do the boys at the Claude S. Dutchy, LLC hedge fund. But, damnit, they’re determined to make it rich enough to race Lamborghinis, orbit earth […]
India-specific hedge funds among top global performers
The Hindu Business Line – Hedge funds investing in India are now among the top performers globally, after languishing at the bottom of the charts, hit by poor returns and outflows in 2008. Inflows into India specific hedge funds, however, […]
Goldman Sachs’s Hedge Fund Report
Seeking Alpha – Here’s an excellent in-depth read from Goldman Sachs that ties directly into our tracking of hedge fund movements. And we say this because the majority of their data was taken from SEC filings and public disclosures, exactly […]
Ex-UBS Bankers’ New Japan Hedge Fund Gains 14% Since July Start
Bloomberg – Akito Fund, a Japan-focused hedge fund set up by former UBS AG bankers, returned 14 percent since its July start, beating benchmarks on investments in smaller companies including Geo Corp. and Yellow Hat Ltd. Koichiro Yamaguchi and Tetsuya […]
Sweden sees progress on EU hedge fund rules
Reuters – A minister of EU president Sweden said on Friday progress was being made on the contentious issue of European hedge fund regulation and that he was optimistic a deal might be reached in the coming months. “My view […]
Many investors too scared to take wing
The Modesto Bee – The tantalizing climb in the stock market has made hedge fund and mutual fund managers increasingly courageous, but millions of investors with 401(k) accounts remain reluctant to trust what burned them. That could hurt them, and […]
Global fund Kuwaiti hedge fund outperforms benchmarks
Gulf News – Kuwait Global Capital Management Ltd, the alternative investment funds arm of Global Investment House, has announced positive results for Global Umbrella Europe Hedge Fund. The fund has returned about 6.6 per cent year to date 2009, outperforming […]
In Final Chapter of Biovail Saga, Paul Weiss Wins Dismissal of Claims Against Hedge Fund
Biovail’s long-running battle against several hedge funds and analysts it accused of driving down its stock price has provided lots of drama. Two years ago, Manhattan federal district court Judge Richard Owen sanctioned Biovail for using documents, which were under […]
Six overseas funds seen eyeing stake in MCX-SX
Private equity funds General Atlantic and Fidelity, hedge fund TPG-Axon, CME, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and a group company of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek are said to be eyeing a 5% stake each in MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), […]
Rabbe Ekholm Launches Independent Hedge Fund Replicator
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Rabbe Ekholm, founder and CEO of True Beta LLC announced the launch of TrueBetaD and is holding a discussion on the importance of hedge fund replication strategies in New York September 15th. “Institutional investors are […]
Tampa’s Creative Loafing chain taken over by hedge fund Atalaya
St Petersberg Times – A New York hedge fund wrested control of the Creative Loafing newspaper chain Tuesday, promising to keep the weekly tabloids running in Tampa, Sarasota, Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, N.C., and Washington, D.C. In a bankruptcy auction in […]