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Silk Invest/Danfonds Team to Launch 2 new Hedge Funds

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Specialist asset management firm, Silk Invest Ltd, has acquired Danfonds Frontier Fund SPC., a Cayman based hedge fund, in an all equity deal, Silk Invest also bought majority share in Danfonds Frontier Fund SPC, which will […]

Paulson Not on Board with Redemption Restrictions

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – John Paulson, head of hedge fund firm Paulson & Co., recently spoke his mind on the wave of redemption freezes that many managers have chosen to impose.  “We think it’s a mistake for our managers to […]

GMAC to Receive $6 Billion from Uncle Sam

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – GMAC LLC, the financing arm of struggling U.S. automaker GM, will receive $6 billion from the federal government. The deal entails the treasury purchasing $5 billion in senior preferred equity in the company, while providing GM […]

Harbinger Capital Limits Year-End Redemptions on Largest Hedge Fund

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York-based Harbinger Capital Partners has capped year-end withdrawals from its largest hedge fund after investors moved to pull $3.5 billion of capital. The hedge fund, run by Philip Falcone, will only honor 60 to 70 […]

NYU Latest Victim in Madoff Debacle

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York University is the latest victim in Bernard Madoff’s web of lies, claiming it lost $24 million in a fund of fund that invested with the infamous Ponzi schemer.  According to a complaint filed Christmas […]

Cerberus Hedge Fund Caps Withdrawals After Loss

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Stephen Feinberg’s Cerberus Capital Management has followed in the footsteps of many faltering hedge funds this year, limiting client redemptions in one of its funds after investors moved to withdrawal 16.5 percent of their capital, according […]

Hedge Funds in Talks to Purchase Failed Mortgage Lender IndyMac

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Several hedge fund firms led by J.C. Flowers & Co., are closing in on a deal to purchase the assets of IndyMac, the failed mortgage lender, as of Sunday. The group of firms, which also include […]

Blackstone Makes Single Manager Hedge Fund Changes to Ensure Profitability

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – The Blackstone Group is making changes to the single manager hedge funds businesses within its Marketable Alternative Asset Management (MAAM) segment. Blackstone is consolidating its distressed securities fund onto a single operating platform and moving […]

Hedge Funds Take Bullish Position On Gold

West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – In the last week leading up to today, (Tuesday) hedge funds and other "large speculators" took their largest bullish position (when compared with the number of bearish bets) since early August. Commercial traders such as […]

More Investors Sue Hedge Funds for Ties to Madoff

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Investors in the hedge fund Fairfield Greenwich Group have sued the company after about $7.5 billion in potential losses stemming from ties to Bernard Madoff.  The investors claimed that Fairfield sustained “avoidable losses,” by not practicing […]

Some Investors Predicted the Madoff Debacle

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – As the investigation continues into what has turned out to be the largest fraud in history, more and more investors are coming forward who saw the red flags early, refusing to do business with Bernard Madoff. […]

Hedge Funds Rally in December, Post Record Losses on the Year

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Although hedge funds finished up 2008 with some of the worst numbers to date, they showed some signs of promise in December.  According to the latest research by the Hennessee Group LLC, a New York-based advisor […]