Tag Archives: investment-banks
Why Isn’t There A Hedge Fund Bailout?
Atlantic Online – For all the talk these last few years about the risks to investors of "secretive, unregulated" hedge funds, they certainly haven’t turned out to be the big problem, have they? Thousands of hedge funds lost, in the […]
Brazil Hedge Funds Miss Rally by Sticking to Debt
Bloomberg – Brazilian hedge funds that survived the Bovespa stock index’s record tumble last year by loading up on debt are missing out on a 2009 rally. All four classes of Brazilian hedge funds, known as multimercados, had a weighted […]
Update – Hedge Fund Manager Capitalises On Mispriced Asian Performing Debt
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Singapore hedge fund manager, 3 Degrees Asset Management, is launching ADF Prime Ltd, a credit opportunities fund that will invest primarily in the performing debt obligations of Asian companies that have been mispriced as a […]
Eurekahedge Forecasts More Hedge Fund Launches in 2009
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds returned a healthy 1% in January, wrapping up a tumultuous 2008 at -12.3%, according to Eurekahedge. Hedge fund assets fell $380 billion or 20% in 2008, from just under $1.9 trillion to just […]
James Chanos Says Hedge Funds Face Regulation: Year in Review
BloombergThe financial wreckage of 2008 has left no part of our country untouched. It exposed the bankruptcy of business models employed by mortgage companies, investment banks, and rating agencies as well as the flaws of innovations such as structured finance […]
Game changes for hedge funds
International Herald Tribune – Hedge funds have suffered a shakeout in 2008. The average hedge fund fell almost 20 percent, according to Hedge Fund Research. No fund has yet required a bailout. But many won’t be around in the new […]
Asian hedge funds step in as global players flee
Forbes – The investment banks and global hedge funds that are the usual buyers of debt and equity in struggling Asian companies have largely fled the market, leaving the distressed asset space to home-grown investors. Local players with the cash […]
Change Ahead for Hedge Funds
New York Times – Hedge funds have suffered a shakeout in 2008. The average hedge fund fell almost 20 percent, according to Hedge Fund Research. No fund has yet required a bailout. But many won’t be around in the new […]
New Evidence Emerges in Closed Insider-Trading Case
Washington Post – New evidence has emerged in an insider-trading investigation that the Securities and Exchange Commission closed two years ago without filing charges, raising questions on Capitol Hill about the government’s oversight of what was once one of the nation’s most prominent hedge […]
Mavs Owner Mark Cuban Accused of Insider Trading
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been accused of insider trading by the SEC after allegedly using private information that helped him avoid over $750,000 in losses tied to stocks. Search engine company […]
