Tag Archives: investment-funds


Fortis winds down three hedge funds

Fortis has closed three small hedge funds in the aftermath of its acquisition of part of ABN Amro and merger of the Belgian and Dutch banks’ asset management operations, according to a report in the Financial Times. The Fortis European […]

RAB Capital plans to revamp flagship fund

Financial Times – RAB Capital is planning to restructure its flagship hedge fund, which plunged more than a third this year, and offering investors lower fees in return for agreeing not to withdraw their money for three years. It is […]

Hedge fund Paulson to weigh buying bank stocks: report

MSN MoneyCentral – Paulson & Co, a prominent New York hedge fund, will weigh buying shares or convertible bonds in banks and other financial institutions that need capital, the Financial Times reported on its website on Sunday. John Paulson, its […]

Egotists who are renaming New York City

Financial Times – The soaring egos of the very wealthy seem to be contaminating the spirit of philanthropy. Increasingly, public buildings, or parts of them, are being renamed after big donors whose gifts are made on condition that their names […]

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank files suit over losses of London-based SIV

Financial Times – Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank has filed a lawsuit against two US banks and two rating agencies over losses from a collapsed $6bn structured investment vehicle, formerly managed by London-based hedge fund Cheyne Capital. In the suit in […]

Goldman And Morgan Link Hedge Fund Lending To Their Own Financial Health

DealBreaker.Com – Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are linking their lending to hedge funds to the market’s assessment of the credit worthiness of the investment banks. Morgan Stanley will reportedly evaluate the amount of leverage it will supply to hedge […]

Morgan Stanley, Goldman change lending systems

Boston Globe – Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are responding to the credit crisis with a system that uses the market’s view of their own creditworthiness as a basis for lending decisions, the Financial Times reported. Wall Street’s second-largest investment […]

Trader who lost $9bn bounces back

Financial Times – Brian Hunter, the trader who was blamed for the collapse of $9bn hedge fund Amaranth Advisors two years ago, has taken ­advantage of last month’s plunge in commodity prices to help propel the year-to-date return at the […]

Barratt shares soar on hedge fund interest

Financial Times – Shares in Barratt Developments led the housebuilding sector higher on Monday morning as it revealed a US fund manager had increased its stake in the heavily-indebted company to more than 6 per cent. Polaris Capital Management, a […]

A Seal of Approval for Hedge Funds

Seeking Alpha – In a recent interview, Mr. Stanley Goldstein announced the creation of an industry watchdog group, led by the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. Its goal is to self-enforce otherwise voluntary and "weak" hedge fund practices. (As I wrote in […]

Eight Arrested in London Insider Trading Scheme

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Eight people were arrested yesterday in London on suspicions of insider trading.     The city of London police and about 40 Financial Services Authority officials targeted workers at UBS and JPMorgan Cazenove, in what they are […]

RBS Sued by Hedge Fund Over Withdrawn ABN Investment, FT Says

Bloomberg- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc has been sued by London-based hedge fund Merebis Capital Management LLP for reversing a 250 million-euro ($395 million) investment in Merebis by ABN Amro shortly after RBS acquired the Dutch bank, the Financial […]