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Shorts Are In a Bind
New York Post- If the Securities and Exchange Commission expands its clampdown on short-selling, it is widely expected to slam hedge funds like Stephen Cohen’s SAC Capital and James Simon’s Renaissance Technologies, which profit from fast-and-furious trading, experts predicted. That’s […]
`Slick’ Bets Propel Bluegold Returns a Monsterous 160%
New York Post- Hedge fund BlueGold Capital might have struck black gold, with oil bets driving returns up a whopping 160 percent through the end of June. BlueGold just opened for business in February, but its eye-popping returns have already […]
European hedge fund launches fall to six-year low
Reuters UK- European hedge fund launches in the first half of 2008 fell to their lowest level since the last bear market, a survey showed on Monday, as the credit crisis hit investors’ confidence. The survey by EuroHedge, part of […]
Mitsubishi Asset Brains Plans to Start a Fund of Hedge Funds
Bloomberg- Mitsubishi Asset Brains Co., an investment advisory firm of the Mitsubishi financial group, plans to start a fund of hedge funds as it seeks to invest in managers that can make money in falling markets. The company aims to […]
Falling Prices Lift Investors’ Cautious Mood
istockAnalyst.com- Investors face something of a new landscape in financial markets this week after tumbling oil and food prices eased immediate concerns about inflation, potentially freeing central banks to fight slow economic growth. The focus, however, will also be on […]
Hedge fund guru calls bottom of market. Well, sort of…
CityWire.co.uk- Punch-drunk investors have – perhaps a little predictably – interpreted the news as Paulson preparing to call the bottom of the market. And it is certainly an interesting development from the man widely considered to be the ‘greatest’ financial speculator since […]
Speculation bill moves to debate in Senate
Biloxi Sun Herald- The Senate voted Tuesday to move ahead with a Democratic plan to curb speculation in oil markets that has been blamed for some of the recent run-up in oil prices. The 94-0 vote clears a procedural hurdle […]
Hedge funds’ 1bn HBOS killing
Independant- Hedge funds may have made more than £1bn from shorting shares in HBOS, whose £4bn rights issue faced intense pressure from investors betting on the share price falling. Almost 15 per cent, or about 550 million, of the bank’s […]
Coal price surge coincides with hedge funds
Financial Times- Coal prices have doubled over the past year to record levels and could spike even higher as a power crisis in China combines with supply problems in leading exporting countries to tighten the market further. The surge in […]
The $33m man is back – but now he’s working for free
Blayney Chronicle- Chris Cuffe cannot escape his tag as the $33 million man. But six years after the former head of Colonial First State left the funds manager with a notorious golden handshake, he is back in the business – […]
Perella Weinberg Hedge Fund Gains 24% on Distressed Investments
Bloomberg- Perella Weinberg Partners’ Xerion hedge fund rose 24 percent this year, helped by wagers that the value of investment-grade bonds of financial-services firms would fall, according to a letter sent to investors. The $837 million fund, which invests in […]
Fund managers most negative on equities in 10 years
Reuters- Fund managers are gloomier about equities than at any time in at least the last 10 years and aversion to risk is close to what it was during the Bear Stearns crisis in March, a Merrill Lynch poll showed […]
