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Hedge fund assets jump to $2,900bn
Financial Times – Hedge funds have more than $2,900bn under management, according to a survey of valuers of their assets, sharply up on last year in spite of the credit crunch and a series of high-profile problems in the industry. […]
Taiwan: Hedge funds are welcome
BusinessWeek- Lee Shyan-Yuan, one of several commissioners at Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), believes attracting hedge funds to the market would be a smart move. He is courting hedge funds to invest in Taiwan and raise money from investors in […]
Barbarians at Japan’s gates
On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States Navy sailed into Tokyo Bay with four warships. The American show of force ended 200 years of self-imposed isolation for Japan, compelling it to end its strict limits on […]
UK fund tries new tactic in face of Japanese ban
Guardian Unlimited- The Children’s Investment Fund has bought shares in two major investors in the Japanese company J-Power, weeks after its attempt to double its stake in the electricity supplier was blocked by the Japanese government. The hedge fund – […]
Edeus launches mortgage quality assessment service
Reuters UK- Mortgage market specialist edeus is launching a service that it says will allow investors and bankers to assess the quality of pools of mortgages behind asset-backed securities based on up-to-date information. Edeus says its service differs from traditional […]
BH Global raises $1 billion
Reuters- Hedge feeder fund BH Global said on Friday it has raised $1 billion (500 million pounds) from a placing with investors, double its initial target of $500 million, which will make it one of the UK’s biggest listed funds. […]
Hedge Fund Manager Charged With Fraud
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- William Galvin, Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has charged the hedge fund manager of the River Stream Fund with improperly soliciting investors. The investigation also turned up a brokerage statement that showed the fund had $1,625 in its account […]
Hedge fund offer responds to CGT changes
Accountancy Age- Thames River Capital has introduced new realisation shares on its £276m Thames River hedge fund, run by Ken Kinsey Quick, to give investors an alternative source of tax-efficient income following the government’s changes to the Capital Gains Tax […]
Massachusetts regulator charges hedge fund manager
Reuters – Massachusetts’ top securities regulator on Monday charged a hedge fund manager, who promised to earn as much as 20 percent for his clients, with improperly soliciting investors. William Galvin, the state’s secretary of the commonwealth, said Michael Regan […]
Long-short funds flopped during slump
Chicago Tribune- Maybe plain-vanilla stock and bond mutual funds will do the job after all. Long-short funds — the newfangled mutual funds designed to give common investors a hedge fund experience and protection during downturns — recently went through one […]
