Tag Archives: mistrust
Hedge Funds As Breakers, Not Makers, Of News
CNNMoney.com- Hedge funds hate to see their names in the headlines, but lately, they’ve been the ones breaking the news about companies they invest in. Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC disclosed in a Monday regulatory filing that Maguire Properties Inc. […]
Hedge funds with high ambition
Times Online- Philip Falcone is used to demanding change from underperforming company executives, but yesterday he took Harbinger Capital, his activist hedge fund, into new territory. Complete with financial advisers and a big stake, Harbinger broke cover as a traditional […]
Hedge funds bet on HBOS to fall
Business Spectator- Hedge funds sharply increased their bets against UK lender HBOS in the first days after the Financial Services Authority imposed new rules on June 13, targeting abusive short-selling and smooth the process for firms raising cash from rights […]
Hedge fund managers betting on plunge in bank shares
The Independent- The American hedge fund group Harbinger Capital Partners revealed that it has made a significant bet on HBOS’s price falling, while its UK counterpart GLG admitted it is targeting the rival mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley, as investors […]
‘Shorting’ hedge funds come out of the HBOS shadows
Scotsman- Mysterious global hedge funds which hope to profit from betting that the price of HBOS shares will continue to plummet emerged from the shadows yesterday. On the first day of new rules to bring greater transparency to "short selling", […]
Delphi sues hedge fund after backing out of deal
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) – One month after Appaloosa Management backed out of a $2.55 billion deal to help lift Delphi out of Chapter 11, the Troy auto parts supplier is suing the hedge fund for damages. "Our efforts to […]
