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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 […]
Wall Street Cuts Off Paramount: No Takers For $450 Million Movie
The Business Sheet- After spending nine months trying to close a $450-million film financing deal to offset the cost of 30 upcoming movies, Paramount has been forced to give up the chase. The studio was working with Deutsche Bank to […]
Citi Special Situations Team To Found Distressed Debt Hedge Fund
FINalternatives- Another pair of Citigroup fixed-income executives is to set up its own hedge fund shop. Jeff Jacob and John Humphrey, who run the global special situations group they established at Citi four years ago, will leave the firm in […]
HNWIs cool on allocation to hedge funds
Hedge Funds Review Magazine- In early 2007 HNWIs bet heavily on riskier asset classes. However further into the year, financial market turmoil and economic uncertainty intensified and HNWIs began to shift their investments to safer, less volatile asset classes. Exposure […]
RBS Rises on Speculation Hedge Fund Will Seek Breakup
Bloomberg – Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc led gains for European banking stocks on speculation that demand for its rights offer is strong and a U.K. hedge fund is buying shares to push for a breakup. Edinburgh-based RBS, Britain’s […]
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 […]
