Tag Archives: private-equity-funds
Hedge clippers
Times Online – They must think it’s Christmas in Geneva. Alistair Darling delivered an early present last week by slapping a 50 per cent tax rate on top earners. Highly paid but footloose financiers are now betting when the rate […]
Meridian Fund Advisers Launch With Hedge Fund Specialist as Head
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund manager Meridian Global Fund Services Group has launched a hedge fund consulting affiliate team with Joyce E. Heinzerling as head. The affiliate, Meridian Fund Advisers LLC, will provide hedge fund regulatory and corporate […]
Goldman Sachs Raise $5.5 Billion For Private Equity Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced today that it has raised its fifth dedicated private equity secondaries fund, GS Vintage Fund V, with approximately $5.5 billion in capital commitments. GS Vintage Fund V will focus primarily […]
Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein: Wall Street needs new compensation, hedge fund standards
Chicago Tribune – The chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. called for new standards on how Wall Street executives are compensated and new regulation of large hedge funds and private-equity funds. Lloyd Blankfein said lessons from the financial crisis […]
Bair pitches hedge funds and pensions on US bank plan
Reuters – Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, is in New York on Friday to meet with hedge funds, private equity funds and pension groups to promote the government’s plan to cleanse banks’ balance sheets of toxic […]
Independent Fund Administration Service Expanded to the U.S.
New York – Trident Trust is expanding its fund administration service to the U.S. to cater to domestic hedge and private equity funds. The new U.S. office offers clients access to Trident Trust’s three decades of experience providing independent corporate, […]
Fortress Investment has bigger quarterly loss
Reuters – Fortress Investment Group LLC , one of the few publicly traded U.S. alternative asset managers, said on Monday its quarterly loss more than quadrupled, hurt by writedowns in some private equity funds. The net loss was $140 million, […]
PE fund sales get their own market
Reuters Blogs – It seems that private equity fund sales are heating up so much they need their own market. SecondMarket said today it is opening trading in limited partnership interests in private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds and fund […]
United Nations to Invest in Hedge Funds
Hedge Fund Net – Alternative investment strategies around the world are trudging through a slowdown, but that is not scaring away the world’s organization, the United Nations, from investing in these areas. The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) […]
Morrison & Foerster Hire NY Hedge Fund Lawyer Among Others
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Morrison & Foerster LLP is announced the election of ten new lawyers into their partnership, including specialists in venture capital, hedge funds, bio-technology, patents, corporate transactions and chapter 11 bankruptcy, among others. Their election is effective […]
London Hedge Fund Manager Alan Miller Makes a Comeback
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – According to a report in the Financial Times, London hedge fund manager Alan Miller has returned to the industry after a two-year absence by becoming a partner at SilverStreet Capital, a small London fund of […]
