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Hedge fund buys 6.9% stake in Gaylord
Nashville Tennessean- A filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday revealed another institutional investor who placed large bets on shares of Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment as its stock price drifted to new lows almost two weeks ago. New York-based […]
Goldman May Take Heat for Bayou Hedge Fund Fraud
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Disdained investors of the former Bayou hedge fund, run by one-time fugitive Sam Israel, are going after Goldman Sachs for $20 million to try and recover some of their losses. Goldman Sachs served as the prime […]
Traders head for hedge funds
Times Online- They may be partly responsible for the mess the banks are in but bankers are not sticking around for the clean-up. Many top bankers have lost confidence in their institutions and are quietly heading for the exit. The […]
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 – […]
Firms hurry to comply with SEC subpoenas
Boston Globe- Dozens of hedge funds and broker-dealers are scrambling to send reams of e-mails and trading records to regulators probing suspected stock price manipulation, several sources at hedge funds said. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently sent subpoenas to […]
Goldman’s $100 Million Man Walks
The Money Times- A $100 million here, a $100 million there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real compensation. U.K.-based hedge fund manager GLG Partners (NYSE: GLG) announced today that it has hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) partner Driss Ben-Brahim. […]
More on Goldman’s Toronto hedge-fund office
Globe and Mail- Friday, the Ontario government put out a release announcing that the government is "thrilled’ to welcome to Toronto a new arm of Goldman Sachs Administration Services, the part of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. that helps hedge funds […]
New Hedge Fund Launches Total Record $19.5 Billion in First Half
New York, July 8, 2008 — The Absolute Return New Funds Survey, published in the July/August issue of Absolute Return magazine, shows that new hedge fund launches this year in the Americas totaled $19.5 billion, with the top five funds […]
Hedge funds turn lives into a game
Taipei Times- Two years there was a music festival at Knebworth, in central Britain, that was very different. At “Hedgestock” 4,000 hedge fund managers and investors paid US$1,000 a ticket for a weekend of rock’n’roll, champagne, laser clay pigeon shooting […]
GLG’s Hiring Spree
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net)- Soon after the scheduled departure of several senior traders and executives was announced, hedge fund GLG Partners has begun hiring new experts to fill in the gap. Experts such as as Galia Velimukhametova, Fabrice Bay, and […]
Borges named chairman of hedge fund rules board
Reuters- Antonio Borges, a former senior banker at Goldman Sachs, has been appointed chairman of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB), the custodian of the voluntary standards scheme devised by leading members of the sector. Borges, vice chairman of Goldman […]
Goldman Sachs Hedge-Fund Vehicle Raises $221 Million In Share Sale
CNN Money- A listed fund of hedge funds operated by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) has lifted its assets by about 25% by raising an additional $ 221.3 million on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities Ltd. (GSDO.LN), […]
