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Market Chatter — Corporate finance press digest
Reuters – The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media on Friday: * Fortress Investment Group, among the largest private equity and hedge fund firms, is looking to go on an acquisition drive, the Financial Times said, citing a […]
Ex-Man team backs Bayswater hedge fund relaunch
Reuters – Bayswater Asset Management, a computer-driven hedge fund shut down last year after big losses during the credit crisis, has relaunched after revamping its risk management controls, its new backers said on Wednesday. San Francisco-based Bayswater had initially been […]
Man puts $50 million with ex-Brevan Howard traders
Reuters – A portfolio run by Man Group, the world’s biggest listed hedge fund firm, has invested $50 million (30 million pounds) in a new start-up fund run by three former Brevan Howard traders. Man’s RMF Global Emerging Managers strategy […]
Asian hedge funds returned 1.79 pct in June -Eurekahedge
Reuters India – Asian hedge funds were up a fourth straight month in June, rising an estimated 1.79 percent, on the strength of gains in Chinese and Japanese stocks, hedge-fund tracker Eurekahedge said. The positive returns in June, which is […]
Perry hedge fund settles with SEC over Mylan stake
Reuters – Hedge fund firm Perry Corp will pay $150,000 to settle accusations that it failed to report a substantial stake in Mylan Inc, purchased to support a proposed 2004 takeover of King Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […]
UPDATE 2-Gottex AuM down 4.6 pct in Q2, sees better H2
Reuters – Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday assets under management slipped 4.6 percent to $8.1 billion in the second quarter, denting its shares, but it saw some positive signs for the second half. The fund of hedge […]
MEP says hedge fund law needs refining
Reuters UK – A draft European Union law that will require hedge fund managers to be authorised needs refining to cover other types of alternative investments better, a senior MEP said on Tuesday. The Alternative Investment Fund Managers law is […]
Hedging back in vogue among lucrative convertibles
Reuters – Hedge funds stand to make gains from convertible bonds arbitrage again after last year’s huge losses decimated the sector, though improving markets have made the job more complicated. Managers have been using a simple "buy and hold" strategy […]
Most hedge fund strategies lost money in June -Lipper
Reuters UK – Most strategies employed by hedge fund managers globally failed to generate positivereturns in June as stock markets moved sideways and commodity prices slid during the month, according to estimates from Lipper on Tuesday. The best-performing hedge fund […]
Steel Partners says Icahn fights on in Caymans
Reuters – Carl Icahn and other investors who failed to block Steel Partners’ plan to convert a hedge fund into a listed partnership in Delaware court, continue to fight the plan in the Cayman Islands, Steel Partners said on Thursday. […]
LNG eyes debt play on cash-strapped companies
Reuters UK – Hedge fund LNG Capital is eyeing the debt of companies at risk of running short of cash, seeing the potential for high returns at an early stage of the credit crisis when companies are still able to […]
