Tag Archives: wall-street-journal
Bank of America’s $35 Billion Headache
Reuters – Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis is facing a $35 billion headache this morning after financial regulators informed the bank that was the figure it need to find now to pass the so-called stress test for viable financial […]
Are Pension Funds the New Venture Capitalists?
Seeking Alpha – According to "Calpers Weighs Expanding Own Hedge-Fund Investments" by Jenny Strasburg and Craig Karmin (Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2009), the giant California pension fund may be the first stop for fledgling hedge fund managers who seek […]
We’re Not A Hedge Fund
Wall Street Journal – As regulators gear up to monitor private pools of capital more, private equity firms have a message they really, really want to get across: we’re not hedge funds. PE firms hope that they can educate regulators […]
Giving Up the Hedge-Fund Rat Race At Age 28
Wall Street Journal Blogs – Wasim Rehman, the 28-year-old head of risk controls at the hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, has resigned from the partnership and plans to retire from the investment industry. In a statement to the market this […]
AIG’s asset management division gets bidders: report
Washington Post – About half a dozen investment managers have put forward bids, ranging between $400 million to $800 million, for troubled insurer American International Group’s asset management business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. […]
Ponzi Funds Said Missing
Wall Street Journal – Prosecutors said $160 million is unaccounted for in a Ponzi scheme allegedly run by hedge-fund manager James Nicholson. At a bail hearing Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria E. Douvas said the government’s investigation showed that $293 […]
Madoff Trustee Locates Assets of $75 Million
Wall Street Journal – A lawyer for the court-appointed trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s firm confirmed they have located an additional $75 million in Madoff assets — a figure that would put the total above $1 billion. A lawyer for the […]
Obama Seeks Investors in Plan to Buy Illiquid Assets
Bloomberg – The Obama administration will announce details of a plan today to expand the $700 billion rescue of the financial system that will rely on enticing private investors to buy the troubled assets clogging banks’ balance sheets. Treasury Secretary […]
Hedge Funds That Bet Against Housing Market May Get AIG Cash
Wall Street Journal – Some of the billions of dollars that the U.S. government paid to bail out American International Group Inc. stand to benefit hedge funds that bet on a falling housing market, according to people familiar with the […]
Study Finds Few Hedge Funds Pocket Mythical ‘2 and 20’
The Wall Street Journal reports that the head of the Utah Retirement System is taking a stand on what he says are unfair hedge fund fees. As the Journal reports, Utah’s Larry Powell has extracted “better fees” from 10 of […]
Madoff faces 150-year sentence after guilty plea
Hindustan Times – Bernard Madoff, whose $50-billion fraud devastated individual and institutional investors worldwide, could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty later this week. In a court hearing Tuesday, defence lawyer Ira Sorkin said that Madoff would […]
Citadel marketing new fund with lower fees
Reuters – U.S. hedge fund Citadel Investment Group LLC plans to roll out several new funds, including one with lower fees that will aim to make money on currencies, interest rates and other trades based on broad economic trends, the […]
