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Investors reject Centaurus restructure
FT Alphaville – Centaurus Capital is running down its flagship hedge fund after investors with the London activist failed to back an emergency restructuring. Centaurus, founded by former BNP Paribas traders Bernard Oppetit and Randy Freeman, will now repay the bulk of […]
Hedge fund winners amid the rubble
International Herald Tribune – Bernard Drury is a rarity on Wall Street: a hedge fund manager who is making money, rather than losing it. While most hedge funds are declining this year and unsettling the markets in the process, a handful […]
What crisis? Some hedge funds are gaining
International Herald Tribune – Bernard Drury is a rarity on Wall Street: a hedge fund manager who is making money rather than losing it. While most hedge funds are sinking into red this year and unsettling the markets in the process, […]
Barney Frank Wields Clout to Curb Private Equity, Hedge Funds
Bloomberg – U.S. Representative Barney Frank is walking through Statuary Hall in the Capitol, a portrait of rumples and wrinkles. His left shirttail hangs out over his belt. Reporters and photographers are hounding him. Cameras are whirring. Questions are being […]
What Makes Me Bearish? Hedge Fund Sales on the Horizon
Seeking Alpha – Investors pulled at least $43bn from U.S. hedge funds in September as market turmoil led to unprecedented withdrawals, an analysis by a leading research house shows. The data from TrimTabs Investment Research – which was to be […]
Gulf firms shy away from US distressed assets
Emirates Business 24/7 – Cheap they may be, but not all cash-rich Gulf investors are up for buying distressed assets in the US. Such a move historically was a good way to make a profit. A good fund manager can […]
