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Comment and analysis from Tuesday’s FT:
Analysis: How banks are seeking simpler ways to sell on debt
It will be hard to restore the financial sector to health without a revival of activity in repackaged loans — and that may require abandoning esoteric products and the profits they bring. But, write FT reporters,……
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- US fund strikes blow for Japan activists
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Steel Partners, the US fund headed by activist investor Warren Lichtenstein, on Monday won a seat on the board of Aderans, the Japanese wigmaker, delivering a boost to shareholder activism in the country. The move marks the first time a foreign fund has succeeded in both ousting the management of a Japanese company and putting its own representative on the board…….
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Sweden’s AP7 pension fund reports on progress of alpha/beta retooling
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The pension community has been closely watching one of Sweden’s national pension funds for clues about how a major re-org is going….
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Bear Dodges Bullet, Wins Battle Over Collapsed Hedge Fund
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Bear Stearns will not have to pay more than $140 million to investors in a failed hedge fund that it served as prime broker, a jury has ruled.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Steel Gets Seat On Japanese Co.’s Board
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After its unprecedented victory in a battle with a Japanese wig maker, U.S. activist hedge fund Steel Partners finally has a seat at the table.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- $9B Firm Pushes Alts. Funds With New Hires
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Security Global Investors is making a concerted effort to penetrate the institutional investor market with its alternative global equity product offerings, and has made a pair of hires to boost that effort.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Castlestone Launches Commodities Fund
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New York-based Castlestone Management last month launched its first UCITS-compliant fund, the Dublin-listed Aliquot Active Commodity Index (UCITS) Fund.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Investcorp’s Emerging Managers Top $2B
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Alternatives shop Investcorp said today that the managers in its single manager platform have raised more than US$2 billion in total assets.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Denali Preps 130/30 Strategy
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La Jolla, Calif.-based Denali Advisors, a quantitative asset manager, is currently prepping a 130/30 strategy to launch later this year.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Senior Fund Controller / Frontline Source Group / Dallas, TX
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Frontline Source Group/Dallas, TX
Our Dallas, TX client is seeking a direct hire Senior Fund Controller serving their private equity investor clients. This position is not expected to exceed 50 hours per week during busy season.Responsibilities:
Engage responsibility over the record keeping.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Fund Controller / Frontline Source Group / Dallas, TX
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Frontline Source Group/Dallas, TXOur Dallas, TX client is seeking a direct hire Fund Controller serving their private equity investor clients. This position is not expected to exceed 50 hours per week during busy season.Responsibilities:
Engage responsibility over the record keeping.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Fraudster Sues NYU For Better Grades
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If New York University thought it had put its involvement with hedge fund fraudster Hakan Yalincak behind it, it was sorely mistaken.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Blackstone Ramps Up Corp. Advisory Unit
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The Blackstone Group has added Thomas Stoddard to its corporate advisory business as a senior managing director.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Goldman Sachs Vet Launches Credit, Event-Driven Hedge Funds
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Tom Wagner, a former managing director and co-head of special situations at Goldman Sachs, has launched a pair of hedge funds to invest in distressed credit and event driven opportunities.
Wagner’s New York-based Knighthead Capital this month launched the Knighthead Domestic fund and a Cayman Islands version, Knighthead Offshore, with reported combined total assets of US$700 million.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Citi Special Situations Team To Found Distressed Debt Hedge Fund
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Another pair of Citigroup fixed-income executives is to set up its own hedge fund shop.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- SAC Slashes Fixed-Income Trading
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SAC Capital Advisors is the latest hedge fund to cut back on its fixed-income activities.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Insurer Offers Protection For Hedge Fund Asset Freezes
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A New York insurer is offering hedge fund fraud protection, the first such product sold by a U.S. firm.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Chief Busson To Marry Actress
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Swiss hedge fund manager Arpad Busson and actress Uma Thurman are engaged to marry, according to published reports.
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- HFM Week: SWFs move in on UK fund of hedge funds
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Among other investments including cash-hungry Western banks, sovereign wealth investors are targeting London’s hedge fund industry — particularly fund of hedge funds - as they seek to boost returns on their vast savings, much of it generated from trade with the west in oil and other commodities, according to Hedge Fund Manager Week’s annual Hedge Fund Assets Under Administration survey…….
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- A $2.11 Million Lunch
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Eremin Sergey
Hedge fund manager Zhao Danyang, who runs Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund, had the winning bid for a lunch with Warren Buffet in an eBay Inc auction.According to R…
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- ‘As we suffer’… light Sunday reading for hedgies
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We still don’t feel that sorry for hedge funds, although undoubtedly the “champagne quaffers of Mayfair” are feeling a little unloved following the UK’s new short-selling disclosure rules and some very hostile press.
It’s doubtful that your average hedgie in the UK is an avid reader of the Independent,……
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Jeunesse dorée
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Not so dorée.
Not, anyway, according to Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel (Pointless aside: neither of whom look particularly long in the tooth.)
Greenwood and Nagel performed a simple study: they took Morningstar data on the portfolio composition of fund managers during the technology bubble, and using age as a proxy for experience,……
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30 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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Comment and analysis from Monday’s FT
Lina Saigol: The gap between M&A revenue and advisory rankings
Is there any relationship between the M&A advisory rankings and the amount of money the banks are earning from these deals? The league tables for the first half of this year suggest just the opposite…….
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29 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Uma & Busson Engaged
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According to news sources, Arpad Busson , chairman of the $15 billion hedge fund EIM SA, and actress Uma Thurman have announced their engagement. Busson gave her a diamond ring so big “she can't fit it through the sleeve of her coat” at Elton John's 10th White Tie and Tiara benefit in Windsor, England….
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29 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Uma & Busson Engaged
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According to news sources, Arpad Busson , chairman of the $15 billion hedge fund EIM SA, and actress Uma Thurman have announced their engagement. Busson gave her a diamond ring so big “she can't fit it through the sleeve of her coat” at Elton John's 10th White Tie and Tiara benefit in Windsor, England….
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29 de June , 2008| hedgefunds |
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