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- Lone Star Buys Big Package Of CDOs At Deep Discount
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Lone Star Funds has agreed to buy $30.6 billion in collateralized debt obligations for pennies on the dollar from Merrill Lynch.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Corazon Cap. Preps Leveraged Absolute Return Fund
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A week after announcing its management buyout, Corazon Capital—the former Dawnay Day Milroy—is prepping a leveraged version of its Absolute Return Fund for launch within the next few months.
The Leveraged Absolute Return Fund is designed as a feeder fund and will invest directly into the Absolute Return Fund on a 1:1 levered basis.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- New data on hedge fund launches may be worse (or better) than first meets the eye
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What does the absolute number of hedge fund launches really say about the health of the industry?…
Original Source: allaboutalpha.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Services - Portfolio Accountant Associate / Princeton Business Solutions / Boston, MA
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Princeton Business Solutions/Boston, MAJob Description
· Primarily responsible for the preparation of daily profit / loss estimates, monthly NAV and management reporting.
· Compile NAV packets including: reconciling and reporting on cash balances, dividends, cash and bond interest,
stock loan fees, and all expenses
· Provide daily P&L analysis
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Original Source: jobs.seekingalpha.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Principal Private Equity and Alternative Investments / Allstate / Northbrook, IL
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Allstate/Northbrook, ILDescription
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) is the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer. Widely known through its “You’re In Good Hands With Allstate†slogan, Allstate provides insurance products to more than 14 million households. Allstate Investments, LLC manages $125 Billion of assets across portfolios for three major clients for Allstate to meet their investment objectives. The business model provides the foundation for daily decision-making and portfolio management. Allstate Investments strives to provide sus…
Original Source: jobs.seekingalpha.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- SAIL Replaces Chief With Ex-Goldman Exec.
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Fund of hedge funds operator SAIL Advisors has hired former Goldman Sachs Group managing director Vincent Duhamel as its new CEO.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Swiss Cap. Offers Real Estate FoFs
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Zurich-based Swiss Capital Alternative Investments has launched a new multi-strategy fund of hedge funds to invest in the troubled global real estate market.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Unigestion Launches Distressed Hybrid Fund of Funds
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Unigestion, a US$11 billion fund of funds shop, has launched the Distressed Hybrid Fund of Funds to exploit the credit crisis via private equity and hedge fund managers.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Clareville Adds One, Loses Another
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U.K.-based Clareville Capital said Angus Donaldson will join the firm in September to back up David Yarrow, founder, in portfolio and risk management, as well as taking responsibility for operations, compliance and financial control.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- RAB Has First Half To Forget
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This year is shaping up as nothing short of a disaster for RAB Capital.
The London-based hedge fund reported a whole raft of bad news for the first half, with profit, assets under management, performance and performance fees all down by double digits.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Prime Broker Has No Duty To Hedge Fund Clients, UBS Judge Rules
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Hedge fund service providers do not automatically have a fiduciary responsibility to its clients’ investors, a New York judge has ruled.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- The Sharpe Ratio
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My colleague at HedgeCo, Aaron Wormus, does a really good job here at what probably is the most complete (and simplest) description of the Sharpe ratio.”Explaining the Sharpe Ratio (again)”He states, “One of the issues that we have with statistics is that regardless of how close we stick to any given standard we find someone who interprets something differently and gets different results. Often others “tweak” the algorithm simply out of a misunderstanding of the algorithm, other times as we will discuss later, choosing an alternate calculation intentionally creates better results.” …
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- LLR Partners Raises $800 Million Buyout Fund
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LLR Partners has raised $800 million for its third private equity fund, LLR Equity Partners III, to invest in middle market growth companies.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- CDC Commits To China, India Private Equity Funds
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CDC Group has made new commitments totaling US$105 million to four private equity funds focused on China and US$185 million to six India-focused p.e. funds.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Access Capital Sells 50% Stake To N+1 Group
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European private equity fund of funds shop Access Capital Partners has sold half of its equity to N+1 Group, the €3 billion (US$4.7 billion) Madrid-based alternative assets, financial and wealth advisory firm.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Collins Stewart Hires HF Sales Head
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Collins Stewart Fund Management has appointed Mike Brown as head of fund sales responsible for multi-asset, multi-manager funds and specialist equity, fixed-interest and hedge funds.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Hotels Nurture Start-Ups
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Hedge funds have grown from as few as 300 funds in 1990 to more than 10,000 today. However, there has been a recent drop in new fund launches due to the recent credit crunch, closures and bankruptcy have dislodged talented managers who are now looking to start up investment pools of thier own….
Original Source: hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Wealthy Investors Approve of Alternatives
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Surveying more than 400 high net worth investors with greater than $3 million in investable assets, the most recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments. Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds….
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Wealthy Investors Approve of Alternatives
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Surveying more than 400 high net worth investors with greater than $3 million in investable assets, the most recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments.
Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds….
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Wealthy Investors Approve of Alternatives
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Surveying more than 400 high net worth investors with greater than $3 million in investable assets, the most recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments.
Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds….
Original Source: www.hedgefunds-weblog.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Ex-Carlyle-Blue Wave Manager Preps European L/S Fund
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A former Carlyle-Blue Wave Partners portfolio manager has reunited with a pair of colleagues from her days at Brahman Capital to form Permian Investment Partners, a New York-based long/short hedge fund shop.
The firm is gearing up to launch its maiden hedge fund, a long/short equity strategy focused primarily on Western Europe.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Healthcare Buyout Firm Raises Maiden Fund
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Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners and Cowen Group have closed their first healthcare buyout fund with capital commitments in excess of $500 million.
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Wealthy Americans Prefer Alternatives To Traditional Investments
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The recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments. Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds.Surveying more than 400 high net worth investors with greater than $3 million in investable assets, 267 held investments in alternatives overall, including 92 who held investments in hedge funds or hedge funds of funds. Nearly one-third (32%) of the data collected focused on the attitudes of individuals with investable assets of $10 million or more….
Original Source: hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Wealthy Americans Prefer Alternative Investments To Traditional Investments
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The recent Bank of America Survey of high net worth Americans indicates that US investors understand the risk and rewards of hedge fund investments. Many expressed greater satisfaction over the last 12 months with their holdings in alternatives, including hedge funds, venture capital, real estate and private equity, than their more traditional investments, including stocks and bonds.Surveying more than 400 high net worth investors with greater than $3 million in investable assets, 267 held investments in alternatives overall, including 92 who held investments in hedge funds or hedge funds of funds. Nearly one-third (32%) of the data collected focused on the attitudes of individuals with investable assets of $10 million or more….
Original Source: hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Pink Picks
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Comment and analysis from Wednesday’s FT:
Comment: Ken Rogoff: Discipline demanded
The world cannot grow its way out of this slowdown, says Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard and former IMF chief economist. Today’s mess was many years in the making and there is no easy, painless exit strategy…….
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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30 de July , 2008| hedgefunds |
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