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- US fund increases stake in Barratt
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Shares in Barratt Developments led the UK housebuilding sector higher on Monday as it revealed a US fund manager had increased its stake in the heavily-indebted company to more than 6%. Polaris Capital Management, a Boston-based value fund manager, had previously bought a 5.73% stake in Barratt, whose shares have tumbled as the housebuilding industry has suffered sharply lower sales volumes…….
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Fees: Six of one or half-dozen of the other.
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A recent Journal article ponders the unthinkable: Could hedge funds actually be a good deal?…
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Contacts
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Hedge Fund ContactsHedge Fund Industry Contacts…
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Conquest Shutters Agricultural Fund
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Conquest Capital Group is reportedly shutting down its $76 million Conquest KCM Agricultural Commodities Plus Fund after its sole investor bailed.
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Original Source: www.finalternatives.com
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- PSource Debt Fund Looks For $12M More
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New York-based Laurus Capital Management, a hedge fund that specializes in financing publicly-traded small- and micro-cap companies, has issued £6.1 million (US$12 million) in additional shares of its PSource Structured Debt on the London Stock Exchange.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Sabre Says It Was Hunted By Rumor-Mongerers
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A London hedge fund has formally alerted the U.K.’s financial regulator that it was the victim of collapse rumors on Friday.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Meriwether Vets Found Global Macro Shop
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A pair of John Meriwether protégés are going into business for themselves.
David Ko, the quantum physicist-turned-hedge fund trader, and Stephen Cain have set up Kurtosis Capital Partners in London.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Fortress Trader Gets $300 Million Stock Grant
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The departure of star trader Greg Coffey may cost GLG Partners as much as $4 billion in investor redemptions. Holding on to its star trader will cost Fortress Investment Group $300 million.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Sales Motivation
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Sales MotivationSales Motivation VideoHere is a great video from Gitomer on Life Long learning. I agree with him that if you are not in a job you love or are passionate about you will lag behind everyone else, only put in what is required and never excel or reach your full potential. It also seems to be true that a daily commitment to investing one hour a day to reading, learning and improving yourself pays off within a very short amount of time….
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Clontarf Capital, Beryl Consulting In JV
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London-based Clontarf Capital, an alternative asset advisory firm, and the Beryl Consulting Group, a boutique hedge fund research firm based in New Jersey, have partnered to develop and enhance their hedge fund due diligence, portfolio construction and risk management processes.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Castle Hall Adds To Due Diligence Team
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Hedge fund operational due diligence service provider Castle Hall Alternatives has hired Kosta Segounis as a senior manager supervising a team of analysts responsible for operational due diligence on hedge funds.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge funds braced for poor data after tough July
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LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds are braced for more dire performance data after sharp reversals in commodities and financials in July pushed some funds to record losses — making the goal of positive returns for the year even harder to reach.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- LTCM’s Hufschmid Says 2008 Worse Than ‘98
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One need only look to July performance numbers to see that these are tough times for hedge funds. But one expert in hedge fund disasters says things are even worse than they seem.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Bond Insurer May Sue Over Ackman Insolvency Comments
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Alleged rumors about Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns aren’t the only ones that have caught the attention of regulators. Last month, New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo suggested that “rumor-mongering” about MBIA Inc. “crossed a line.”
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Little To Cheer About In HFRX Indices
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The depth of the hedge fund industry’s July funk become clearer and clearer with each hedge fund index release.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- New York Firm Launches L/S Hedge Fund
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New York-based Select Equity Group, a $6 billion asset management firm, has launched a new long/short hedge fund at a time when other hedgies are scrambling due to drawdowns and redemptions.
The firm’s Astor Place Fund, a long-bias, all-cap offering, debuted in March. In its first four months of trading, the $6 million fund has suffered the same fate of many of its peers, losing 4.87%.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Sorin Snags Former Bear Stearns Exec.
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Sorin Capital Management has hired Matt Chasin as chief operating officer, focusing on the operational and financial aspects of the firm as well as managing all borrowing relationships and activities for the Sorin funds.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Focus 11-08-08
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Subscribe in a reader Subscribe by Email Hedge Fund Resources Hedge Fund Focus Home Service Providers Tutorials Communities Blogs Papers & Research Introductions & Guides Papers & Research People & Profiles Research Centres Hedge Fund Books: UK Hedge Fund Books: US General News | People and Funds | Launches| Hedge Fund Activism | Crime and Law [Externalrss-FinanceFocus-titles-rssl-6-30] Resources…
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Russell to boost Asia property fund exposure
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S.-based Russell Investments, which manages over $211 billion (110 billion pounds) in assets, wants to boost its exposure to Asian real estate as it sees growing markets in China and India withstanding a global downturn.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- The Investor & Hedge Fund Risk Summit II
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Location: New York, USA. Date:2008-09-17 00:00:00. The second event in the series, the Investor & Hedge Fund Risk Summit II, once again provides smaller group discussions, and more dynamic, interactive presentations. Our previous event was a great success, offering a comprehensive view of risk and return optimization for a diversified audience of institutional investors, pension funds, family…
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Hedge Fund Fight Nite
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Location: Indian Recreation Club near Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Date:2008-10-30 00:00:00. The concept is very simple - Hedge Fund Fight Nite trains up guys from the hedge fund and wider financial industry to stand up in the ring and fight against each other in aid of charity.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- The Beryl Consulting Group LLC
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Jersey City, US - A boutique hedge fund research and consulting firm founded in 2004 to develop customized solutions for institutional investors and fund managers.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Clontarf Capital
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London, GB - Clontarf Capital is a specialist investment advisory firm specialising in alternative assets (in particular hedge funds, private equity, commodities and real estate). Our advice ranges from a top-level analysis of the role of alternatives in a portfolio to detailed due diligence on both funds of funds and underlying direct funds.
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Long BDEV
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Barratt buys breathing space with debt deal - FT Alphaville…
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Pink Picks
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Comment and analysis from Monday’s FT:
Monday online Q&A: Show us the alpha - bond market outlook
As global bond markets have doubled in size in the last decade, where do the opportunities now lie and where are the new sources of alpha? Dr Michael Hasenstab senior vice-president and portfolio manager of the Templeton Global Total Return Fund at Franklin Templeton Investments will answer readers’ questions on fixed income markets and the prospects for interest rates from 2pm Monday,……
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11 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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