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Comment, analysis and other offerings from Monday’s FT:
Lex: Private equity subdued
The end of private equity’s Golden Age was not supposed to be this bad, says Lex. Dividend recaps, where private equity firms took money out of an acquired company within days of closing a deal, are merely a fond memory…….
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Further reading
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Elsewhere on Monday,
- “For most of my political life… I’ve kept out of doing this kind of interview.”
- “Darling is preparing to unveil the biggest downgrade to a government economic forecast in 16 years.”
- “I have NEVER heard of a US market opening early due to macro events; the usual move is to CLOSE during exceptional circumstances”……
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Professor Rajan Proposes Hedge Funds For India
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In the April 2008, Draft Report of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms headed by Professor Raghuram Rajan, it was proposed by the high-level committee that, “The presence of hedge funds would induce greater competitive pressure for other regulated fund management channels such as mutual funds.”In an article by investment strategist Venkatesh, the strategist comments on the proposal, saying how hedge funds could improve asset price efficiency. “Besides,” Venkatanesh says, “such funds, by virtue of their diverse investment styles, could provide investors an opportunity to enhance their risk-adjusted portfolio returns.”…
Original Source: hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- African Agricultural Land Fund Launch
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Emergent Asset Management launched the African Agricultural Land Fund in August 2008, with a second closing to take place in September 2008. The fund has raised almost €2 billion already ($2.9 billion), and wants to raise a total of €3 billion and is canvassing a range of investors. Minimum investment size is €500,000 for private investors and €5m for institutional investors. …
Original Source: hedge-fund-news.blogspot.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Atticus hit hard by credit crunch
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Atticus Capital, one of New York’s most powerful hedge funds, has lost more than $5bn this year, denting its record as one of the world’s top performing money managers. The firm’s two flagship funds fell by a quarter and almost a third by end-August, marking some of the biggest losses in dollar terms ever recorded by a hedge fund…….
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Weekend catch-up
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In case you missed these (FT) reports:
Fannie and Freddie doubts grow
Shares in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell Friday amid concerns foreign investors are cutting their exposure to the troubled US mortgage financiers’ bonds and guaranteed securities.
Sloane Robinson partner earns £87m
Sloane……
Original Source: ftalphaville.ft.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Labor Day Newsreel
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US Managers Stem the Fall in Assets: US investors checked under the sofa cushions and found a bit of extra change - just enough that “for the first six months of this year, unlike the largest European asset managers, the largest US investment firms have been able to stem their fall in assets under management.”
Low Returns […]…
Original Source: allaboutalpha.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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- Labor Day Newsreel
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You may have noticed that our fancy-schmancy new website displays all of our discarded news clippings and displays them on right behind this panel in our “news clippings” section (check it out right now if you like). However, if you don’t have the time or inclination to click on every link you see in that section, then you’ll still find some value in our (semi) regular “newsreel” segments that provide you with a brief explanation about why we were drawn to each story. If you’re interested in more of these snippets from the cutting-room floor, click…
Original Source: allaboutalpha.com
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31 de August , 2008| hedgefunds |
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