May 27, 2010
At least nine law firms are circling the Man Group acquisition of GLG looking for a payday.
May 27, 2010
Tom Sandell's shop, recovering from its 2008 losses and an intense restructuring, is preparing to launch a UCITS fund and a new credit vehicle.
May 25, 2010
Few hedge funds are willing to bet against the Teflon firm, but not many are going long, either.
May 24, 2010
Ed Hinze, founder of $1.4 billion HHR Asset Management, has seeded Alloy Capital, a global equity fund launched by former HHR analysts Dale Geurts and Katie Procter.
May 24, 2010
Investors wonder if the firm will experience increased redemptions in response to its recent headline risk.
May 24, 2010
The San Francisco-based firm, which once managed $2.6 billion, is returning all capital to investors. Founder Ravi Kaza, a Duquesne Capital alum, will run the firm as a family office.
May 21, 2010
Ravi Singh will now oversee all of alternatives, including hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity and real estate. Nicole Arnaboldi, who used to manage those investments, has been named vice chairman of asset management.
May 20, 2010
Loweth cofounded the $4.6 billion multistrategy hedge fund in 2005 alongside two other alumni of SAC Capital Advisors.
May 20, 2010
The Bahrain-based firm will seed up to three new managers by the end of 2010.
May 19, 2010
The $2.8 billion Minneapolis firm has launched a new fund with $100 million to exploit dislocations in commercial and residential mortgages.
May 18, 2010
Hong Kong-based firm has seeding from Greenwich, Connecticut-based Paloma Partners
May 18, 2010
The firm now employs chief financial and operations officers ahead of its launch, which is expected later this year.
May 18, 2010
Korea’s IBK Securities plans move into international alternative investments space
May 18, 2010
Former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt talks to AsiaHedge editor Aradhna Dayal about the implications of the ongoing Goldman enforcement action and how an upcoming regulatory tsunami in the US will affect the Asia-Pacific hedge fund industry
May 17, 2010
The firm has hired Paul Mitchell, a portfolio manager at UBS O’Connor’s multistrategy hedge fund, to head the new group.
May 13, 2010
The investment committee is set to vote on the increase at its next meeting.
May 12, 2010
Providence Capital, a Minneapolis-based hedge fund firm, has launched a corporate restructuring strategy with backing from the Trammell Crow family office.
May 11, 2010
The $47 billion retirement fund will employ the New York consulting firm to advise on its 10% allocation to hedge funds.
May 10, 2010
The new fund is managed by former TD Securities structured credit chief Hal Holappa.
May 10, 2010
The GOP received the majority of hedge fund political contributions in the first quarter of 2010.
May 04, 2010
Guide to current hedge fund mandates
May 04, 2010
Two major new surveys by Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank highlight key changes in investor attitudes
May 04, 2010
Revere Capital Advisors aims to provide full support for its managers while investing its own capital
May 04, 2010
A relatively new proposal in the Senate bill threatens to penalize buyers of distressed debt. “This uncertainty likely will inhibit investors from investing in, providing capital to, or otherwise doing business with, financially weak or weakening firms,” says the MFA.
May 04, 2010
Founder Steve Shapiro is returning capital, but will continue to manage the firm's flagship funds for his family and select investors.
May 03, 2010
Philip Blazek, who returned 47% running an equity book for the Crow family office last year, has emerged with his own long/short small-cap strategy.