Bear Stearns passes into Wall Street history
Financial Times – Jimmy Cayne apologised for the first time to Bear Stearns shareholders and employees on Thursday as the investment bank he helped build into a scrappy powerhouse formally disappeared...
View ArticleHarbinger Capital Limits Year-End Redemptions on Largest Hedge Fund
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – New York-based Harbinger Capital Partners has capped year-end withdrawals from its largest hedge fund after investors moved to pull $3.5 billion of capital. The hedge fund, run...
View ArticleFinvest Launches Private Equity Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – After being awarded $2.5 billion in allocation for investment in private equity, hedge fund manager Finvest Asset Management, announced the launch of a private equity...
View ArticleRival Launches RRSP Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net) – Cayman Island based hedge fund manager Rival Capital Management Inc., announced the launch of the Rival North American RRSP Growth Fund, an RRSP eligible fund that will...
View ArticleHedge Fund Manager SVM Launches Long/Short Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Privately-owned investment management company, SVM Asset Management, is seeking approval from the Financial Services Authority for the launch of the long/short SVM UK...
View ArticleJWM Partners considers new fund- WSJ
Reuters – John Meriwether and the other partners in his hedge-fund company, JWM Partners LLC, are considering launching a new fund, the Wall Street Journal said, citing a senior official at the...
View ArticleArkanar Financial Global Macro Hedge Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Alternative investment consultant and director, Bob Torkelund has announced the launch of a Cayman regulated fund, the Arkanar Global Macro SP. The fund is being...
View ArticleAsian Macro Hedge Fund Launch
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) -A new Asia Macro hedge fund has been launched by Dexion Capital and Morgan Stanley veterans Andrew Gale and Lee Ka Sha. With a minimum investment is $100,000, the fund...
View ArticleHedge Fund Manager Silk Invest Launches Two Equity Funds
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – FSA regulated asset manager, Silk Invest Ltd, successfully launched the African Lions Fund and the Arab Falcons Fund, which helped the hedge fund manager achieve its...
View ArticleBank of NY Unit Expands Hedge Fund Consulting Services
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Pershing LLC has expanded their business consulting services by including a hedge fund start-up simulator tool and a new guidebook to assist hedge fund managers with the...
View ArticleOffshore Law Pioneers Expand to Brazil
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Cayman Islands law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman now has the official approval and licensing permission for a São Paulo partnership by the the Brazilian Bar...
View ArticleCredit Suisse Launches Hedge Fund Replication System
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Credit Suisse announced the launch of a new Global Macro Replication Index which aims to capture the risk/return characteristics of the Credit Suisse/Tremont Global...
View ArticleHedge Fund Manager Names Former Citi Exec Andrew Smith Head of Global Sales
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Coinciding with the launch of new services aimed at increasing hedge fund transparency, independent alternative fund manager Butterfield Fulcrum appointed T. Andrew...
View ArticleAbsolute Returns Focus: CF KB Endeavour Absolute Return A
Citywire.co.uk – To analyse all of Europe’s absolute return funds on a variety ofg risk-return measures and see a comprehensive league table of performance visit our new zone here The CF KB Endeavour...
View ArticleGrail to Launch Active Single-Manager ETFs
Seeking Alpha – Grail Advisors, LLC, the investment advisor that launched the Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund (GVT) last month, has filed with the SEC to launch four additional ETFs. Grail...
View ArticleAlphaMatrix Hires UBS’ Managed and Hedge Fund Services
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – AlphaMetrix, LLC, a $1.8 billion managed account platform for institutional and accredited investors, today announced the hiring of Richard Meade, 39, as Executive...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley Launches Enhanced Protection for Hedge Fund and Prime...
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Morgan Stanley is offering enhanced asset protection to its prime brokerage clients, announcing an expansion of its prime brokerage offering with the launch of new...
View ArticleViathon Capital Launches Credit Focused Opportunity Fund
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Viathon Capital, LP has announced the launch of a new credit focused opportunity fund, the Whitewater Master Fund, LP, as of May 1, 2009. The launch has affiliated with...
View ArticleMadoff Investors ‘Greedy’: Hendry
CNBC – People who invested with Bernard Madoff were greedy and happy to accept high returns without probing too much in the way these were achieved, Hugh Hendry, chief investment officer at hedge fund...
View ArticleViathon Capital Launches Credit Hedge Fund
HedgeCo.net (West Palm Beach) – Viathon Capital, LP has officially launched the Whitewater Master Fund, LP, a credit opportunity fund focused on non-correlated absolute returns. Employing a...
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