Official defends $144M decision
Newark Star-Ledger – Prompted by criticism from a prominent state lawmaker, the head of the state’s Division of Investment yesterday defended his decision to invest $144 million in pension funds in a...
View ArticleSoros fund ups Petrobras stake
Petroleumworld.com – The hedge fund of billionaire investor George Soros increased its stake in Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro ( Petrobras) to 21.1 million American Depositary...
View ArticleIcahn Ups His Stake in Yahoo, Stocks Rally
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Activist investor Carl Icahn purchased another 6.8 million shares of Yahoo stock last week at a price tag of about $67 million, further boosting his already vast stake in the...
View ArticleHedge Fund Trian Partners to Hold Over 50 Million Fast Food Shares
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund Trian Partners said that they will buy about 49.4 million shares of fast-food operator Wendy’s/Arby’s Group for $4.15 per share, or about $205 million. The...
View ArticleGeneva banks lost more than $4 billion to Madoff: report
Reuters – Three European banks on Sunday announced a total of about $3.8 billion in exposure to an investment fund run by Bernard Madoff, the U.S. investor accused of running a $50 billion "Ponzi"...
View ArticleGLG Partners Adds Pendragon Hedge Fund Managers
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – Global alternative asset manager, GLG Partners LP, is teaming up with two of the founding partners of London hedge fund Pendragon Capital, Kaveh Sheibani and Julian...
View ArticleEllington Sues Ameriquest Over Bad Subprime Mortgages
Bloomberg – Ellington Management Group LLC, the hedge-fund firm focused on mortgage bonds, sued Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and other ACC Capital Holdings units over soured subprime home loans. Funds run...
View ArticlePE fund sales get their own market
Reuters Blogs – It seems that private equity fund sales are heating up so much they need their own market. SecondMarket said today it is opening trading in limited partnership interests in private...
View ArticleSmall Caps Stand to Gain When Hedge Funds Jump Back In
Seekingalpha.com – To understand which segments of the U.S. equity market were most affected by hedge fund selling pressures late in 2008, a good place to look is 13F filings with the SEC. These are...
View ArticleRecord Hedge Fund Closures in 2008 From Madoff, Other Losses
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Over $84 billion worth of U.S. hedge funds shut down last year, compared to just $18.7 billion in 2007, according to the latest data published by Absolute Return Magazine, a...
View ArticleCiti Shareholders Show Rage at Annual Meeting
BusinessWeek – The anger was evident at Citigroup’s annual meeting on Apr. 21, where shareholders took turns at the microphone to object to how the bank has been operating. The meeting is usually a...
View ArticleThe Importance Of Paying Citigroup Bankers Bonuses
24/7 Wall St. – Citigroup has gone to the Treasury to beg for bonuses for some of its most important traders, people who make the banks extraordinary amounts of money. The Treasury’s reaction will...
View ArticleAjay Relan\’s CX Partners Achieves First Close of $220 Million
VC Circle – CX Partners, a new private equity firm promoted by former Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) head Ajay Relan, has achieved the first close of $220 million for its maiden fund....
View ArticleJPMorgan’s future in hedge funds
FierceFinance – Not too long ago we were lamenting the trend by top investment banks to move into hedge funds and alternative investments in general. Buying hedge fund firms and launching them...
View ArticleAsia Hedge Funds on ‘Radar’ After Beating Peers, Citigroup Says
Bloomberg – Asian hedge funds are attracting growing interest from investors as managers focusing on the region outperform global peers, said Andrew Hill, director of prime finance for Asia-Pacific...
View ArticleKuwait financier facing U.S. fraud suit found dead
Reuters – A brash Kuwaiti financier facing a fraud suit by U.S. authorities was found dead Sunday in an apparent suicide that sent shockwaves through the Gulf Arab financial sector. A security source...
View ArticleDealing With Phibro: The Best Choice for Citigroup
New York Times Blogs – Selling a controlling stake in Phibro won’t cut it for Citigroup, Breakingviews writes. Sure, it would probably quell some of the uproar around the flashpoint that put Citi’s...
View ArticleBofA shares jump after exec, hedge fund buy shares
The Associated Press – Shares of Bank of America shot up Thursday as a new executive at the bank, as well as a prominent hedge-fund manager, decided to place big bets on the company by buying up blocks...
View ArticleU.S. pay czar says he can “claw back” exec compensation
Reuters – Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s pay czar, said on Sunday he has broad and "binding" authority over executive compensation, including the ability to "claw back" money already...
View ArticleHedge Fund Billionaire John Paulson puts his money on Citigroup
New York (HedgeCo.net) – According to a regulatory filing, Hedge Fund manager John Paulson’s of the $12.5 billion Paulson & Co. bought 300 million shares of Citigroup worth $1.45 billion. This move...
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