Stories

• BlackRock will acquire Cyllenius Capital Management, a Boston-based hedge fund firm.

  September 30, 2002

• MBS Hedge Fund Manager Relaunches

  September 30, 2002

• ING Alts Group Makes Foreign Institutional Push, Ramps Up

  September 27, 2002

• Northwest Manager Plans New Hedge Fund

  September 27, 2002

• Fund of Funds Shop Teams With Japanese Banking Giant

  September 26, 2002

• ING Begins To Look More Broadly At Hedge Funds

  September 26, 2002

• Vontobel Expanding Alternatives Effort, In U.S. and Abroad

  September 26, 2002

• Asset Alliance Hires Marketing Head, Looks To Buy Stakes In Hedge Fund Managers

  September 25, 2002

• Connecticut College Eyes Hedge Funds, REITs

  September 25, 2002

• DEPAUW UNIVERSITY CONSIDERING HEDGE FUNDS

  September 25, 2002

• DePauw University Considering Hedge Funds

  September 25, 2002

• Hedge Funds May Increase Locks-Ups If Proposed Regs Fly

  September 25, 2002

• Hershey Trust Studying VC, Hedge Funds

  September 25, 2002

• SUNY Buffalo Receives Bids For Fund Of Funds

  September 25, 2002

• Washington University Eyes Hedge Funds

  September 25, 2002

• The approximately $90 million Sterling Heights (Mich.) General Retirement System is educating itself about hedge funds.

  September 24, 2002

• The U.K.'s Railways Pension plan (Railpen), which runs the retirement funds of 150 companies in Britain's railway industry, is in the process of increasing the proportion of its assets in private equity, from 1.5% to 5%.

  September 24, 2002

• Van Eck Chases Opportunities In Institutional Market

  September 24, 2002

• Consulting Shop Preps SRI Hedge Fund Of Funds

  September 23, 2002

• HSBC Republic is to launch two additional tranches of its Capital Guaranteed fund of hedge funds.

  September 23, 2002

• Platinum Capital Management has added an offshore equity long/short hedge fund to its product range.

  September 23, 2002

• . . . While Hiring Hedge Fund Marketer

  September 20, 2002

• Asset Alliance Shifts Acquisition Strategy To Smaller Shops

  September 20, 2002

• Fuller & Thaler May Launch International Long/Short Funds. . .

  September 20, 2002

• Oden Capital To Launch Commodities Fund

  September 20, 2002

• Thomas Weisel To Launch Long/Short Fund, Raising Capital For PE Fund

  September 20, 2002

• Boston Consulting Shop Rolls Out Long/Short Fund

  September 19, 2002

• Buffalo School Launches Fund Of Funds Search

  September 19, 2002

• Washington University Eyes Hedge Funds

  September 19, 2002

• BofA To Open London Prime Brokerage

  September 18, 2002

• Ex-Thomas Weisel Brokers To Launch Arb Fund, Eye Marketers

  September 18, 2002

• Chicago Plan To Contemplate Private Equity

  September 17, 2002

• CRA Creates Hedge Fund Research Position

  September 17, 2002

• Delta Weighing Maiden Hedge Fund Foray

  September 17, 2002

• Dresdner Plans First Syndicated Hedge Fund Note

  September 17, 2002

• Hedge Funds Triple Role In Credit Market

  September 17, 2002

• Norwalk City Considering Hedge Fund Foray

  September 17, 2002

• Refco May Take Stake In Hedge Fund Startup

  September 17, 2002

• Senior Manager Switches Hedge Funds

  September 17, 2002

• UAL Launches Study And Considers Alternatives

  September 17, 2002

• Aberdeen Preps First-Ever Long/Short Fund

  September 13, 2002

• AXA Rosenberg Preps Global Long/Short Strategy

  September 13, 2002

• California Firm To Launch Currency Fund

  September 13, 2002

• Fiat Founders Family’s Investment Affiliate Bringing Secondary PE Fund To Market

  September 13, 2002

• Former J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Pros Set Up Hedge Fund

  September 13, 2002

• Phoenix Lands Its First Taft-Hartley Client For Fund Of Funds

  September 13, 2002

• Scott’s Cove Moves In With March Partners

  September 13, 2002

• U.S. Global May Introduce Precious Metals Hedge Fund

  September 13, 2002

• Venus Capital To Launch Global Arb Fund

  September 13, 2002

• Fund of Funds Searching For Managers

  September 12, 2002

• Kansas City Foundation Eyes Additional Alts Managers

  September 12, 2002

• Former Amerindo CIO Resurfaces

  September 11, 2002

• New York Fund Of Funds Shop To Launch New Products

  September 11, 2002

• Stracke Departs Torrey Funds To Join Attalus Capital

  September 11, 2002

• Illinois Firm To Launch Sector Rotation Fund, Eyes Prime Brokers

  September 10, 2002

• ABB Delays Launch Of Private Equity Fund Of Funds

  September 09, 2002

• Aussie Super Funds Eye Private Equity, Hedge Funds

  September 09, 2002

• C.E. Unterberg, Towbin To Launch First Fund Of Funds, Taps Paloma Exec

  September 09, 2002

• Casey Foundation Taps Consultant; Searches To Come

  September 09, 2002

• Chicago Hospital Increasing Fund Of Funds Allocation

  September 09, 2002

• Larry Bowman is preparing to launch a new fund, said people familiar with the offering, according to a report in the Financial Times.

  September 09, 2002

• Saxon To Launch Managed Futures Fund

  September 09, 2002

• Avon Examining Real Estate, Private Equity

  September 08, 2002

• Derivatives Team Raises $200M For First Hedge Fund

  September 08, 2002

• International Paper

  September 08, 2002

• Man Launches Its First Registered Fund Of Funds

  September 08, 2002

• Pacific Life To Conduct Hedge Fund Searches

  September 08, 2002

• Prudential & Alpha Investment Team Up To Offer Funds Of Funds

  September 08, 2002

• Shaker Hires Its First-Ever CFO

  September 08, 2002

• Texas Utilities Reportedly Eyeing First Foray Into Alts

  September 08, 2002

• U.S. Bancorp Looks To Buy Hedge Fund Manager

  September 08, 2002

• Venture Firms Enter Pipe World But Face Challenges

  September 08, 2002

• Soros Taps Distressed Specialist

  September 05, 2002

• ABN Brings First Hedge Fund To Singapore

  September 04, 2002

• Putnam Considers Hedge Fund Acquisitions

  September 04, 2002

• Shaker Hires First-Ever CFO

  September 04, 2002

• Sweden Prohibits Direct Consumption Of Hedge Funds

  September 04, 2002

• Arapahoe Considering Real Estate, Private Equity

  September 03, 2002

• Avon Examining Real Estate, Private Equity

  September 03, 2002