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July 21, 2006
Chapman Capital Chairman Robert Chapman, in a letter to Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, calling for the company to cancel the stock options it granted executive management.
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July 21, 2006
Bedfordshire County Council Pension Fund, a pension scheme with approximately £950 million total assets, has tendered an absolute return mandate, according to AIN sister publication Global Money Management.
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July 21, 2006
Sam Kidston, a former equity analyst at BlackRock, has formed Boston-based North & Webster and rolled out a micro- and small-cap fund at the beginning of the month.
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July 21, 2006
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Cardinal Venture Capital is expected to launch its second fund in the next six to nine months, said Eric Dunn, general partner, at a recent conference.
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July 21, 2006
Chapman Capital, the activist firm run by Robert Chapman, has launched a barrage at troubled Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation.
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July 21, 2006
DigiLog Capital, a $550 million firm based in Chicago, has hired Harlan Moeckler as cfo.
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July 21, 2006
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July 21, 2006
This week, we revisit global macro hedge funds.
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July 21, 2006
Davidson Kempner Capital Management, which manages nearly $8 billion, has made an entrance into the healthcare sector.
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July 21, 2006
Eden Rock Capital Management, the London-based fund of hedge fund firm, has made some changes to its multi-strategy Solid Rock Fund, which invests in early-stage and niche hedge funds.
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July 21, 2006
Ivan Arteaga, until April 30 a portfolio manager at Gabelli Asset Management, has formed Saddle Brook, N.J.-based Arteaga Investment Management Group and is readying a global equity strategy to launch in the fourth quarter.
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July 21, 2006
The New Jersey Division of Investment last week decided to seek managers for a variety of asset classes, reports AIN sister publication Money Management Letter.
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July 21, 2006
European powerhouse IKOS Group, which has a presence in London and Cyprus, is now planning to run its futures strategies from the former British colony.
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July 21, 2006
Life Settlement Solutions in San Diego is planning to launch a Dublin-domiciled hedge fund in September.
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July 21, 2006
Third Point, the activist hedge fund firm run by outspoken manager Daniel Loeb, has opened up another front by attacking timeshare concern Sunterra Corporation.
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July 21, 2006
New York-based Castlestone Management, with nearly $800 million in assets, has eliminated the management fee in its Hybrid Alternative Portfolio fund of hedge funds, according to Daris Delins, director of manager selection.
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July 21, 2006
Sacramento-based private equity firm Dunmore Capital is considering a fund for high-net-worth investors, according to Kevin Costa, managing director.
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July 21, 2006
Rye Brook, N.Y.-based Oak Hill Platinum Partners, an investment firm run by billionaire Robert Bass and team, is conducting damage control following press accounts implying it was duped.
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July 21, 2006
Och-Ziff Capital Management has hired Mark Hanratty, formerly of Pequot Capital Management.
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July 21, 2006
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July 21, 2006
Five Mile Capital Partners, a $1 billion firm started by Royal Bank of Scotland executives, will debut a credit hedge fund in September.
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July 21, 2006
Richard Keller, a former partner at Sandler Capital Management, has formed Greenwich, Conn.-based Angler Capital and launched the first fund, a long/short strategy, at the beginning of the month.
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July 21, 2006
Going Long: Phil Maymin, Maymin Capital Management.
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July 21, 2006
Many prominent hedge fund names took it on the chin in June, in several cases dropping by 3% or more, as the industry stumbled through its second consecutive month of negative returns.
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July 21, 2006
Hedge fund giant Vega Asset Management's funds mostly were flat last month.