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September 12, 2006
After taking on the SEC's hedge fund registration rule--and winning--Phil Goldstein has Rule 13F in his crosshairs.
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September 11, 2006
The New York startup is receiving a "significant" allocation from Switzerland's RMF Investment Management.
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September 08, 2006
Daniel Axmer, senior research analyst, Asset Alliance International, on why the fund of funds reshuffled some of its underlying managers.
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September 08, 2006
Steel Partners, the activist hedge fund firm run by Warren Lichtenstein, has settled its dispute with linen launderer Angelica Corporation.
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September 08, 2006
Asset Alliance International, the London-based subsidiary of the New York fund of hedge funds firm, has replaced a long/short equity manager in its fledgling Eastern European fund of funds, and has lined up two more as it seeks to further diversify the portfolio.
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September 08, 2006
The Toronto Transit Commission, with CAD3.1 billion in total assets, will take its first hedge fund stake and plans to hire at least two fund-of-hedge-funds managers for mandates worth CAD50 million each.
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September 08, 2006
Steve Bardack, who managed the technology portfolio at Canyon Capital Advisors, has launched a long/short equity strategy at his Beverly Hills startup Strata Capital Management.
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September 08, 2006
London-based HED Capital Management, a chaos theory firm run by mathematician Richard Edwards, is seeking additional operating capital.
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September 08, 2006
Citigroup Global Wealth Management has set up its first targeted effort focused solely on alternative investments for its high-net-worth clients.
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September 08, 2006
Citigroup is recommending opposing volatility strategies for Asia and Japan, given diverging stock market outlooks.
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September 08, 2006
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September 08, 2006
This week, we take a look at arbitrage hedge funds.
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September 08, 2006
Marcel Melis, a veteran energy trader from Delta Energy and Reliant Energy Trading & Marketing, has started Energy Capital Management.
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September 08, 2006
The former equity-linked proprietary trading team at French giant CDC IXIS has set up Anakena Finance and will launch a global multi-strategy arbitrage fund--the Maximus fund--Oct. 1.
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September 08, 2006
Alexander Sacerdote, a veteran sector portfolio manager of Fidelity Investment's institutional arm, Pyramis Global Advisers, has split off to launch his own long/short strategy.
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September 08, 2006
Financial Risk Management, the London-based fund of hedge funds mammoth, has launched a fund of funds focused on credit strategies.
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September 08, 2006
HSBC Halbis Partners launched a commodities fund on Sept. 1.
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September 08, 2006
New York-based Hudson Bay Capital's Hudson Bay Fund returned 7.67% last quarter thanks in part to a merger arbitrage play on Canadian trust companies.
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September 08, 2006
Amsterdam-based Insinger de Beaufort Asset Management's European long/short equity fund, IdB Alchemy, was up 1.26% in July.
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September 08, 2006
An occasional column by Logan Short, an astute industry observer. He can be reached at lshort@iinews.com.
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September 08, 2006
Third Point, the activist hedge fund firm run by outspoken manager Daniel Loeb, wants to look at books and records for Nabi Biopharmaceuticals.
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September 08, 2006
Bridgehampton, N.Y.,-based Bridgehampton Capital Management is launching its first fund.
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September 08, 2006
MPC Investors, with $1.35 billion under management, will expand its sales team to strengthen its foothold in Europe.
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September 08, 2006
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September 08, 2006
Numeric Investors, the Cambridge, Mass.-based asset management firm that made its name as a long-only shop, has launched three alternative investment funds this summer, with the third--a market-neutral strategy--rolling out Sept. 1, according to a marketer.
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September 08, 2006
New York's Park Hill Group, the alternative asset placement firm affiliated with Blackstone Asset Management, has hired Annie Bélanger as director of client services.
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September 08, 2006
Pomeroy Capital, the New York-based healthcare manager started by Merrill Lynch veteran A.J. Rice, is expected to increase its exposure to international equities in the healthcare services sector, arguing that this area has been neglected by analysts.
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September 08, 2006
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September 08, 2006
The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade is launching Russian Venture Fund, a fund of venture capital funds that will allocate approximately $550 million to up to 15 VC managers that invest in the country.
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September 08, 2006
Sailfish Capital has made its debut in the equity markets with a new fund run by Rob Cannon, a former executive at Steve Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors.
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September 08, 2006
The Securities and Exchange Commission has clarified that newly registered hedge fund managers will need to eliminate the use of certain services in order to comply with the SEC's custody rule, according AIN sister publication Compliance Reporter.
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September 08, 2006
Stenham Asset Management's two longest-running global macro funds of funds were up in July, but its third lost money, in part thanks to a manager with large positions in EMI and Time Warner.
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September 08, 2006
Wake Asset Management, a Geneva-based hedge fund firm with approximately $100 million under management, is planning to launch its second fund toward the end of the year.
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September 08, 2006
BluMont Capital, a hedge fund firm based in Toronto, is looking at ways of expanding its investor base, according to AIN sister publication Derivatives Week.
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September 08, 2006
Following its decision to abandon an acquisition of Oneida Ltd., Xerion Capital Partners has sold its entire equity position in the company.