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October 12, 2006
London's Key Asset Management is preparing to launch just its third single-manager hedge fund.
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October 06, 2006
David Hoeff, v.p. of finance for the Northwest Health Foundation, which was exposed to Amaranth Advisors through a fund of funds run by Pine Grove Associates.
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October 06, 2006
Former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer Gary Aguirre thinks the SEC is letting Pequot Capital Management slide.
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October 06, 2006
Energy Capital Management is raising €300 million ($381 million) for a fund, which will have both European and U.S. investors.
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October 06, 2006
The Anglian Commodities Fund, which was originally seeded by Vega Asset Management, sent a letter assuring investors it has not been affected by the recent brouhaha in the commodities markets.
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October 06, 2006
Drake Management, which manages roughly $5 billion, has hired former PIMCO honcho David Hinman as global head of credit.
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October 06, 2006
London-based fund of funds firm Eden Rock Capital Management is making changes to the portfolio of its Solid Rock Fund to reflect its performance expectations for various hedge fund strategies.
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October 06, 2006
Steve Oristaglio, formerly head of investments at Putnam Investments, has started TriPoint Asset Management.
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October 06, 2006
LNG Capital, the London-based multi-strategy hedge fund firm founded by RAB Capital veteran Louis Gargour, has shed additional light on its investment strategy.
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October 06, 2006
Highfields Capital Management will continue to have an equity stake in Michaels Stores after the company is purchased by private equity firms.
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October 06, 2006
The $4.8 billion Indiana State Teachers Retirement System has increased its target allocation to alternatives following an asset study and intends to start seeking additional managers before year-end, according to AIN sister publication Money Management Letter.
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October 06, 2006
Danish asset management firm Jyske Invest launched a global long/short equity market-neutral hedge fund on Sept. 4.
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October 06, 2006
An occasional column by Logan Short, an astute industry observer. He can be reached at lshort@iinews.com.
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October 06, 2006
London-based Sturgeon Ventures has delayed plans to roll out a foreign exchange fund. It was expected to launch this month (iialternatives.com, 8/3).
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October 06, 2006
Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, one of the latest targets of Daniel Loeb's Third Point, is swinging back at assertions that it is rebuffing would-be suitors.
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October 06, 2006
Pine Grove Associates' $43 million investment in Amaranth Advisors through its Pine Grove Offshore Fund hasn't prompted its foundation and endowment clients to pull the trigger on the fund of funds manager.
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October 06, 2006
Pirate Capital, the activist hedge fund firm run by Thomas Hudson, has trimmed its stake in Walter Industries.
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October 06, 2006
Though still a relatively small market compared to the U.S., the hedge fund industry in Canada is growing steadily as investors seek to benefit from the country's strong energy and commodities markets.
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October 06, 2006
Lambiase joined the department in 1977 and was named division director in 1987.
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October 06, 2006
Copenhagen fund of funds firm Scandium Asset Management will hire a chief operating officer in the coming months.
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October 06, 2006
Stadia Capital's Stadia Core Fund, the firm's flagship long/short strategy, returned -0.3% in August due to the fund's short exposure.
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October 06, 2006
The space and aeronautics-focused hedge fund managed by Toronto firm Albireo Asset Management returned -4.55% in August, in part because of bad bets on a NASA contract.
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October 06, 2006
Going Long: Eton Park Capital Management. A contrarian call, as Eric Mindich and his gang have received a flogging from the mainstream press this past week.
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October 06, 2006
Ralph Lambiase, the top securities regulator in Connecticut, thinks the federal government should take a "more active, uniform" role on hedge funds in lieu of states.
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October 06, 2006
David Bailin, formerly co-founder of Great Barrington, Mass.-based fund-of-funds firm Martello Investments, has joined U.S. Trust, the $100 billion New York-based wealth management firm, according to AIN sister publication Private Asset Management.
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October 06, 2006
UBS Global Asset Management has released marketing literature pushing its newly-launched U.S. Equity Alpha Fund--a mutual fund--as an offering which provides higher returns without added risk.
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October 06, 2006
Vega Securities President Michael Mann penned a letter to the firm's hedge fund investors last Thursday explaining its recent poor performance and assuring "that the Vega organization remains strong and stable."
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October 05, 2006
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October 05, 2006
This week, we look at arbitrage hedge funds.
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October 05, 2006
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October 05, 2006