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November 30, 2006
London's Thames River Capital is seeking to hire a hedge fund global equity analyst to join its 59-strong team of portfolio managers and analysts.
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November 29, 2006
The alternatives arm of $18 billion Swiss banking concern Syz & Co., is due to launch a multi-strategy fund of hedge funds focused on commodities and natural resources.
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November 27, 2006
Damage Control? In an investor letter, GLG Partners has sought to reassure investors about several of its underperforming funds.
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November 22, 2006
Aquanaut Capital Management Founder Magnus Fyhr, explaining why his recently launched energy hedge fund will remain net long.
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November 22, 2006
Vestbirk Capital Management is seeking to hire a head of marketing as it aims to grow assets under management.
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November 22, 2006
After a rough September, many hedge funds have posted impressive rallies, with several well-known managers reversing course over what had been a tough year.
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November 22, 2006
London-based BlackSquare Capital, which manages a fund of funds comprised solely of Caxton Associates investments, is kicking off a German certificate in January.
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November 22, 2006
Persistent Edge Management, a San Francisco-based fund of hedge funds firm with about $450 million under management, will open an office in Hong Kong in the next few months.
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November 22, 2006
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November 22, 2006
The Finnish state fund, Valtion Eläkerahasto Statens Pensionsfond (VER), has set its first property asset allocation at 4%.
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November 22, 2006
Swedish insurer Folksam may begin outsourcing an undetermined portion of its SEK175 billion (£13 billion) as it seeks to shift to an absolute return strategy and separate alpha within Folksam Kapitalförvaltning, its asset management arm, reports AIN sister publication Global Money Management.
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November 22, 2006
The table below displays some of last month's top performing global macro hedge funds, according to data
provided by Eurekahedge.
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November 22, 2006
Meurig Williams, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, and Henk Jonker, ex-portfolio manager at GLG Partners, have set up WiJo Capital and last week launched the WiJo Japan Value Fund, a long/short Japanese equity strategy.
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November 22, 2006
Bulldog Investors, the activist hedge fund firm run by Phil Goldstein, is seeking seats on the board of Gyrodyne Company of America.
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November 22, 2006
After eight years as a senior oil service/shipping analyst at Jefferies & Co., Magnus Fyhr has founded a hedge fund firm, Aquanaut Capital Management, and launched a long/short hedge fund devoted to the energy and shipping sectors.
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November 22, 2006
Ravel Capital Management, a Swiss start-up hedge fund firm, is gearing up to launch a European long/short fund, the Ravel European Fund, before the end of the year.
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November 22, 2006
Laven Partners, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, will launch a global macro fund in February.
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November 22, 2006
New York's MatlinPatterson Asset Management has hired Bill Popper from P. Schoenfeld Asset Management to work on its first hedge fund.
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November 22, 2006
Zurich-based hedge fund firm Naissance Capital will launch a new fund, Naissance Thema, early next year.
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November 22, 2006
GLG Partners, one of London's largest hedge fund firms, has launched a new pan-European long/short equity fund.
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November 22, 2006
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November 22, 2006
Pirate Capital, the activist firm run by Thomas Hudson, has cut its exposure to James River Coal Co., with the end result being a loss.
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November 22, 2006
The $265 million Grable Foundation in Pittsburgh is planning to boost its exposure to alternatives to increase returns.
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November 22, 2006
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November 22, 2006
The $830 million Rockefeller Brothers Fund is planning to increase its hedge fund exposure to 20-25% from 15.6% over the next couple of years, reports AIN sister publication Foundation & Endowment Money Management.
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November 22, 2006
Ed Rogers' Rogers Investment Advisors rolled out Wolver Hill Japan Multi-Strategy Fund, a fund of Japanese hedge funds, on Nov. 1 with $3.5 million and expectations to more than double assets by year-end.
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November 22, 2006
Albireo Asset Management, the Toronto-based firm running what is believed to be the first hedge fund focused on the space and aeronautics sector, will cease trading and close its fund next month.
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November 22, 2006
Nmás1, a Spanish firm focused on alternative investments and wealth management, will launch its third private equity fund, probably in December.
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November 22, 2006
Dallas-based Westcastle Capital is readying a hedge fund that will repackage credit card debt.
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November 22, 2006
Going Short: Henry Blodget, for leaping on the hedge fund hater bandwagon with both feet.