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March 19, 2010
Peter Nolan of Smith Breeden and Michael Brandt of Duke University join forces.
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March 17, 2010
Hutchin Hill, founded by the former SAC Capital Advisors quant chief, has produced two years of impressive returns.
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March 17, 2010
The internally-funded strategy began trading in the past few weeks.
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March 15, 2010
An innovative fee-sharing program helps the firm exceed the typical Canadian launch size.
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March 11, 2010
The departing executives Bill Duhamel, Jason Moment, Ashish Pant and Rich Voon have left to launch their own fund.
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March 10, 2010
The $600 million New York credit shop has restructured its investment committee following the amicable departure of co-founder Lowey.
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March 09, 2010
The firm led by former SAC star Rich Walter has shut down.
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March 09, 2010
All hands on deck as the Pirate Capital founder sets sail with his new venture.
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March 05, 2010
Former New Castle co-founder launches a long/short equity fund and a market neutral strategy.
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March 04, 2010
Aaron Armstrong, formerly of Deutsche Bank and Brevan Howard Asset Management, has joined Louis Bacon’s firm in London.
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March 03, 2010
The $165 million firm returned 158% in 2009 and is chasing abundant opportunities in the stressed bond markets.
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March 01, 2010
RIEF suffers its third consecutive annual loss.
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March 01, 2010
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March 01, 2010
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March 01, 2010
Activist stakes are stuck in the mud, 2009's market rebound notwithstanding.
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March 01, 2010
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March 01, 2010
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March 01, 2010
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March 01, 2010
Global macro hedge fund manager Niagara Capital is looking abroad for asset growth.
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February 25, 2010
FrontPoint continues its plan to expand its multistrategy fund, grabbing four employees, including the founder, from Rockbay Capital.
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February 25, 2010
After losing its co-founder in December and shrinking from $2 billion to $350 million, One East is rebuilding.
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February 24, 2010
Gina Sanchez has left after only six months at the $10 billion foundation.
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February 23, 2010
The fixed-income fund will be the firm’s first non-currency offering.
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February 23, 2010
The $3.3 billion long/short and long-only firm is preparing to launch a credit fund in Q2, and has tapped an ex-Davidson Kempner managing director to oversee the new offering.
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February 22, 2010
Ken Griffin’s firm has hired two energy specialists for its London outfit.
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February 22, 2010
The $46.7 billion pension system is looking to hire a consultant to assist with its 7.5% allocation to absolute return strategies.
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February 19, 2010
The $25 billion pension will likely place $4 billion with single-manager hedge funds over the next two years.
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February 18, 2010
The Dell founder’s firm gains FSA authorization ahead of launching its first fund for outside investors.
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February 17, 2010
Mediocre performance has led FrontPoint to shutter three of the strategies in its $2.6 billion Multistrategy Fund, while prepping five more.
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February 17, 2010
AIMA’s attempt to bring about changes to the draft EU directive has been given a big boost by the MFA.
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February 16, 2010
Rachel Minard, president of San Francisco-based Cogo Wolf Asset Management, is leaving the troubled fund of funds.
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February 15, 2010
The multi-family office is dangling an equity stake to lure a business development partner who can greatly expand its $50 million asset management practice.
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February 11, 2010
Juniper is believed to be the first majority-woman owned PIPEs fund.
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February 10, 2010
The firm's Liquid Alternatives business oversees hedge funds, funds of funds, commodities investing and index products.
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February 10, 2010
Jaffray Woodriff’s $5 billion commodity shop to focus on organic asset growth and short-term trading.
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February 09, 2010
The firm's head of systematic alpha strategies left in late January.
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February 08, 2010
The Pennsylvania endowment bets on Emerging Sovereign Group's treasury opportunities strategy, which was up 109% last year.
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February 08, 2010
The firm, now fully integrated into Close Brothers Group, plans to expand its asset management business, and seeks a senior business development hire for Hong Kong.
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February 08, 2010
Texas firm eyes emerging markets, hires Clay Finlay exec.
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February 04, 2010
It was a wild ride in 2009, but the obligation to pay off debt stands squarely in the path of a strong recovery, argues Perry.
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February 04, 2010
The Swiss bank’s fund of funds chief for the Americas may leave at the end of February.
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February 03, 2010
Aksia has tapped the NEPC strategist to replace the executive that Citadel nabbed last month.
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February 02, 2010
The strategy dropped about 3% in 2008, but gained approximately 20% in 2009.
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February 02, 2010
The fund invested in small emerging managers and was not limited to the commodities sector.
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February 02, 2010
Morgan Stanley Investment Management hired Feldschuh in mid-2006 to oversee the FrontPoint Japan Equity Market Neutral Fund and the FrontPoint Enhanced Japanese Market Neutral Fund.
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February 02, 2010
Harry Wulfsohn, head of institutional business development in London, said that Stenham has received requests for greater currency diversification from local and foreign investors, particularly private banks.
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February 01, 2010
Less than three years after engineering a $3 billion emergency bailout of its Goldman Sachs Global Equity Opportunities Fund, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has shut it down.
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February 01, 2010
The firm is reversing course in 2010.
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February 01, 2010
Liu is hoping to hire a China specialist to manage the second fund.
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February 01, 2010
Despite their rational fears of imminent doom, the bears suffered in 2009.
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February 01, 2010
It will invest in event-driven opportunities in equities and will also look at special situations in credit.
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February 01, 2010
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February 01, 2010
Charting the Galleon diaspora.
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February 01, 2010
Hotshot health care analyst and Merlin BioMed founder Stuart Weisbrod is back with a new firm.
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February 01, 2010
Perella Weinberg sees great opportunities in leasing railroad cars. All aboard!
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February 01, 2010
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February 01, 2010
Nearly all of U.S. equity funds rose in 2009.
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February 01, 2010
A boom year around the globe.
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February 01, 2010
Savvy bets, including prescient positions in the debt of General Motors and Ford, boosted Akanthos in 2009.
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January 27, 2010
“We saw a great opportunity set in the liquid part of the stressed and distressed markets.”