Hedge Fund Capital Raising & Seed Capital Insights

Top 200 Hedge Fund List faces Tumultuous Quarter; Big Gainers and Losers Lead the Way

HedgeTracker’s latest Top 200 U.S. Equity Hedge Fund list reveals a challenging third quarter for...

Clifford Asness’ AQR Capital preps for several Hedge Fund Launches

A series of SEC filings late last week revealed that Clifford Asness’ AQR Capital Management is raising...

Czech Asset Management rises from the ashes of FrontPoint Partners

It looks like the end of scandal ridden FrontPoint Partners has finally come. Hedge Tracker has learned...

Highbridge Capital veteran Carl Huttenlocher launches Myriad Asset Management

Myriad Asset Management launched its maiden hedge fund today with $300 million in assets under management....

Tudor Investment Corp Loses Two Key Execs to Zafferano Capital; Gains a Strategic Partner

Two senior positions were vacated at Tudor Investment Corp. in order to fill two at Zafferano Capital...

Sutesh Sharma founds Portman Square Capital, Latest Prop Trader to Flee the Volcker Rule

Following in the footsteps of several other top proprietary traders from throughout the industry, Sutesh...

Top 10 Hedge Funds oversee nearly $190 billion in assets

The Top 10 Hedge Funds saw their US Equity assets drop by over $3.36 billion, or -1.7%, during the second...

Man Group snags Goldman Sach’s Jonathan Sorrell

Man Group has reportedly hired Jonathan Sorrell away from Goldman Sachs. According to the New York...

Danny Yong’s Singapore-based Dymon Asia Capital Exceeds Billion Dollar Mark

Dymon Asia Capital, a Singapore-based hedge fund, has doubled assets under management to over $1 billion....

AQR Capital Management Launches Multi-Strategy Alternative Mutual Fund

AQR Capital Management, LLC, (“AQR”) announced today the launch of AQR Multi-Strategy Alternative...

Morgan Sze's Azentus Capital to raise $2 billion for Asia investments

Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager, Azentus Capital Management Ltd., has increased its assets under...

Clinton Group’s Ellen Wang plans to launch hedge fund Academy Investments

Ellen Wang is in the early stages of launching her own hedge fund, Academy Investments. Hedge fund news...

GLG Founder Pierre Lagrange to offer flagship fund to UK market

GLG Partners, the much heralded European hedge fund is spawning a new UK-based version of its flagship...

Benjamin Fuchs to Launch His Own Nomura-backed Hedge Fund

Nomura Holdings, Inc is said to be fronting one of its top traders, Benjamin Fuchs, $200 million, in...

Borut Miklavcic partners with Nomura Europe to launch Nomura Cross Asset Strategies LLP

Nomura Europe Holdings and Borut Miklavcic, the head of Nomura’s fixed-income proprietary trading...

Pershing Square Capital’s Bill Ackman looks to raise capital through IPO

Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, is considering raising money for...

Carlyle Group acquires majority stake in Tiger Management-backed Emerging Sovereign Group

Private equity firm Carlyle Group has purchased a 55% stake in Emerging Sovereign Group LLC, a hedge...

Phil Falcone’s Harbinger Capital Partners Loses Investor Confidence, Faces Heavy Withdrawals

Investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners LLC saw its assets shrink nearly 30 percent in 2010 and faces...

Philip Duff to re-enter hedge fund industry with Massif Partners

Philip Duff, the former co-founder of FrontPoint Partners, has announced plans for a third venture into...

Jacky Choi’s Zeal China Fund surpasses $200 million, Seeks Global Reach through pact with Blackstone’s Park Hill Unit

On the heels of its peer-leading, first- year performance, both in terms of asset growth and investment...

Daniele Benatoff and Ariel Roskis’ Benros Capital Partners nears launch

Daniele Benatoff’s and Ariel Roskis’ Benros Capital Partners was authorized by the United Kingdom’s...

OakTree Capital Management to go public on NYSE

OakTree Capital Management, the Los Angeles based hedge fund founded by Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh,...

Daniel Chan, Former Citi Portfolio Manager, Launches Emerald Orient Investment Advisor with $25M

With a fresh new license in hand, and $25 million seed money, Daniel Chan, formerly of Citigroup Smith...

London remains center of European Hedge Fund universe despite higher taxes

London is the second largest hedge fund money center in the world, behind only

Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management Corp to accept outside investors for first time in 10 years

Tiger Management Corp, the hedge fund management and seeding firm founded by Julian Robertson in 1980...

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Czech Asset Management rises from the ashes of FrontPoint Partners

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Top hedge funds lead industry assets to $1.3 Trillion mark

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London remains center of European Hedge Fund universe despite higher taxes

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Brazilian hedge funds outperform global competitors with simple strategy

Hedge Funds Heating up Hong Kong Office Prices

Hedge Fund Annus Horriblus

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Fortress Investment Group reports $46 million in earnings; Novogratz, Briger, Edens, Kauffman Nardone sign 5 year agreements

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Top 100 Hedge Funds Get Even Bigger

Hedge funds suffer heavy losses in August; Fortress, Renaissance and Bridgewater Outperform

Most Global Macro Hedge Funds Suffer, Brevan Howard Thrives

Top 10 Hedge Funds lose $31.8 Billion, John Paulson’s Fund Leads the Losers

Understanding Investor Due Diligence

New York City retains crown as Hedge Fund Hub of the World; Top 100 oversee $350 Billion

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