Recent Investment Management, Fund Manager and General Financial News
Cloudy Economic Outlook Keeps Crude Oil Trading in Narrow Range for Week | ||
Oil Market Summary for 07/26/2010 to 07/30/2010: Crude oil futures continued to trade in a very narrow range, unable to cross the $79 a barrel... | ||
Redefining Alpha: “the Inertia Concept” | ||
These days everyone talks about alpha. If one attends any of the well-known investment/hedge fund management conferences they will find that a large part... | ||
The Frontier Markets are Beckoning | ||
A quick look at the world's top performing stock markets during the first half of 2010 will not exactly ring bells for many investors. Bangladesh came... | ||
John Paulson’s Advantage Plus hedge fund loses 6.9% in June | ||
Paulson & Co.’s Advantage Plus hedge fund logged a 6.9% loss for the month of June, bringing its YTD performance down to -8.8%. According to Business... | ||
Top hedge fund firm launches of 2010 YTD raise over $700 million | ||
The first six months of 2010 have seen a number of new firm foundings, fund launches, and spin-offs in the hedge fund world, some led by a new generation... | ||
Damodaran discusses the US financial overhaul | ||
Last Friday, congressional conference committee members announced that they had reached agreement on the final contours of the financial overhaul bill.... | ||
Bankrupt BP - Worse for the Financial World than Lehman Brothers? | ||
The BP crisis in the Gulf of Mexico has rightfully been analysed (mostly) from the ecological perspective. People’s lives and livelihoods are in grave... | ||
SAC veteran Brian Cohn forms Archeroak Capital Management | ||
Brian Cohn, the former president of SAC Capital Partners, is in the process of forming a new hedge fund firm. According to Bloomberg, Mr. Cohn’s firm... | ||
Martin Currie acquires Sofaer Capital’s $280 million European long/short equity business | ||
Global investment manager Martin Currie Investment Management recently announced its acquisition of Sofaer Capital European long/short equity business,... | ||
Trading firm Headlands Technologies founded by three Citadel veterans | ||
Matthew Andresen, Jason Lehman and Neil Fitzpatrick, three former traders at Chicago hedge fund Citadel Investment Group, have joined forces once more... | ||
George Soros Discusses the Financial Crisis and Regulatory Reform | ||
George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management,... | ||
Eddie Lampert Looks to Avoid 40% Capital Gains Tax | ||
Eddie Lampert, founder and CEO of ESL Partners LP, may have discovered a way to avoid higher taxes on hedge fund and private equity firms. According... | ||
Och-Ziff Capital’s flagship hedge fund struggles in May | ||
Daniel Och\'s hedge fund firm, Och-Ziff Capital Management, revealed this week that its main hedge fund posted a 1.7% loss for the month of May. According... | ||
Founder says Lionsgate’s Burns has conflict of interest in Hollywood Stock Exchange/Cantor Exchange | ||
The chance to turn your virtual cash into the real thing on the Hollywood Stock Exchange is set to begin at the end of June. The futures market regulator,... | ||
CalSTRS looks to Commodities | ||
This week, the United States’ second-largest pension fund will vote on whether to invest in commodities to hedge against inflation, which is a source... | ||
Amid the Financial Turmoil One Economic Indicator is Soaring | ||
The financial world is coming unglued again. Greece has pushed the E.U. to the brink. Global stock markets are tumbling. | ||
The DonorWatch List of Wealthiest College Graduates identifies high potential targets for fundraisers | ||
With a large number of college annual giving campaigns concluding at the end of June, it is very likely that the recent precipitous drop in the Dow Jones... | ||
New Star veterans Whittaker and Roantree found Querns Asset Managers | ||
Stephen Whittaker and Phil Roantree, formerly of New Star Asset Management, have struck out to establish their own investment management firm called Querns... | ||
Fund managers, China regulators clash over ‘rat trap’ | ||
Fund managers across China are crying foul over a China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) proposal to tighten investment reporting requirements. | ||
"We are not in Kansas Anymore?" Waddell & Reed and the Dow's 1000 Point Drop | ||
It looks like that they have found the culprit for the 1000-point intraday swing on the Dow 30 on May 6. It turns out that rather than the hedge funds... | ||
