Paul Ruddock & Steve Heinz's Lansdowne Partners up nearly 6% in January

Lansdowne Partners’ flagship hedge fund, the Lansdowne UK Equity Fund, reportedly returned 5.7% in January, according to Reuters. Lansdowne,...

Commodities hedge funds suffer in 2011

Commodities hedge funds performed poorly in 2011, as the sector focused hedge funds as a group recorded their worst year in more than 10 years. According...

The Big Hedge Fund Stories from 2011: Part 1

Although individual news items can have can have historical significance (such as story number 1 below) the effort here is more to point to the themes...

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

The list of the Top 100 U.S. Equity Hedge Funds from the greater New York City area has been released, revealing that the top hedge funds oversee a combined...

Bob Treue’s Barnegat Fund up 462.41% since Launch

Barnegat Fund Management Inc, a Hoboken-based Hedge Fund Manager, has revealed that its flagship Barnegat Fund was up +11.13% in 2011, outperforming Global...

Noam Gottesman Appointed Non-Executive Chairman of GLG (US)

On 17 January 2012, Noam Gottesman, a founding partner and Principal of GLG Partners, Inc., stood down as co-CEO of GLG and has taken on the role of non-executive...

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 top 200 hedge funds with total US equity assets declining...

Soros Fund Management cuts employees after closing to new investments

Soros Fund Management, the hedge fund founded by George Soros, cut a number of stock analysts and portfolio managers in the last quarter of 2011 in a...

Capula Investment Management rewards founder Yan Huo with $42 million

Capula Investment Management, a hedge fund based in London, has rewarded one of its co-founders with a massive dividend. According to an article on Bloomberg,...

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 capital for several hedge fund offerings. The...

Yashwant Bajaj’s Juggernaut Asia Fund up 45%

The Juggernaut Asia Fund is reportedly up 45% since its launch in August of this year. Juggernaut is managed by Yashwant Bajaj who previously managed...

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 that Stephen Czech is leaving the firm with his...

Jeffrey Altman’s Owl Creek Asset Management takes a dive

Jeffrey Altman’s Owl Creek Asset Management is yet another premier hedge fund firm that is having a rough 2011. Owl Creek’s flagship hedge fund,...

Fortress Announces Chief Executive Officer Daniel Mudd to Take Leave of Absence, Appoints Randal A. Nardone Interim Chief Executive Officer

Fortress Investment Group today announced that Daniel Mudd is taking a leave of absence from his role as chief executive officer of the company and member...

D.E. Shaw in discussions to acquire stake in Chinese state-controlled investment company

D.E. Shaw & Co, a New York-based hedge fund manager and investment advisor, is said to be in talks to acquire a 15 to 20 percent stake in Tianjin TEDA...

Goldman Funding ex-Barclays Trader through Seeding Fund

Goldman Sachs, the New York-based global investment banking and securities firm, plans to provide $150 to $200 million in seed money for a hedge fund...

Highbridge Capital Management taps Arjun Menon to lead Asia Investment Operations

Highbridge Capital Management is refocusing its Asian investment efforts away from equities and towards high-yield credit, convertible bonds and volatility...

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

The Top 10 Hedge Funds saw their US Equity assets drop by an astounding $31.8 Billion, or -16.8%, during the third quarter of 2011. The precipitous drop...

Most Global Macro Hedge Funds Suffer, Brevan Howard Thrives

Typically, wild market swings create opportunities for shrewd Global Macro hedge fund managers. A recent article from Reuters highlights how most of...

Hedge Funds Circling Over the European Wreckage

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