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A Hedge Fund Lurking in Your 401(k)

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:39:38 +0000

Be warned, retirement savers: Your target-date mutual fund might be acting more like a hedge fund.

Hedge Fund Tiger Management Top Holdings: WMT, AAPL, GOOG, BBY, MA, EBAY

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:37 +0000

If you want to learn from the greatest hedge fund manager of our time, you should certainly look at the portfolio of Julian Robertson at Tiger Management. Since Tiger does not accept external investments, this portfolio is mainly for Mr. Robertson's own money. Read more » »

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Hedge Fund Harbinger Capital Adds to Crosstex Energy - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:25:56 +0000

By Market FollyPer a 13G filed with the SEC, Philip Falcone's hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners

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Hedge Fund Glenview Capital Q2: Buys CLWR, DFS, DGX, GILD, GOOG; Larry Robbins Added

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:41:38 +0000

Hedge fund manager Larry Robbins, founder of Glenview Capital, has been added into our list of premium gurus. These are the buys and sells of the fund during the second quarter. Read more » »

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Hedge Fund Manager’s Secret Insider Trading Code: “How’s The Weather In Healthcare?”

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:48:45 +0000

A former hedge fund manager basically just bragged that he traded on inside information and doesn't mind paying the SEC a fraction of his profits on said (alleged) insider trade.

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Hedge Funds: SEC sues former manager of Imperium hedge fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:26:29 +0000

The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Stephen Goldfield, the former manager of hedge fund firm Imperium Advisors, alleging he made almost $14 million trading on inside information.

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US accuses ex-hedge-fund manager of making $14M from insider trading

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:32:32 +0000

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday accused a former hedge-fund manager of trading on inside information allegedly passed to him by a pharmaceutical executive before a big drug-company deal in 2007. The accused former hedge-fund manager, Stephen R. Goldfield, allegedly traded on non-public information related to the $15 billion

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SEC sues former hedge fund manager

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:28:52 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission sued former hedge fund manager Stephen Goldfield, alleging he made almost $14 million trading on inside information. Goldfield bought securities of drug company MedImmune Inc. in 2007, before the drug company was acquired by larger rival AstraZeneca PLC , the SEC said in a civil complaint filed Wednesday. Goldfield got

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China to Get First Official Hedge Fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:27:37 +0000

E Fund Management, China's second-largest asset management company, plans to start the nation's first officially registered hedge fund after the securities regulator eased rules in July, Bloomberg News reported.

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Elliott withdraws lawsuit

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:46:45 +0000

New York hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer abruptly halted his witch hunt for the source that leaked his quarterly investor letter. Earlier this month, Singer's $17 billion hedge fund, Elliott Management Corp., filed a petition with the New York State Supreme Court to force a trade magazine that had

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E Fund to Set Up China’s First Officially Registered Hedge Fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:53:37 +0000

E Fund Management Co., China’s second-largest asset management company, is setting up the nation’s first officially registered hedge fund after the securities regulator eased rules in July.

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Ex-Mizuho Traders Raise $120 Million for New Japan Hedge Fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:34:36 +0000

Einoshin Arima and Giselle Leung, former proprietary traders at Mizuho Securities Co., raised about $120 million for a new hedge fund that will bet on rising and falling stocks, mostly in Japan.

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SEI Hedge Fund Attains $1.6B - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:22:09 +0000

By citybizlist Staff OAKS, Pa.-According to an amended SEC filing, a hedge fund sponsored by SEI has

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First Amendment-Hating Hedge Fund Drops Legal Action Against Industry Mag

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:25:53 +0000

Elliott Management, the nation's leading Republican-donor hedge fund and avowed enemy of journalists who dare to contemplate publishing its documents, today dropped its court motion against hedge fund trade magazine AR: Absolute Return + Alpha. AR itself has the story. On August 19, Elliott had petitioned the New York State Supreme Court to get AR to name the source that leaked its June 30

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David Fiderer: When Hedge Fund Managers Talk, Andrew Ross Sorkin Transcribes, Uncritically

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:24:44 +0000

You can't buy the kind of free publicity extended by Andrew Ross Sorkin in today's New York Times. Sorkin quotes extensively from Daniel Loeb's political

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Did Mean Rhetoric Turn Wall Street Against Obama

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:03:21 +0000

The latest sign of Wall Street's antipathy to President Obama is a letter penned by hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb. Formerly one of the president's biggest supporters, Loeb sent a letter to investors Friday criticizing the president's handling of the economy, which, according to Loeb, has led to "unpredictable government regulation." Loeb joins a string of other Wall Street influentials (some of

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Russia seeks to search exec’s London home: Hermitage

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:43:00 +0000

Hermitage Capital a hedge fund embroiled in a long-running row with Russian authorities over alleged tax fraud said on Tuesday that Russia is seeking permission to search the London home of a senior executive.

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Posts published on August 31st, 2010

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:27:49 +0000

A letter from a hedge fund manager to his investors about Washington’s policies is stirring up controversy on a sensitive topic among the moneyed elite, The New York Times’s Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column.

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Why Wall St. Donors Are Deserting Obama

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:50:15 +0000

A letter from a hedge fund manager to his investors about Washington’s policies stirs up controversy on a sensitive topic among the moneyed elite.

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US hedge fund managers more bearish on stocks

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:22:38 +0000

Poll shows growth in optimism over last month. 31 Aug 2010 9:07 AM

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Hedge fund mgrs more bearish on US stocks - report

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:45:10 +0000

Hedge fund mgrs more bearish on US stocks - report

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Persimmon Capital Hedge Fund Reaches $44.7M - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:22:20 +0000

By citybizlist Staff BLUE BELL, Pa. -- According to an SEC filing, a hedge fund managed by Persimmon

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Eisman Bets Against Strayer Education Amid Doubt Over Loan-Repayment Rate

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:39:06 +0000

Hedge-fund manager Steven Eisman is betting against for-profit college provider Strayer Education Inc. because the company’s federal student loan repayment rate is much lower than it claims.

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NYC House race boils down to Wall Street visions

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:44:31 +0000

It's an audacious gamble, even with anti-establishment fever running high: a former hedge fund lawyer trying to unseat a nine-term congresswoman popular in her district.

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Hedge Funds: Hedge-fund managers get more bearish on equities

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:25:59 +0000

Hedge-fund managers have become more bearish on equities because they're concerned about slowing economic growth, according to results of a recent survey.

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AFER Backer Gave to Antigay Candidates

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:21:19 +0000

Hedge fund manager Paul Singer has contributed millions to gay rights causes, including the fight to overturn Proposition 8 in federal court, but he also has contributed heavily to Republican camps, including antigay elected officials in Virginia.

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Goldman Tries ‘Foreign-Cubed’ Defence Against Hedge Fund,

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:22:54 +0000

The investment bank, Goldman Sachs, is attempting to use a US Supreme Court’s previous ruling on so-called ‘foreign-cubed’ securities cases to have an Australian hedge fund’s USD1bn claim thrown out of the American courts.

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The American hedge fund boss who gave £250,000 to the Conservatives

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:11:41 +0000

The Tories accepted a cash donation from a firm run by Louis Bacon, the hedge fund manager who has luxury homes in New York, the Bahamas, Colorado and London.

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Steve Cohen, Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager, Reportedly Hosts GOP Strategy Session

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:22:36 +0000

Hedge Fund manager Steve Cohen held a meeting at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut with Republican Party candidates to discuss strategy for the midterm elections in November, Absolute Return reports.

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Robert B. Burke Hedge Fund Reaches Reaches $15.4M - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:22:08 +0000

By citybizlist StaffWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. -- A hedge fund managed by Robert B. Burke's Par-Four Inves

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Ernst & Young Facing Securities Fraud Lawsuit in Houston Over Failed Hedge Fund

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:13:59 +0000

Houston - Attorneys from Houston’s Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos are representing a group of investors in a lawsuit filed against hedge fund auditors Ernst & Young after the group lost more than $17 million following the collapse of a Plano, Texas-based hedge fund that promised low-risk investments.

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Meet The Hedge Fund Manager Who Named A Sausage After Himself — And Invested “Significantly” In It

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:18:25 +0000

Here's an offbeat investment: Crispin Odey, the hedge fund manager of Odey Asset Management, named a sausage after himself and invested a "significant stake" in the company that sells it.

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Hedge Fund Third Point Portfolio Updates: Buys PXP, VPFG, XRM

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:41:36 +0000

Hedge Fund Third Point LLC is run by activist investor Daniel Loeb. The firm reported its second quarter portfolio last week. These are the details of its buys and sales. Read more » »

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Will Hedge Fund Investors Panic Next?

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:13:09 +0000

As individual investors, we don't necessarily need to worry about what mutual fund, hedge fund, and institutional managers are doing with the money they have under management. Instead, we seek out high quality companies, with strong businesses and management teams, and reward those companies with our faith and investment dollars. However, as retail investors continue to withdraw money from

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Hedge fund veteran to take charge of key Man business

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:56:00 +0000

A veteran of the hedge fund industry, who was instrumental in growing fund of funds firm Financial Risk Management from $150m to $15bn, is to join Man Group and run its multi-manager business.

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Hedge fund Brevan Howard’s 33 partners share £86m

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:30:45 +0000

Alan Howard - one of the hedge fund industry's most secretive operators - has paid out £86.1m in profits to just 33 partners at his firm, Brevan Howard.

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Hedge Fund Appaloosa Management Buys Macy’s Inc. …

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:11:37 +0000

Hedge Fund Appaloosa Management, run by renowned manager David Tepper, reported its second quarter portfolio. These are the details of the buys and sells. Read more » »

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Justice Department Ends Probe of Hedge Fund ‘Idea Dinner’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:28:25 +0000

Hedge fund managers can go back to eating, drinking and sharing trading ideas now that sources say federal investigators have dropped an inquiry into whether a group of money-managers conspired at a so-called "idea dinner" to drive down the value of the euro.

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Hedge-Fund Commodity Net Longs Jump to 28-Month High, Led by Wheat, Corn

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:42:33 +0000

Hedge-fund managers and other large speculators raised bets on price gains for 20 commodities traded on U.S. exchanges to the highest level in 28 months, led by positions in wheat and corn.

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MICG’s hedge fund investments in peril

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:38:03 +0000

NEWPORT NEWS Jeffrey A. Martinovich, the CEO of troubled investment services firm MICG Investment Management, has warned his hedge fund clients that two of their primary investments are in peril and that the firm has stopped making interest payments to bond holders, according to two letters obtained by the Daily Press.

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Hedge fund group spent $980,000 lobbying in 2Q

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:15:41 +0000

A trade group representing hedge funds spent $980,000 in the second quarter lobbying federal officials on financial regulations, including stricter oversight of derivatives trading.

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Pellegrini’s hedge fund to return money to investors

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:55:35 +0000

Paolo Pellegrini, the investor who helped hedge-fund manager John Paulson score more than $15bn of profits betting against risky mortgages, is returning money to clients of his own hedge fund after suffering losses this year.

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Hedge fund managers wonder if it’s still worth it

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:23:50 +0000

For some hedge fund managers, it appears the thrill is gone.

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20. US ends probe on hedge fund idea dinner’

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:47:05 +0000

BOSTON: Hedge fund managers can go back to eating, drinking and sharing trading ideas now that sources say federal investigators have dropped an inquiry into whether a group of money-managers conspired at a so-called idea dinner

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The Complete Q2 Hedge Fund Holdings Update (In Which We Discover That 181 HFs Hold Apple Stock)

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:01:06 +0000

The quarterly Goldman Hedge Fund Trend Monitor, aka the HF groupthink update, is released, chock full of HF holding trivia, such as that should Apple ever miss its priced to absolute perfection business model, a whopping 181 hedge funds are going to suffer, and 75 HFs, who have Apple as a top 10 holding, are going to get crushed. Also, we uncover the latest top 10 hedge funds ranked by equity

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Hedge fund investor returning client funds

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:16:16 +0000

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- New York investor Paolo Pellegrini says he is returning money to clients of his hedge fund for losses it sustained this year. Hedge fund - Business - Funds - New York - John Paulson

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Hedge Fund, full brother of Super Saver, retired from racing

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:17:21 +0000

Hedge Fund, the only full sibling to 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver, has retired to WinStar Farm, the Lexington stud farm has announced.

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Hedge fund manager Pellegrini to return money

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:51:29 +0000

Disappointed with heavy losses this year, hedge fund manager Paolo Pellegrini plans to return his investors' money next month, a source familiar with his plans said on Friday.

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Hedge Fund Index Lagged Equity Markets in July

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:36:22 +0000

Hedge fund performance in July lagged behind the equity markets in July, according to the Hennessee Group, an advisor to hedge fund investors.

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Morning Take-Out

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:57:37 +0000

Marc Lasry, the hedge fund billionaire, isnt the only star in his family . His daughter has produced a music video , with a little help from Auto-tune, which will probably go the way of the Tudor Jones documentary when she starts putting her resume together.

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Harris Increases JJB Sports Holdings

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:27:37 +0000

Hedge fund Harris Associates has upped its stake in JJB Sports to 17.9 percent, making it the largest shareholder in the struggling British sportswear retailer, Reuters reported.

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Hedge fund cuts Connaught stake after value tumbles

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:41:00 +0000

Hedge fund Breeden European Partners has more than halved its stake in troubled social housing repairs group Connaught after the value of its holding plunged by more than 13 million pounds in recent weeks.

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Meet Emma Lasry: The Aspiring Mariah Carey of the Hedge Fund World

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:36:16 +0000

Hedge fund billionaire Marc Lasry is a big fan of his 18-year-old daughter, Emma's debut video, entitled Closet B----.

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Check Out These Jaw Dropping Photos Of A San Francisco Hedge Fund Office

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:48:25 +0000

Thanks to a tipster for alerting us to these stunning pictures of the Artis Capital Management Office in San Francisco. The Cali-based hedge fund where Stuart Peterson's people do their thing is amazing and screams "Welcome to San Francisco."

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Apollo Said to Close Metals Hedge Fund in London After a Year

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:34:58 +0000

Apollo Management LP, a private- equity firm co-founded by Leon Black, closed its metals hedge fund in London, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Apollo Management Said to Close Metals Hedge Fund in London After One Year

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:06:45 +0000

Apollo Management LP, a private- equity firm co-founded by Leon Black , closed its metals hedge fund in London, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Italy Hedge Fund Stars, Chefs Lured by Malta Climate

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:20:38 +0000

When money manager Simone Chelini left his Milan job last year to seek a hedge fund-friendly country, he rejected some obvious locations. Luxembourg? Grey, flights are expensive. Ireland? Always rains.

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Rudy Torrijos Hedge Fund Readies for $500M Launch - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:41:02 +0000

By citybizlist StaffPHILADELPHIA -- According to an SEC filing, UCM Union Delta Fund, LP, a hedge fu

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Hedge Funds: Hedge funds have second-best month of 2010 in July

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:56:29 +0000

The hedge fund industry has second-best month of 2010 in July, but managers lag a strong rebound in equity markets.

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Will Soros’ Hedge Fund Match His Gloomy Outlook?

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:28:00 +0000

Billionaire financier and political activist George Soros is never shy about his opinions on the markets.

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Billionaire Leon Cooperman: I Got Bad Tax Advice

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:35:45 +0000

Hedge fund manager claims bad advice on $43 million in charitable deductions.

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Ackman on path to own NYC’s Stuyvesant Town

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:33:56 +0000

Hedge fund investor William Ackman has bought a slice of debt on Stuyvesant Town Peter/Cooper Village and could become the next owner of the sprawling Manhattan apartment complexes.

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Ackman Enters Stuy Town Fray; Seeks Control, Supports Co-ops

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:10:23 +0000

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is making a play for Stuyvesant Town. Mr. Ackman's Pershing Capital Management and Winthrop Realty Trust today put out an announcement that the two firms had bought up $300 million worth of mezzanine debt on the 11,200-apartment property and are seeking to foreclose on the owners, a partnership controlled by Tishman Speyer. The move is brash and bold, if unexpected

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Tesla: Analyst Initiations Precede Hedge Fund Disclosures

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:52:00 +0000

After heavy post-IPO volatility in its first week of trading, electric sports car maker Tesla has traded above its initial pricing since mid-July, and a handful of tier 1 firms weighed in on the stock on Monday.

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College Kid Who Wants To Start A Hedge Fund Before Graduation Says He Once Made $120K On A Trade

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:04:15 +0000

In a sign that hedge funds might be going pop culture now, a successful young college student wants to start a hedge fund before he graduates. This is worrisome.

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Falcone Seeking Wireless Investors

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:43:40 +0000

Philip A. Falcone has hired UBS to line up investors to finance building a high-speed wireless network, The New York Post reported Saturday. Mr. Falcone's hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners, is pledging billions of dollars in stock, bonds, corporate loans and other assets as collateral for the deal.

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Atheist Robert Wilson Gives N.Y. Catholic Schools $5.6 Million

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:30:37 +0000

Retired hedge fund titan Robert W. Wilson lost his faith in God years ago, yet he believes in Catholic schools and gave $5.6 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York this summer.

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Palliser Bay Fund Reaches $14.9M - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:56:02 +0000

By citybizlist StaffA hedge fund sponsored by Palliser Bay Partners, L.P. has reached $14.98.Pallise

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Hedge Fund Bullish Oil Bets Reach 13-Week High: Energy Markets

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:34:58 +0000

Hedge funds last week boosted their holdings of crude oil futures and options to the highest level in 13 weeks in a bet that Tropical Storm Bonnie would delay imports to states along the Gulf of Mexico, reducing supplies.

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Proprietary traders may find hedge fund life harder

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:59:39 +0000

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Falcone’s not hedging on future of wireless venture

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:15:45 +0000

Money manager Philip Falcone is going mobile. The former college hockey player is effectively icing a significant chunk of his multibillion-dollar hedge fund's assets in an effort to raise financing for an ambitious plan to construct a high-speed wireless network. Falcone hired UBS to line up investors willing to

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Hedge-Fund Bargains? In Some Cases, Yes

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 07:13:27 +0000

Hedge funds that are 'underwater' can be attractive for investors because of lower fees.

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Winning Hedge Funds Wary of Economic Slowdown

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:57:47 +0000

Winning hedge fund managers expect the American and European economies to slow, according to BusinessWeek. With some saying they plan to bet against industries that do poorly when the economy loses steam and others betting against consumer-related stocks, the hedge fund industry is taking less risk, using less debt and making fewer trades.

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Hedge fund speculators retreat as euro holds fast

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:55:06 +0000

The euro dipped to a low value in May and June, but recently regained its lost value. Fears of the currency would collapse did not materialize, and hedge fund bets against it are now a fraction of what they were in May.

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ANALYSIS-Proprietary traders may find hedge fund life harder

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:49:31 +0000

ANALYSIS-Proprietary traders may find hedge fund life harder

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Naples-Based Hedge Fund Kelvingrove Fund Raises $7.1M - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:42:18 +0000

By citybizlist StaffNAPLES, Fla. -- Hedge fund Kelvingrove Fund LP has raised $7.1 million from seve

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Hedge-fund giant to enter Poland

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:07:17 +0000

Man Group, one of the biggest alternative investment hedge funds in the world, is entering the Polish market, reports Gazeta Wyborcza. It will, in conjunction with TFI Skarbiec, initiate a fund called Skarbiec Alternatywny.

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US fund managers offer cheaper way to beat hedge fund biggies

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:30:07 +0000

US fund managers offer cheaper way to beat hedge fund biggiesUS fund managers offer cheaper way to beat hedge fund biggies

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Fledgling hedge fund lands at Tower 56

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:47:11 +0000

A new hedge fund launched by Andrew Goffe and Teddy Gleser has signed a lease for its first office.

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Investcorp of Bahrain Returns to Profit as Hedge Fund Investments Rebound

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 08:40:40 +0000

Investcorp Bank BSC , the Bahrain- based investment firm, swung into profit in the fiscal full year as income from hedge fund investments rebounded and the decline in value of its private equity assets halted.

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Och-Ziff to shun hedge fund M&A, CEO says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:10:59 +0000

Och-Ziff Capital Management, one of the largest hedge fund firms in the world, wont pursue acquisitions in the industry because its cautious investing strategy should attract enough investors to drive growth, Chief Executive Dan Och says.

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2 Years After Hedge Fund Tanks, a Lawsuit Surfaces

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:27:38 +0000

The collapse of a hedge fund run by a former senior executive of Merrill Lynch is still making waves two years after the fund failed to open for business.

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Lawyer Suggests Hedge Fund Manager Is Willing To Pay For Throwing Keys In Valet’s Face

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:33:55 +0000

Grubman faces up to 10 years behind bars if convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon stemming from his alleged tantrum. Those punishments seem extreme, but Grubman definitely might have been sued for something like harassment by the valet who took Grubman's keys to the face.

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New York Hedge-Fund Manager Tax Likely to Fail, Paterson Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:14:10 +0000

New Yorks Senate is unlikely to enact a plan to raise $50 million a year by taxing hedge fund managers who commute into the state, Governor David Paterson said.

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New York’s Proposed Hedge-Fund Manager Tax Likely to Fail, Paterson Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:49:21 +0000

New York s Senate is unlikely to enact a plan to raise $50 million a year by taxing hedge fund managers who commute into the state, Governor David Paterson said.

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Och-Ziff’s Quarterly Profit More Than Quadruples as Hedge-Fund Assets Rise

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:04:21 +0000

Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC , the New York-based hedge-fund firm run by Daniel Och , said second-quarter profit climbed more than fourfold as assets increased.

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Banking system on verge of new crisis, hedge fund Noster Capital warns

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:44:13 +0000

The banking system could be on the brink of another crisis, according to one hedge fund manager who has taken a series of short positions against some of Europe's largest financial institutions.

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Hot-headed hedge fund honcho looks to resolve valet flap

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:27:50 +0000

A Hub hedge-fund hot shot banned from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Towers for allegedly attacking a parking valet

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PJM Capital Hedge Fund Reaches $6.4M - cbl

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:19:29 +0000

By citybizlist Staff POTOMAC FALLS, Va. -- According to an SEC filing, a hedge fund sponsored by PJM

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Time to Buy Dollars Again, Hedge Fund Says

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:50:35 +0000

FX Concepts LLC, the hedge fund that bought the euro in June just as it began a 9.7 percent surge against the dollar, now says its almost time to get out of the currency.

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Singapores New Hedge-Fund Regulation Puts City `Back on Map

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:07:16 +0000

While the rest of the world is tightening financial regulations (especially on hedge funds), Singapore is welcoming hedge funds with easy regulations: Singapore hedge fund startups are on the rise after the central bank approved new rules that didnt impose a licensing requirement on most funds. Seven new hedge funds set up in May and June, according [ ]

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Och-Ziff Hedge Fund’s 23% Return Lures Big Investors Even as Shares Falter

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:14:45 +0000

Only when the tide goes out will we see whos wearing their bathing suit, he tells attendees at the lunch, part of a June investor conference organized by New York-based investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.

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Hedge Fund Honcho Hit With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:41:45 +0000

Via Dealbreaker Looks like we can officially call today Sexual Harassment Saturday. Two former employees of Titan Capital have filed a suit against President Russell Abrams , saying he repeatedly hit on them and called them derogatory names. Danielle Pecile and Cristina Culicea were fired from the company claimed they were called "idiots" by both Abrams and his wife, Sandra, and Pecile claims

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Chinese Hedge Fund Manager a Successor to Buffett?

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:12:48 +0000

Li Lu, a Chinese hedge-fund manager who was once a student leader of the Tiananmen Square protests, is considered one of the top candidates for filling Mr. Buffetts shoes.

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Hedge fund big named in sex discrimination lawsuit

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000

Danielle Pecile, 27 and Cristina Culicea, 28, claim they were repeatedly hit on, cursed at and called names like "idiot" by the defendants.

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Li Lu, Hedge Fund Manager, May Help Berkshire Discover Deals Outside U.S.

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:29:42 +0000

Li Lu , the hedge-fund manager who helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. find profits in China, may push Warren Buffett s investment company to make more deals outside the U.S. if he takes a role at the company.

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Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Paul Greenwood Settles Securities Claims With SEC

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:24:45 +0000

Paul Greenwood , the hedge fund manager who pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy and securities fraud, settled civil claims brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Hedge-Fund Manager Allegedly Swindled Universities Out Of Millions Of Dollars, Bought Mansions, Books, Collectible …

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:22:00 +0000

What's Your Reaction? The University of Pittsburgh. A former hedge-fund manager has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in an investment scam in which he bilked as much as $900-million from investors, including four university endowments.

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Hedge Fund Sees Risk in Mortgage Bonds After 28% Gain

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:05:35 +0000

Metacapital Management LP, the hedge-fund firm run by former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. mortgage-bond trader Deepak Narula, returned 28 percent in the first half of this year, boosted by government-backed debt that benefits from limited homeowner refinancing.

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Narula’s Hedge Fund Sees Risk in Mortgage Bonds After Recording 28% Gain

Yahoo! News - Search Results for "hedge fund" — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:22:56 +0000

Now the New York-based firm is seeking to protect against one of the biggest risks in the $5.2 trillion market for agency mortgage bonds, Narula wrote in a July 22 letter to investors.

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