Corp. Express review disappoints hedge funds-sources
Source: Reuters UK
Dutch office goods supplier Corporate Express's (CXP.AS: Quote, Profile, Research) decision to continue as a stand-alone disappoints, sources close to hedge fund investors said on Monday. More...

GFI boss defends hedge funds’ access to platforms
Source: eFinancialNews.com
Last week’s decision by MTS, the European government bond trading platform, to allow hedge funds to trade on its systems may have ruffled the feathers of its largest dealing clients. However, the boss of GFI, the interdealer broker that broke ranks and admitted funds last month, believes banks should embrace the change, to resist the challenge from futures exchanges. More...

Hedge fund access to capital dries up, exposing new risk
Source: Financial Week
Just nine months ago, Citadel Investment Group’s issuance of $500 million in five-year bonds led to a spate of reports about other hedge funds considering doing the same to reduce their dependence on bank financing. Raising funds in the bond market would help funds avoid margin calls and perhaps allay bank regulators’ concerns about their charges’ exposure to the unregulated investment vehicles. I-banks and credit rating agencies geared up for the hedgie bonds to come. More...

Hedge Fund Replication Critiques And Responses
Source: SeekingAlpha
At a recent conference, Professor Harry Kat of hedge fund replication fame presented a list of his specific rebuttals to 10 criticisms. He’s since included the audience’s feedback in a new article on distributional replication released this weekend. More...

State Street Receives Top Rankings in Global Custodian Hedge Fund Administration Survey for Fourth Consecutive Year
Source: BusinessWire
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that its hedge fund administration company, International Fund Services (IFS), achieved top rankings for the fourth consecutive year in Global Custodian magazine’s annual Hedge Fund Administration Survey. The 2007 survey rated 20 service providers, the highest number ever. More...

US Hedge Funds Set to Talk to Northern Rock -Paper
Source: Reuters UK
The British Treasury has given two U.S. hedge funds permission to start takeover talks with stricken British mortgage lender Northern Rock Plc (NRK.L: Quote, Profile , Research), the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. More...

Hedge fund appetite put to test
Source: Financial Times
Investor appetite for hedge funds which weathered this summer’s market storms will be tested by the announcement on Monday of up to £300m ($612m) of new money raising by two listed funds that specialise in investing in the sector. More...

Meet The Hedge Fund Historian
Source: Forbes
"The devastating nuclear exchange of August 2007 represented not only the failure of diplomacy, it marked the end of the oil age. Some even said it marked the twilight of the West." More...

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