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Hedge funds active in currency arbitrage
Source: Business Standard
Some hedge funds seem to resorting to currency arbitrage under
the pretext of equity investments, if the FII inflows of $1.2
billion in a mere three days are anything to go by.
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London’s Integrated sees lean time for hedge funds
Source:
FT Alphaville
The flow of new money into hedge funds will dry up for the rest
of the year as investors worry about collapses in the industry
and re-evaluate their portfolios, according to London’s
Integrated Asset Management, which invests in hedge funds,
reports the FT on Tuesday.
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UPDATE: Tapestry Listed Hedge Fund Co Raises GBP52 Million
Source: CNNMoney.com
Tapestry Investment Co. PCC Ltd. (TIC.LN), a listed fund of
hedge funds managed by U.S.-based Ramius HVB Partners LLC,
Tuesday said it has raised GBP52 million from a new share
offering, nearly doubling its assets and indicating that
investors are still keen on listed hedge-fund vehicles despite
lackluster returns in July and August. More...
Paul Marshall: The heat may be off but hedge funds must still
address fears
Source:
FT Alphaville
Hedge funds - the bad boys of finance. Or is that private
equity? We lose track of who is finance’s enemy number one from
one month to the next. But not so long ago the funds were deeply
unpopular - accused of stalking the markets, creating
volatility, aggressively targeting respected UK companies
through short-selling and looking for decent, hard-working
public company executives to unseat.
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US judge allows time for hedge funds' bankruptcy in Cayman
Islands
Source:
Caribbean Net News
Two bankrupt Bear Stearns Cos. hedge funds were granted
continued protection from US lawsuits while they liquidate in
the Cayman Islands, as long as they return $8 million to the US,
a judge has ruled.
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Hedge Fund Execs Don't Expect New Rules
Source:
Institutional Investor
A majority of executives at U.S.-based hedge fund firms do not
think there will be increased regulation of the industry, new
research has shown. Just 5% of partners at firms with assets
worth between $100 million and $750 million and 15% of partners
at firms with more than $750 million in assets said they
believed there would be an increase in government regulation.
Consulting firm Rothstein Kass, which conducted the research,
polled 301 senior executives in June and July. More...
Hedge Funds Demystified - Applied Learning opens institutional
level training to finance professionals for the first time
Source:
SourceWire
Applied Learning, a leading training company in global financial
markets, has announced today that for the first time it is
opening its courses to institutional clients and (individual)
financial professionals. Applied Learning has launched the “Open
Course” Programme and the first course, “Hedge Funds
Demystified”, will be run in London on December 4th.
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MFS Investment says to expand into hedge funds
Source:
Reuters
MFS Investment Management said on Monday it has set up a
subsidiary to provide seed capital to hedge funds, in another
instance of a mainstream money manager venturing into the
alternative investments area.
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