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Och-Ziff funds post gains in June but assets drop
Publicly traded hedge fund manager Och-Ziff Capital Management ... In a regulatory filing made yesterday, Och-Ziff said ... That is despite a 2.16% gain for the ... Och-Ziff's Asia Master Fund was up 13.28% for ... Och-Ziff has been hit hard by redemptions because ... Typically, hedge fund managers will see more redemptions...
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TCI profits hit record £555m on ABN Amro gain
UK hedge fund manager The Children's Investment Fund ... The manager reported an increase in revenue to ... This compares with £333m the previous year. ... The change in revenue from 2007 to 2008 ... However, TCI founder Christopher Hohn, in his report ... He added: "That said, the members are optimistic...
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Hedge fund body toughens governance stance
A global body representing hedge funds is putting ... The Hedge Fund Standards Board is consulting its ... Previously, the body went so far as recommending ... The HFSB has also said hedge fund assets ... Antonio Borges, the board's chairman, said: "The HFSB ... Hedge funds are under unprecedented pressure to engage...
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Seven ways to avoid a 'Madoff moment'
A former investment banker and hedge fund manager ... Rick Bookstaber, who previously worked at Salmon Brothers ... His list makes a number of references to ... Bookstaber’s seven indicators that all may not be ... 1. No independent risk reporting. ... “One lesson that has been driven home from...
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Nimble hedge funds outpace large rivals
Small hedge funds have used their ability to ... Funds managing less than $100m (€71m) made 9.7% ... In a report on hedge fund performance published ... Bill Maldonado, head of alternatives at Halbis, the ... Maldonado said: "The promise of a lot of ... By beating the performance of their larger rivals,...
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'Great Depression' markets force Cantillon to close funds
London-based Cantillon Capital Management has shut its two ... Cantillon is shutting its European and global short/long ... The decision will leave the firm with $1.1bn ... Cantillon recently hired Suzie Proctor from peer Lazard ... A source close to Cantillon said its managers...
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Financier's girlfriend is given probation
The girlfriend of former hedge fund executive Samuel ... US District Judge Kenneth Karas in White Plains, ... "This has been a horrible ordeal for Ms. ... Ryan, pleaded guilty in February to a single ... She originally was charged in the matter last ... On June 9, 2008, Israel's sport-utility vehicle was...
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Possibly the best hedge fund industry in the world...
Hedge funds based in New Zealand shrugged off ... New Zealand hedge funds made 20.4% last year, ... This compares to the worst recorded fall, of ... One European investor in hedge funds said: "American ... New Zealand-based funds have added another 1.3% in ... The country's hedge fund industry manages about $1bn...
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Hedge funds to face more scrutiny after Europe squeeze
Regulators will this week agree broad principles for ... At the 34th annual meeting of the International ... “The key issue will be to set high ... Consultation periods that lasted several months have now ... Hans Hoogervorst, chairman of Dutch market regulator AFM ... Tanzer said the conference would also look at...
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Investors stay cautious on hedge funds
The number of investors withdrawing their investments with ... Morgan Stanley has published a report called 'Wholesale ... If the US bank’s estimate is correct, this ... Huw van Steenis, head of European banks and ... He said: "We see a material slowing in ... Van Steenis added that a "dramatic" deceleration of...
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Swiss private bank bounces back with new private equity fund
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch has ... The bank’s private equity arm LODH Private Equity ... The private equity fundraising success follows the confirmation ... A spokeswoman for the main Lombard Odier group ... The group’s private equity arm is thriving in...
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Redemptions put small funds at disadvantage to bigger peers
Large hedge funds were a safer bet than ... Small, mid-sized and large funds all fell, on ... Large funds’ outperformance last year reversed a trend ... John Long, head of UK intermediary sales at ... Last year found out which managers did not ... Meredith Jones, PerTrac’s managing director, said small funds...
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Man Group to cut back on pay as profit falls
Hedge fund investor Man Group is cutting paypackets ... Kevin Hayes, Man's finance director, said the world's ... Presenting Man's full year results, where Man reported ... The $46.8bn company saw net inflows from private ... Chief executive Peter Clarke said: "Redemptions have now...
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Rare April losses hit infallible Paulson
John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who profited ... The US manager's five hedge funds each made ... Paulson's flagship Advantage Plus fund, which held $9.1bn ... Paulson's two oldest funds, which invest in companies ... The news of these monthly losses came as ... However, the firm's five hedge funds have made...
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Financial stocks lift fund returns
“It’s time for us to put this period ... Hedge fund managers focusing on financials stocks have ... These returns are reported in US dollars, and ... Investors in Barclays enjoyed a further boost on ... As markets have started to climb in recent ... Banking stocks have done well from the rally...
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Top-performing convertible funds face 'bumpy' road
Investors in the best-performing hedge fund strategy of ... Convertible bond arbitrage lost 24.5% as a strategy ... During the first quarter of this year the ... However, Credit Suisse/ Tremont warns: "Convertible arbitrage...could be ... Convertible arbitrage hedge fund managers have been taking...
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GLG amends debt covenants as assets fall $1bn
Mixed performance in the investment strategies of GLG ... Assets under management at the group fell from ... The majority of the decline was down to ... Strong performance in its alternative investment strategies during ... GLG’s alternative strategy funds returned 4.4% in the...
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GLG declares $120m first-quarter loss as AUM drop 43%
GLG Partners has reported a $120m (€88m) loss ... The firm said it had “modestly positive” inflows...
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Funds of funds are facing their biggest challenge
In March, Man Group, the world’s largest listed ... The firm, which reported a 43% drop in ... Two years ago, Man’s decision would have raised ... On average, funds of hedge funds returned -21% ... The $600bn industry has haemorrhaged its assets through ... Some industry analysts estimate that anywhere between 40%...
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Inflows add to optimistic signs for hedge funds
Leading hedge fund managers are beginning to see ... Overall, investors still pulled $104bn (€76.5bn) from the ... Jeff Meyer, chief executive of UK mainstream and ... Dermot Butler, chairman of hedge fund administrator Custom ... Hans Hufschmid, chief executive of GlobeOp, said his...
