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Europe Puts Off New Hedge Fund Regs

Filed in archive Legal on June 26, 2010

Europe Puts Off New Hedge Fund Regs
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The European Union will put off any new regulations for hedge funds for a while - probably until at least September (see Euractiv, NY Times).

Talks broke down between the European Parliament and individual member states last week on the subject of new regulations for hedge funds and private equity. The European Commission has been working on a new set of rules for these types of financial institutions for almost 15 months now - since April 2009. The breakdown of the talks was something of an embarrassment right before the start of the G-20 meeting, especially since the US Congress appeared to make a breakthrough on financial reform at about the same time.

Two main concerns seem to be holding up progress on this aspect of broader banking and financial reform in Europe. First, the traders in the UK have suggested that the proposed new rules could make it harder to trade in hedge funds across member-state boundaries within the European Union. Second, many member states have complained that the new rules could create an unfair advantage for hedge funds and private equity funds outside the EU.

The second argument was used in the US to weaken rules on derivatives and complex financial instruments. The idea, basically, is that tough rules in the US or Europe on riskier financial instruments simply drive investors offshore.

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Seen that? - You're Fired!

Filed in archive Best of on June 4, 2010

You're Fired! The Hedge Funds Weblog

Seen that? - You're Fired!
I've noticed a lot of firing going on in the hedge fund world. Whenever there is a big buyout or takeover a lot of high end jobs go out the window. Also the hedge funds, which are usually very near at hand when these "resignations" take place, don't like to talk about it very much, which I suppose is natural. But I recently had a big $16 billion hedge fund ask [...] Read More


NY Hedge Fund Manger Joins With Canadian Giant The Hedge Funds Weblog

In HedgeCo news, two established management firms have formed a mutually supportive relationship to provide Canadian alternative investors with access to the best alternative asset products globally. New York-based Fairfield Greenwich Group ("FGG"), a $16.6 billion global hedge fund and fund of hedge funds management firm has formed a cooperative venture with sceptre Investment Counsel Limited, one of Canada's leading independent money management firms. Richard L. Knowles, Sceptre's President and CEO said, [...] Read More


$2 Billion Raised for Investcorp's Emerging Hedge Fund Talent Fund The Hedge Funds Weblog

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrey Volodin In a HedgeCo story today Investcorp's hedge fund co-managers said they have raised over $2 billion for their Single Manager Platform. Debuted in 2005, The platform supports emerging talent in the hedge fund industry. Investcorp provides between $50 million and $100 million in seed capital to the managers along with support for marketing and ongoing risk monitoring to avoid style-drift and other operational concerns. Investcorp's [...] Read More


Hedge fund bonanza Sox First

How much do hedge fund managers make? A lot more than ordinary folk.According to a new study, the top 20 private equity and hedge fund managers pocketed an average $657.5 million, or 22,255 times the pay of an average US worker. The top four each pocketed over $1 billion.According to the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy study, chief executives made 364 times the pay of [...] Read More


The hedge fund, the stripper and the missing millions Sox First

There are some real doozies around but this one is too good to ignore.In Canada, a hedge fund manager Paul Eustace made the wrong call on US interest rates, lied to investors, lost $208-million, stole about $2 million of client cash, cheated on his wife with a stripper for years and used investor money to give that stripper $1-million worth of gifts including breast augmentation surgery. Now with a few [...] Read More

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Your own hedgefonds book - printing services & publishing companies

Filed in archive FAQ , Quick introduction on May 26, 2010

Your own hedgefonds book - printing services & publishing companies
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Do you happen to be a finance specialist and do you know lots about hedge funds and strategies to increase your monetary worth? If so, have you considered writing a book about the basics and your personal experiences with hedge funds? Such books are sought after, especially if the author is able to describe good working strategies. Through such a book you could potentially aid individuals in understanding the world of finance better, and at the same time earn money through this publication.

Before sending your book off to a publishing company, it may be worth obtaining the opinions of friends and family who are willing to read your final draft, so that you can enhance the possibility of finding readers in the general population. Through such a "dry run," you may find errors, boring parts, or passages that are too difficult to understand for the common reader among other potential negatives, and can enhance the book before it is published. It is best to use online printing services in order to print some copies which you can hand out to willing "test readers." After this, you should take their views and opinions into consideration, make final changes to your book, and contact the online printing shop once again. In this case you won't need their cheap flyers printing service, but their high-quality manuscript printing service. These papers are adequate for sending to various publishing companies to see whether these are interested in selling your hedge fund guidebook.

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Seen that? - Kennedy Closes Deal With Hedge Fund for 119 Hurricane Struck Homes

Filed in archive Best of on May 25, 2010

Kennedy Closes Deal With Hedge Fund for 119 Hurricane Struck Homes The Hedge Funds Weblog

Seen that? - Kennedy Closes Deal With Hedge Fund for 119 Hurricane Struck Homes
Trinity Development Partners along with equity partner Stillwater Capital Partners, a NY-based hedge fund, closed a $23.3 million deal with private lender Kennedy Funding for a waterfront real estate purchase in West Palm Beach, Florida. The hedge fund partners borrowed the funds for a complete renovation of the 119 homes that were damaged after back-to-back hurricanes Frances and Jeanne pounded the area relentlessly in 2004, and Hurricane Wilma added further damage [...] Read More


UK Hedge Fund Giant Closes Fund The Hedge Funds Weblog

One of The U.K.'s largest hedge fund managers has closed a fund with assets of more than $500 million (EUR360 million) as market conditions continue to buffet the sector. BlueCrest Capital Management, with almost $12 billion of assets under management at the end of June, last week told investors it was shutting an equity fund after a period of unacceptable performance. The fund recorded losses of 8.2% for the first [...] Read More


Hedge Fund Shareholders Withdraw from Northwest Deal The Hedge Funds Weblog

Hedge fund shareholders withdrew their motion to have a say in the payment deals after the Northwest Airline Corp reorganization, surprising U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper. The hedge fund committee claims that Judge Gropper has not allowed an investigation into whether Northwest plans to merge with Delta. The temporary committee of hedge fund investors tried to subpoena rival airlines that may have held merger talks with Northwest, in a effort to [...] Read More


Hedge fund bonanza Sox First

How much do hedge fund managers make? A lot more than ordinary folk.According to a new study, the top 20 private equity and hedge fund managers pocketed an average $657.5 million, or 22,255 times the pay of an average US worker. The top four each pocketed over $1 billion.According to the Institute for Policy Studies and United for a Fair Economy study, chief executives made 364 times the pay of [...] Read More


The hedge fund, the stripper and the missing millions Sox First

There are some real doozies around but this one is too good to ignore.In Canada, a hedge fund manager Paul Eustace made the wrong call on US interest rates, lied to investors, lost $208-million, stole about $2 million of client cash, cheated on his wife with a stripper for years and used investor money to give that stripper $1-million worth of gifts including breast augmentation surgery. Now with a few [...] Read More

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Seen that? - Hedge Funds, Movies and Money

Filed in archive Best of on May 15, 2010

Hedge Funds, Movies and Money The Hedge Funds Weblog

Seen that? - Hedge Funds, Movies and Money
The global audio visual sector is expected by analysts to be worth $1.3 trillion by 2008 and hedge fund managers have wasted no time in attaching themselves to the high return sector of film financing. Hedge funds investing in film, so far, include Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and eBay founder Jeff Skoll, each have a fledgling film company. Billionaire Phillip Anschutz is financing big budget films, [...] Read More


Hedge fund facts from the morning Paper The Hedge Funds Weblog

The hedge-fund industry manages nearly $1 trillion -- a scary-sounding number, to be sure -- that's chump change compared to the $12.74 trillion managed by mutual funds (excluding money market funds), according to the latest ICI data. Over the last five years, the world's hedge-fund population has boomed more than 33%, according to Van Hedge Fund estimates, There are more than 3,300 such funds now, compared with 1,900 in [...] Read More


Hedge Fund Journal’s Funds of Hedge Funds/ Newedge Release Top 50 Research The Hedge Funds Weblog

The top 50 funds are certainly managing less, but they are not out of the game. Smaller funds, of course, are facing an even tougher time. Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research (HFR) has reported that over 200 funds of hedge funds liquidated in 2009. This is a significant increase on the last quarter and represents an annual attrition rate of over 8%; nearly double the previous record set in Q4 2008. [...] Read More


Hedge Funds Weblog Re-Launched Creative Weblogging

Well lookie here -- our Hedge Funds Weblog has been re-launched. It is a financial blog, but one that looks at big picture issues such as markets and events that impact the financial markets. Under the editorial direction of Daniel Harrison, the re-launched site will focus on four areas:Op-Ed (opinion) Dealtalk (covering deals and equity issues) Hedgetalk (covering hedge fund industry-specific news) Companies and Markets (which speaks for itself) Ventureline defines HEDGE FUND as a [...] Read More


Hedge fund implosion Sox First

JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon summed it up well: "If you are not fearful, you're crazy."And that sound you hear, with the Dow Jones suffering its biggest drop since 1987, is hedge funds going down the drain. Way too much leverage and the whole thing has the whiff of forced selling. As the New York Times points out, hedge funds are already down 17% and investors are withdrawing billions of [...] Read More

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