© melancholic optimist U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch and France's Societe Generale both global carbon indexes on Wednesday to track the international carbon markets, which were worth some...
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Hedge fund manager Man Group plc announced that is "Extremely well placed to see continued strong growth." In a statment regarding its close period for the year, Man said, "This is a...
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© Humayunn N A Peerzaada New York Top 5 hedge fund Och-Ziff's firm Ctrl S. Data Centers, said it is planning to invest $250 million to open four data centres in the country in next 2-3 years....
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Filed in archive Charity
by Alex Akesson on March 24, 2008
Hedge Funds for Habitat-NYC hosted an event on Friday that brought 30 volunteers from the hedge fund industry together, many with no prior construction experience, to drywall rooms, saw wood, measure...
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"Fundamentals and Practical Applications of Energy Risk Management, VaR and Earnings at Risk". In a new seminar for people who care about the future, everyone is encouraged to participate...
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by Alex Akesson on March 18, 2008
Hedge Funds Care is sponsoring yet another "Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit", this time including the San Francisco 49ers. The Co-Owner, John York, will join current 49ers players...
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced the acquisition of Bear Stearns Companies Inc. The Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction. Based on the closing price of...
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by Alex Akesson on March 14, 2008
Daily Mash (satire)- Hedge funds have overtaken the Big Bang as the most important thing people know nothing about. As a massive American hedge fund faces imminent collapse, millions of people across...
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The Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index (GGHFI), which currently includes 1091 hedge funds, returned 2.21% in February, rebounding from January's poor returns. The S&P 500 and MSCI World Equity...
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Two hedge funds are being sued by Charming Shoppes Inc., after they allegedly used shady tactics to nominate 3 members to the board of the company. The plus-size clothing retailer is accusing...
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Citigroup (NYSE:C) Inc. will inject a total of $1 billion into six hedge funds that have fallen in value, according to a report in the New York Times. The funds, which were sold to customers under the...
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Gill Switalski andhusband Andrew WrightGill Switalski, a city lawyer and head of legal affairs at F&C Asset Management is talking to lawyers about a record compensation payout of £13.4 million...
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The National Pension Reserve Fund is in talks with the government about divesting from certain munitions manufacturing companies. The fund's latest reported holdings in such companies, using the...
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Talk about nice! From Global Pensions: The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has allocated a further $300m for emerging managers who have less than US$2bn in total firm...
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A client of Cutler Capital Management liked the investment style of the hedge fund company so much, he came out of retirement to join the investment advisory firm as Director of Business Development....
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by Alex Akesson on March 05, 2008
Solar for Africa is offering corporates, brokers and individuals a means of obtaining Carbon Credits or becoming Carbon Neutral for their Greenhouse Gas emissions. They are also appealing to Donor and...
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Lipper's first Hedge Fund Award winners were announced yesterday, over 3,600 funds were eligible for the eighteen awards across the European and Offshore fund domiciles. A total of fifteen...
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NYMEX Global Change Associates and the Environmental Markets Association is sponsoring a 5.5 hour class on carbon and emissions trading on April 1, in New York City at the New York Mercantile...
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Aramid, a hedge fund specializing in the provision of motion picture entertainment finance, is looking to raise $200 million to fund their diversification into television and other digital financing...
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HedgeCo.net; Christian Hedge Fund Founder Arrested For Fraud Hedge fund founder, Steve K. Wilson, was arrested last week on charges related to fraudulent hedge funds operating under the names;...
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Rollercoaster markets may have cooled investor appetites for shares or property, but interest in offbeat investments is booming as a growing number of art and wine funds compete to combine passion...
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