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Hedge Funds, Movies and Money The Hedge Funds Weblog
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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on May 5, 2010
Hedge Fund Managers Wine Collecting Club The Hedge Funds Weblog
A recently published book, "Keys to the Cellar: Strategies and Secrets of Wine Collecting" by Peter Meltzer has become popular among hedge fund managers and other investment bankers who like to collect high priced vintages. For instance, a case of Mouton-Rothschild 1982 cost about $400 (or $33 a bottle) when it was first available for sale. At a recent Sotheby's auction, 50 cases of the wine were sold for $1.05 million [...] Read More
The five highest paid hedge fund managers of 2007 The Hedge Funds Weblog
(Kadinho) Villela John Paulson $3.7 billion George Soros $2.9 billion James Simons $2.8 billion Philip Falcone $1.7 billion Ken Griffin $1.5 billion [...] Read More
Hedge Fund Managers Indicted The Hedge Funds Weblog
Five individuals who defrauded hedge fund investors of more than $200 million dollars have been indicted on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud, according to an FBI release. Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida named the hedge fund managers in the indictment as Michael Lauer, Martin Garvey, and Eric Hauser, co-owners of management companies which [...] 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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on April 25, 2010
Renaissance Opens New Fund The Hedge Funds Weblog
Renaissance Technologies, one of the best performing quantitative hedge funds, is opening a new fund to the tune of $100 billion. Renaissance Technologies Corp., a top-performing hedge fund group headed by billionaire James Simons, has amassed $8.5 billion for a new computer-driven hedge fund it says could handle $100 billion, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. The new "quantitative" fund, which started last year, has doubled in asset size [...] Read More
HedgeCo Opens a Hedge Fund Hotel in Midtown Manhattan The Hedge Funds Weblog
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Adam Kazmierski HedgeCo announced the opening of a new hedge fund hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The offices provide hedge fund firms with a 'plug and play' solution in a Class A building that includes windowed offices, private workstations, team rooms, and many other features. According to HedgeCo, the Hedge Fund Hotel also includes IP phone systems, high speed internet, furniture, receptionist, large conference room (holds 20) with [...] 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
Las Vegas Renaissance Hotel Offers Special Online Experience Play Las Vegas
In order to keep pace with the fast changing Hotel and casino scene in Las Vegas it is necessary to communicate these changes to prospective visitors quickly and in unique and appealing ways. The new breed of Las Vegas mega-resorts and ultra luxury hotels change their appearance and offerings constantly in order to keep up with trends, fads and customer demands. Now, the Las Vegas Renaissance Hotel has a completely redesigned [...] Read More
2-N Anniversary Stay: Wedding Complimentary at Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel White Lace Wedding
The Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel in Portsmouth, Virginia are offering couples that held their wedding in the propert with a complimentary two-night anniversary stay. Celebrate your first wedding anniversary in style with the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel's Ultimate Wedding Anniversary Special*. The ideal Hampton Roads wedding reception location, this Portsmouth hotel is offering couples holding a wedding at the property a complimentary two-night stay at any North-American Renaissance Hotel. This stunning Renaissance wedding venue [...] Read More
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It seems that a large number of individual investors and hedge funds are looking for delivery of physical silver due to risk of unallocated paper promises getting widely understood. In this month itself, 453 silver contracts have been delivered on the Comex which equals to 2.3 million ounces. In case of ETF SLV too, nearly fifteen million ounces of silver has been withdrawn since late February.
It would be great if you could buy some silver metal. You could even purchase shares in selected silver miners as it can give extra leverage to the rise in price of silver and you should book a part of your paper profits for increasing your physical holdings. This would work towards maximizing your returns and at the same time build a safety net for you.
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on April 10, 2010
What are hedge funds running for now? The Hedge Funds Weblog
Hedge funds are showing recently a growing interest for bonds. Bloomberg.com submits details of the commitment report in the article "Hedge Funds Fuel Treasury Rally With Record Bet on 10-Year Debt". "Investors are not only betting the Fed is done raising its target rate for overnight loans between banks but that the next step will be to reduce interest rates after the central bank left its target rate at 5.25 percent [...] Read More
Hurricane Hedge Funds & CAT Bonds The Hedge Funds Weblog
Hedge funds piled into the reinsurance market after last year's record hurricane season, which inflicted huge losses on the global insurance and reinsurance industries. Sales of CAT (catastrophe) bonds may triple to $4 billion this year. Hurricane Katrina produced record claims of more than $90 billion last year. Cat bonds emerged after Hurricane Andrew devastated the Florida coast in 1992, triggering record losses of $20 billion. Hedge funds bought the highest [...] 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 lied to investors Sox First
Hedge funds have been badly exposed in a new study Trust and Delegation . Hedge funds were instrumental in buying bad securities and and helping bring the world's financial system to its knees.The study found that half the hedge funds (49%) lied and misled investors. "We find that misrepresentation about past legal and regulatory problems is frequent (21%), as is incorrect or unverifiable representations about other topics (28%),'' the researchers [...] Read More
The Growing Clout of Hedge Funds Sox First
Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about how distressed power producer Calpine's pending bankruptcy is highlighting the growing clout of hedge hunds to force changes in corporate strategy.The WSJ piece is for subscribers so here's a summary: the hedge funds are among the biggest holders of Calpine's $17 billion debt and some have taken positions set to push the company into Chapter 11.Corporations traditionally borrow from banks and mutual [...] Read More
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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
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
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
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
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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