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Hedge Funds May Account for 40% of Bank Capital, Report Says

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:27:14 +0000

``Hedge funds provided as much as 40 percent of the money raised this year by U.S. and European banks as they sought to offset losses and meet government capital requirements, according to Morgan Stanley. Financial firms have raised about $200 billion from common stock and rights offerings so ...

iehi posted 23 hours ago from hf-implode.com

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Hedge funds may get $11 billion frozen at Lehman

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:31 +0000

`` Lehman Brothers International (Europe), where more than $35 billion (21 billion pounds) of hedge fund assets have been frozen since the bank's collapse last September, could return about $11 billion to fund managers by March if enough firms approve a new plan.''

iehi posted 23 hours ago from hf-implode.com

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Hedge Funds Stock Market

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:20:24 +0000

Hedge Funds Stock Market Hedge Funds Investing More in Stock Market Hedge funds invested heavily in the stock market during the third quarter of 2009. This represents hedge funds' biggest appetite for stock market risk in two years and may signal a broader recovery of the ...

rich4495 posted 43 hours ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Hedge Funds Bank Capital

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:37 +0000

Hedge Funds Bank Capital Banks Raise 40% of Capital From Hedge Funds This Year Banks have been looking to anyone for capital to overcome the credit crisis and apparently hedge funds have been one of the largest rescuers. A recent report estimates that hedge funds account for 40% ...

rich4495 posted 2 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Hedge Funds Frozen Assets

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:25 +0000

Hedge Funds Frozen Assets Lehman May Return $11 Bil of Frozen Hedge Fund Assets Hedge funds have been fighting to regain over $35 billion of hedge fund assets which were frozen following the investment bank's fall last year. Hedge funds are now considering a ...

rich4495 posted 2 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Hedge Funds Gold Update

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:48:24 +0000

Hedge Funds Gold Update Big Hedge Funds Investing More and More in Gold Earlier this year we reported the trend of hedge funds investing in gold (see this story ). Hedge funds are concerned that government efforts to stabilize the economy will have a weakening effect on U.S. and ...

rich4495 posted 3 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Plan Is Revived to Repay Some Lehman Creditors

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:13:07 +0000

The administrator for Lehman Brothers said Monday that it planned to seek support to remove claims against the bank from British courts and distribute assets directly to creditors by the first quarter of next year, provided enough of Lehman's hedge fund creditors go along with the plan.

Dealbreaker found this 3 days ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Venture Funds Sweeten Terms to Attract Investors

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:38 +0000

Venture-capital funds are cutting fees as they scrounge for cash amid a bruising fund-raising environment. Battery Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Opus Capital are among venture-capital firms that have dangled lower costs in front of investors in the past few months. Some are cutting fees ...

Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed found this 3 days ago on online.wsj.com

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E.U. Steered to Strict Hedge Fund Rules

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Top parliamentarian Jean-Paul Gauzes has written to members of an influential European Union committee recommending strict rules for hedge funds that clamp down on pay and borrowing, according to Reuters.

Between the Hedges found this 3 days ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Now The FHA Is Subsidizing Hedge Funds That Flip Mortgages For Easy Profits

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:34:45 +0000

``So it's good for the homeowner, and great for the hedge fund, but the taxpayer bears the burden. Why?''

iehi posted 4 days ago from hf-implode.com

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Let’s Talk About Professional Funds

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:04 +0000

I spend a lot of time talking about our industry (and all the warts and snake-oil that is sold) with the boys at BlackStar Funds . Below is a summary of a back and forth where we discuss survivor bias, as well as just how rare a Sharpe Ratio of 1 is over long periods of time. In this case, ...

Abnormal Returns found this 3 days ago on mebanefaber.com

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Pension board member directed funds to a firm with ties to his, documents show

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:12:02 +0000

"An appointee of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa voted two years ago to direct millions in public pension dollars to a company that invested in his own private equity fund, according to documents obtained by The Times."

iehi posted 5 days ago from hf-implode.com

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Hedge Funds Investor Portfolio

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:57:36 +0000

Hedge Funds Investor Portfolio Hedge Funds to Take Bigger Role in Investors' Portfolio The majority of surveyed wealth managers and institutional investors said that hedge funds will be important or more important as traditional investments in the next five years. The industry ...

rich4495 posted 9 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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WHAT ARE THE BEST HEDGE FUNDS BUYING?

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:52:00 +0000

It’s 13-f season and many of the largest and best hedge funds are out with their holdings for the quarter ending September 30, 2009 ( see the 50 most powerful hedge funds here ). Although many of these positions may have changed since the filing date, it’s always useful to review these filings ...

Between the Hedges found this 7 days ago on pragcap.com

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What should very quickly growing hedge funds of $100M+ invest their money in as they grow?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:47:08 +0000

$100M Hedge Fund Investments Many of the hedge funds who contact us with over $100M in assets are looking to re-invest, protect and continue their growth. Last week I completed an interview with Lance Baraker and William Katts from TradeStation Prime Services on where large funds should ...

rich4495 posted 8 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Paulson Puts Money on Citi, Ditching Goldman

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:57:29 +0000

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager, has continued to build his stake in Citigroup, while jettisoning his investment in Goldman Sachs.

Dealbreaker found this 10 days ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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787 ETFs Listed – Every Exchange Traded Fund Known to Man

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0000

ETF List of over over 700 Exchange Traded Funds covering all sectors and strategies from emerging markets and commodities to leveraged and short ETFs. This ETF ticker symbol list is updated routinely so be sure to bookmark and utilize as a permanent reference. Symbol Name CGW Claymore S&P ...

Everyday Finance found this 10 days ago on darwinsfinance.com

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Hedge Funds Lobbying

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:47:50 +0000

Hedge Funds Lobbying Hedge Funds Lobbying of EU May Cause Backlash According to the New York Times, the lobbying effort by hedge funds against impending regulation by the European Union has created a backlash. While influential politicians and London hedge funds may have ...

rich4495 posted 10 days ago from richard-wilson.blogspot.com

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Paulson Gives 3rd-Quarter Investor Update

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:50:46 +0000

John Paulson, the hedge fund manager who gained fame betting on the mortgage crisis, sees big opportunities to wager on price discrepancies in banking stocks, according to his most recent letter to investors.

Abnormal Returns found this 7 days ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:49:01 +0000

The credit rating agencies have been bulletproof from litigation for years, but new attacks keep coming. Today, Reuters reports, Ohio’s AG sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, claiming that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses ...

bcarton posted 6 days ago from securitiesdocket.com

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