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Hedge Fund News

Amid I-Bank Job Cuts, Opportunistic Hiring By Hedge Funds

June 24, 2008

Yesterday we noted the report from Financial News Online that hedge fund launches are in a slump. That was based on the First Quarter 2008 Industry Report from Hedge Fund Research, a Chicago firm. Acutally, fund launches during the first quarter, last year, just barely surpassed this year’s figure, but an eight-year low is still […]

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Last Week in New Hedge Funds

June 23, 2008

Hedge fund launches are at an eight-year low, according to Financial News Online. We still read about a steady trickle each week. The Mortgage Opportunity Fund of Five Bridges Capital will launch soon, investing in undervalued assets. Odey Asset Management has opened a fund of funds division. GSO Capital Partners will launch a USD 1.5-2 […]

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Hedge Fund Careers and the BIG Get Bigger

June 17, 2008

Today the Wall Street Journal reported that the Hedge Funds are feeling the employment pinch and the rich are getting richer. Just a few years ago, Wall Street players could leave their investment banking jobs and easily start their own hedge fund or join an existing fund and enjoy a much better quality of life. […]

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New Hedge Funds Last Week

June 17, 2008

Here’s our weekly sum-up of new fund action from the past week, showing continuing action in the distressed sphere, property, and global emerging markets. Ping Jiang is fund-raising for Ping Capital Management after leaving SAC Capital. Geoff Grant, a founder of Peloton Partners, will launch LiquidMacro in September in California. Absolute Return Partners has launched […]

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New Hedge Funds Last Week

June 10, 2008

Our main focus is hedge fund careers. We keep a weekly eye on nascent or young hedge funds that make the news, too. The JME Equities Strategies Fund is Juno Mother Earth Asset Management‘s third commodities fund. The Genesis Merchant Partners fund is an asset-based lending fund based in Greenwich, CT and run by Sands […]

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Last Week in Hedge Funds

June 2, 2008

Last week’s new funds in the news. We try to mention any given fund here only once, even if its launch is a few weeks or months off. Ridaa Murad of Bear Stearns will launch an India-focused fund of funds, the Veda Multi-Strategy India Fund, this July Harpswell Capital Management‘s new fund will focus on […]

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This Week in Hedge Funds

May 16, 2008

We watch for new hedge funds, including fund-of-funds, each week. V-Pro by Quaesta Capital of Switzerland is a L/S foreign exchange volatility fund that will start trading at the end of the month The India Dynamic Fund is a multi-strategy fund run by Kotak Mahindra Bank in India John McPherson formerly of Société Générale will […]

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