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Money managers under the microscope
Morning Line-up: Hedge funds flatline, investors vet banker pay
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Hedge funds failing to handle choppy markets – Reuters
Spain’s bank rescue hits headwinds – WSJ
Investors turn spotlight on bank staff paycheques – Reuters
Morning Line-Up: pension poverty, BNY currency trade, hedge funds, Kazakhstan sukuk
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
BNY currency trading dispute with LA pension fund – WSJ
Morning Line-Up: ‘Pay complexity’, New Media fund, CD&R deal
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
City urges end of ‘pay complexity’- FT
JP Morgan eye new-media fund – WSJ
Morning Line-Up: AZ’s IPO, recession predictions, Man’s jobs cull
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
AZ Electronics boosts IPO plans- FT
Morning Line-Up: Buffett, JP Morgan in Brazil, EU hedge fund rules
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Warren Buffett’s latest pick – Reuters
Morning Line-Up: Lehman rumours, CalPERS names naming, Scandinavia
News and views on the asset management industry from Reuters and elsewhere:
Hedge fund Och-Ziff accused of Lehman rumours in court papers – WSJ
CalPERS should name 100 largest Californian politicians’ pays – Reuters
Private equity investments in Scandinavia on track to pre-2007 levels- Bloomberg
Citadel stronger in ’09
2009 has proved so far to be a bumper year for hedge funds — not least due to a huge rebound in the price of most assets — helping eradicate at least some of the bad memories of last year.
Citadel’s Kenneth Griffin has been a case in point.
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal (which dubs him a ‘titan’ and a ‘hedge fund king’), says Citadel made $5 billion in trading profits in the first nine months of this year as markets recovered.
Morning Line-up
Hedge fund stories from the past 24 hours from Reuters and elsewhere:
Citadel’s Griffin rebounds from $8 bln losses - Reuters
Convertible arbitrage rode out poor stock market – Hedge Funds Review
Competition for hedge fund support shakes prime broker ranks - Reuters
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Hedge fund stories from the past 24 hours from Reuters and elsewhere:
UK must fix hedge fund oversight, official says – Wall Street Journal
Former SEC laywer admits role in $44m hedge fund scam – the Star-Ledger
Crisis leads to hedge fund changes – Hedge Funds Review
