Candover, the private equity group, has agreed with its investors to suspend the â?¬3bn fund it raised last year, freezing new investments and reducing its management fees.
The Childrenâ??s Investment Fund, the $9.5bn London hedge fund, is betting heavily on falling share prices in Japan by taking short positions in big companies there totalling more than $1bn.
Deutsche Bank surveyed 1,000 investors with $1,100bn invested in alternative assets. The results are merely surprising and reflect the current sentiment.