31-10-2008 |
Citadel shuts down $1bn fund of funds
Citadel Investment Group is winding down its $1bn fund of hedge funds... |
30-10-2008 |
US pension fund gap estimated at $100bn
US companies will need to inject more than $100bn into their pension... |
30-10-2008 |
Davis will be replaced as MF Global chief
The chief executive of MF Global, one of the worldâ??s biggest financial... |
29-10-2008 |
China cuts interest rates again
China cut interest rates on Wednesday for the third time in six weeks. |
29-10-2008 |
Hungary gets $25 bn rescue package
The International Monetary Fund, the European Union and World Bank on... |
28-10-2008 |
Gulf Bank chief quits
The crisis in Kuwaitâ??s banking sector deepened on Tuesday as the... |
28-10-2008 |
Colonial freezes funds
Colonial First State, Australiaâ??s biggest fund manager, suspended... |
24-10-2008 |
FSA sees no need for more hedge fund regulation
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said it did not see the need for... |
24-10-2008 |
Greenspan admits mistake
Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, said on Thursday the... |
23-10-2008 |
Calpers lost $40 bn
Calpers, the largest state pension fund in the US, lost 20 per cent of... |
22-10-2008 |
Fed will provide liquidity to money market funds
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the creation of the Money... |
20-10-2008 |
The Dutch government will buy a new class of securities that count... |
19-10-2008 |
CIC to increase stake in Blackstone
According to a US regulatory filing, Chinaâ??s sovereign wealth fund,... |
19-10-2008 |
Ashmore hit by redemptions
Ashmore, an emerging markets asset manager, was hit hard by redemptions... |
16-10-2008 |
Hedge funds turn to Bank of England for help
A group of large US hedge funds has called on the Bank of England to... |
16-10-2008 |
$45 bn withdrawn from US hedge funds in September
Investors pulled at least $45 bn from US hedge funds in September as... |
15-10-2008 |
Investors pulled $65bn out of mutual funds
US investors pulled a record $65bn out of mutual funds in the week to... |
14-10-2008 |
YouGov abandons hedge fund plans
YouGov has abandoned plans to form its own hedge fund in partnership... |
10-10-2008 |
GE Capital reduces lending to private equity
Chicago-based GE Antares Capital, a GE unit that specialises in... |
09-10-2008 |
Iceland nationalises Kaupthing Bank
Just hours after Geir Haarde, Iceland's prime minister, said on... |
08-10-2008 |
Moscow to pump $37bn into state banks
Russia on Tuesday commited to pump $37bn in long-term loans into its... |
07-10-2008 |
More funds with exposure to Petters
Lancelot Investment Management LLC and other hedge funds confirmed their... |
07-10-2008 |
Iceland pegs crown to basket of currencies
Iceland's central bank said on Tuesday it would peg the island's crown... |
07-10-2008 |
UK banks plunge
Reports that Royal Bank of Scotland had approached the UK government... |
06-10-2008 |
Citadel lost 15 per cent in September
The flagship fund has dropped $2bn to have a total of $18bn under... |
06-10-2008 |
European governments guarantee deposits
Following the action by Ireland last week to offer a guarantee for all... |
02-10-2008 |
Wyser-Pratte Eurovalue blocks withdrawals
Wyser-Pratte Eurovalue, a $500m activist fund, suspended withdrawals on... |
02-10-2008 |
Senate backs rescue plan
The US Senate on Wednesday night approved a $700bn plan to rescue the... |
01-10-2008 |
Gottex confirms exposure to Petters Group
Gottex Fund Management confirmed that it was exposed to Petters Group... |
01-10-2008 |
Absolute Cap shuts activist fund
Absolute Capital Management has cut three quarters of its staff and will... |
30-09-2008 |
Citi buys Wachovia
Citigroup on Monday bought the banking operations of Wachovia. |
30-09-2008 |
HEDGEweb update August
Although our total index for August is again negative, it lost with 0.92... |
29-09-2008 |
UK nationalises B&B
The UK government on Monday confirmed that it was nationalising Bradford... |
26-09-2008 |
Morgan Stanley's prime brokerage suffers large outflows
Morgan Stanley lost almost a third of assets in its prime brokerage last... |
26-09-2008 |
Stan O'Neal considers joining hedge fund
The ex-Merrill Lynch chief Stan Oâ??Neal is considering joining Vision... |
25-09-2008 |
Hedge fund files lawsuit against money market fund
Third Avenue Institutional International Value Fund, a fund of Third... |
25-09-2008 |
Paulson & Co. remains bearish on banks
The New Yorker hedgefund Paulson & Co., run by John Paulson,... |
24-09-2008 |
Hedge funds sue Lehman's administrators
RAB Capital sued in the UK High Court this week demanding the return of... |
23-09-2008 |
Money market funds report huge outflows
Money market funds in the US suffered an estimated $197bn of net... |
22-09-2008 |
Goldman and Morgan Stanley will become banks
In a statement issued at 9.30pm Sunday, the Federal Reserve said it had... |