03/31/2015
Here Comes a New Wave of Billion-Dollar Hedge Funds
Hedge fund investors aren’t giving up just yet
Alternative Investments
03/30/2015
Paul Lenkeit, Babson Capital’s Chief of Derivatives, Dies at 55
Before ever working in a trading room, Lenkeit started in the 1980s to teach himself the basics of investment management
03/30/2015
Merrill Lynch's Michael Koppenhaver recognized by Barron's magazine
Quantitative and qualitative measures used to determine the advisor rankings
03/30/2015
Goldman slaps JPMorgan in commodities as rivals retreat
Goldman Sachs earned back its place as the largest bank by commodities revenue as competitors including JPMorgan Chase scaled down or abandoned the raw materials business
03/30/2015
Manulife Investments Makes Change to Portfolio Management Team for Manulife Preferred Income Class
Manulife Investments, a division of Manulife Asset Management Limited, announced that effective today, portfolio management responsibilities for Manulife Preferred Income Class will change with the appointment of a co-lead for the Fund.
03/27/2015
Aberdeen Asset Management wants to bolster presence in U.S., North Asia
Aberdeen Asset Management will look to build its presence in the U.S. and North Asia, said CEO Martin Gilbert
03/27/2015
A look at Leon Cooperman, subject of SEC inquiry
Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors is a surprising subject for a new government trading inquiry
03/27/2015
Hedge Funds: Don’t Call Us a Hedge Fund
Managers are distancing themselves from the moniker
03/26/2015
Carlyle Group To Acquire Majority Stake In Conifer Financial Services
The The Carlyle Group LP agreed to acquire a majority stake in Conifer Financial Services
03/26/2015
Fund managers’ personal lives can hurt investment returns
The researchers said the hedge funds’ alpha fell by an annualized 8.50 percent during a manager’s marriage and 7.39 percent during a divorce.
03/26/2015
Goldman Veteran Berlinski Raising $1 Billion Buyout Fund
Reverence is halfway through raising a debut fund
03/26/2015
Trian continues to make its case to DuPont shareholders
Trian also filed its definitive proxy statement with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
03/26/2015
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's love-hate relationship with private equity
The world's most famous investor, Warren Buffett, is jumping into bed with private equity to help finance a mega merger of the iconic Heinz and Kraft food companies, despite being a vocal critic of the "leveraged buyout" sector.
03/26/2015
Canada seeks Chinese investment
The combined federal-provincial corporate income tax rate in Canada has been cut from 42.4 percent in 2000 to 26.3 percent in 2014
03/25/2015
Hedge Fund Boss Flies In for Vivendi Showdown
PSAM said Vivendi is undervalued because of its large cash stock
03/25/2015
Alternative Fund Consulting Announces Expansion, Adds CFO Services
Better managed firms create better returns
03/25/2015
TigerShark Said to Shut After Bull Market Dents Returns
Market neutral hedge funds returned an average of 13 percent
03/25/2015
Fund Growth Slows Again
On a brighter note, the number of hedge fund liquidations declined in 2014 from 904 liquidations in 2013 to 864 last year.
03/25/2015
BlackRock submits revival plan for ailing Rei Agro
The proposed plan has been worked out by Houlihan Lokey Investment Banking Services on behalf of BlackRock
03/25/2015
Lovell Minnick to Sell Mercer Advisors to Genstar
Mercer is a registered investment adviser, which provides wealth management services to high-net-worth and affluent clients and has a base of individual clients with assets of nearly $6 billion.