The Americas
September 07, 2008
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MKP Capital Management, a $5 billion hedge fund and investment advisory firm, is considering entering private equity for the first time.
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Newly formed private equity firm Linley Capital, a joint venture between James Hedges’ LJH Global Investments and John Poerink, a former partner at Circle Peak Capital, is planning to double its staff to six.
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New York-based Clear Asset Management is seeking a seeding partner for its first hedge fund, which will be launched on Oct. 1.
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Justin Fier, who recently left Jeffrey Slocum & Associates after 14 year as a senior consultant, is setting up a firm that will focus on investing in private equity forestry in Africa.
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San Francisco-based Kratter Capital, an equity options hedge fund led by Clarium Capital alum Matt Kratter, is profiting from what it views as a market characterized by zig-zags in stock prices and high volatility.
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Europe
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JPMorgan is planning a fund that will base a series of equity derivative trades globally off early signals of Chinese inflation.
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Grenfell PAI is seeking to join forces with another investment firm to grow its business.
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A growing number of U.S. hedge fund firms are finding themselves in an awkward spot over investor privacy as they look to do business in Europe.
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Andreja Cobeljic, a senior index derivatives trader from Goldman Sachs in London, has landed at hedge fund CQS.
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Dean Murray has joined Bank of America as manager of its hedge fund sales team, as it looks to build its flow business in London.
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Asia-Pacific
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Tribridge Investment Partners’ much anticipated equity-focused Korea strategy, the Tribridge Korea Equity Plus Fund, will launch later this month.
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TriAlpha Investment Advisors has gained regulatory approval to distribute its funds of hedge funds in Singapore, in a first step to tap the Asian market.
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TA Associates will open an office in India within the next six-to-nine months to harness the country’s rapid growth.
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Bronte Investment Management in Singapore has launched its first fund, Bronte Asia Pacific Fund (BAPF)—a Pan-Asia long/short equity fund.
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Singapore’s Riley Paterson Investment Management has hired Patrick Ferguson as chief operating officer as it seeks to raise assets now that it has been operating its macro-driven, opportunistic long/short equity Asian Opportunities Fund for over a year.
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Rest Of The World
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Old Mutual Investment Group, one of South Africa’s largest private equity, fixed-income and mezzanine firms, has acquired a 25% equity stake in Real People Investment Holdings, a local credit management services and finance firm.
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Previously in Total Alternatives
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Sanlam Private Equity and Strategy Partners created a new private equity fund that will focus on regional agriculture with ZAR330 million (USD42 million) secured in investments, Business Day of South Africa reports.
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Bahrain's USD10 billion investment agency Mumtalakat Holdings is looking to raise USD500 million to fund acquisitions and Investment Corporation Dubai has begun a syndicating USD6 billion loan, Reuters reports.
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Malaysia’s Securities Commission plans to issue another set of Islamic fund licenses as it attempts to secure its place in the Islamic finance sector, Asian Investor reports.
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Private equity firm Permira Advisers has appointed Henry Chen to head its new Hong Kong office, Financial Times reports.
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Brian Hunter, the trader blamed for the collapse of Amaranth Advisors, is rebuilding his reputation as the fund he advises, Peak Ridge Capital Commodities Volatility Fund, posted a 230% year-to-date return, Financial Times reports.
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TrueBridge Capital Partners held the final closing of its CVE Kauffman Fellows Endowment Fund at USD310 million, beating its initial USD250 million target in seven months.
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Primus Capital Partners has completed the final closing on its sixth fund, Primus Capital Fund VI, at USD275 million.
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Harvest Volatility Management is preparing to launch two offerings in the fourth quarter—a portable alpha fund and a volatility arbitrage strategy.
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Heptagon Capital Management has hired Tapio Pekkala as a vice president in the investment management division of the $2 billion London firm.
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Barbarian Film Group is looking to pump up its assets under management to $75 million by January 1 and increase its investment pace to seven or eight films per year.
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MKP Capital Management, a $5 billion hedge fund and investment advisory firm, is considering entering private equity for the first time.
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Newly formed private equity firm Linley Capital, a joint venture between James Hedges’ LJH Global Investments and John Poerink, a former partner at Circle Peak Capital, is planning to double its staff to six.
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New York-based Clear Asset Management is seeking a seeding partner for its first hedge fund, which will be launched on Oct. 1.
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JPMorgan is planning a fund that will base a series of equity derivative trades globally off early signals of Chinese inflation.
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Justin Fier, who recently left Jeffrey Slocum & Associates after 14 year as a senior consultant, is setting up a firm that will focus on investing in private equity forestry in Africa.
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MKP Capital Management, a $5 billion hedge fund and investment advisory firm, is considering entering private equity for the first time.
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JPMorgan is planning a fund that will base a series of equity derivative trades globally off early signals of Chinese inflation.
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Justin Fier, who recently left Jeffrey Slocum & Associates after 14 year as a senior consultant, is setting up a firm that will focus on investing in private equity forestry in Africa.
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London credit hedge fund firm Ilex Asset Management will likely launch a fund focused on European energy bonds and loans in November.
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Corazon Capital Management has added U.S. dollar and euro tranches to its multi-strategy fund of hedge funds.
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San Francisco-based Kratter Capital, an equity options hedge fund led by Clarium Capital alum Matt Kratter, is profiting from what it views as a market characterized by zig-zags in stock prices and high volatility.
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London credit hedge fund firm Ilex Asset Management will likely launch a fund focused on European energy bonds and loans in November.
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New York-based Juno Mother Earth Asset Management has posted gains with its commodity fund despite plummeting markets.
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CQS has launched the CQS Global Volatility Fund to take advantage of fluctuations in the equity markets.
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Dallas-based Carlson Capital’s energy portfolio has avoided the rocky commodity and oil markets and is flat this year through July 31, primarily due to its relative-value pair trades.
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(September 05, 2008)
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(September 04, 2008)
The $348 million Brockton (Mass.) Contributory Retirement System is planning to make a $20 million maiden allocation to funds of hedge funds because the board is not happy with domestic equity returns.
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(September 03, 2008)
Despite turbulent markets in India, New York fund of hedge funds firm RAS Capital Management will increase its long exposure to the country by investing in a long-only equity focused manager at the end of September.
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(August 29, 2008)
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Paulson & Co. and Harcourt Investment Consulting were named AIN's Hedge Fund Leader and Fund of Funds Leader of the Year, respectively, at the Sixth Annual Hedge Fund Industry Awards gala dinner on Wednesday.
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