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ALTERNATIVES SEP 27, 2007
Report: Redemptions could bleed hedge funds

Hedge funds are about to see billions wiped out as investors take their money and run, the Financial Times reported.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 26, 2007
Read, Mindich to helm hedge committees

Two leaders in the asset management world will head efforts to define best practices for hedge funds.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2007
Hedge Fund for Habitat goal $13M

The hedge fund industry has joined with Habitat for Humanity of New York to raise money and help working families achieve home ownership.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2007
Morgan Stanley may buy Traxis hedge fund

Morgan Stanley is in talks to purchase a 20% stake in Traxis Partners LP, a hedge fund founded by the company's former chief strategist, Barton Biggs.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2007
Goldman, KKR have second thoughts

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have backed out of their $8 billion buyout of audio equipment maker Harman International Industries Inc. of Washington.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 24, 2007
Hedge funds to pounce on Northern Rock

Three hedge funds are set to pounce on Northern Rock, the British mortgage lender.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 19, 2007
JPMorgan HFS to service FRM

FRM, a London-based global hedge fund manager, will transition its assets to JPMorgan Hedge Fund Services.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 19, 2007
Goldman to keep Alpha fund going

Goldman's Global Alpha managers sent a letter to investors saying they would keep the fund open.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2007
NovaStar sheds REIT stuff

NovaStar, the troubled residential lender, will give up its status as a real estate investment trust.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2007
SEC eyes hedge funds for insider trading

The regulator is probing for relationships between managers, employees, family members and public companies.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 14, 2007
Hedge fund turmoil tars hot art market

High-flying hedgies like to show off their good taste — and extreme wealth — by investing in art.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 13, 2007
Sachs' Global Alpha takes August plunge

Goldman Sachs flagship hedge fund lost more than 20% of its value in August, its largest monthly fall.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 12, 2007
Citigroup's Old Lane loses 5.9% in August

Unprofitable investments in debt and emerging markets have devoured the value of Old Lane, Bloomberg said.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2007
REIT files for $1.5 billion IPO

American Realty Capital Trust, under chief executive Nicholas Schorsch, plans to sell up to 150 million common shares, raising as much as $1.5 billion.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 11, 2007
Clipped bonuses for hedge fund managers

Turmoil in the credit markets will take a big bite out of hedge fund managers' bonuses this year, according to a report.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 10, 2007
Hedge funds lose ground in August

Hedge funds lost 1.31% in August, marking the first negative returns since July 2006, according to HFR.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 10, 2007
NFL veteran’s financial strategy relies on rock band, real estate

It’s only nine in the morning on this late-July day, but Tom Ensign’s white dress shirt is already blotted with dark circles of perspiration. Mr. Ensign, president and chief executive of Provest Management Group, is standing on a football field under a blazing-hot sun, which still is rising in a cloudless blue sky. The pungent smell of earth and grass hangs languidly in the hot, thick air.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2007
Tax-deferral cap weighed for managers

Another threat to hedge fund managers: A new proposal may keep them from deferring taxes on compensation, The Wall Street Journal reports.

By Bloomberg
ALTERNATIVES SEP 05, 2007
July hedge fund outflows at $32 billion

Hedge funds overall experienced outflows of $32 billion in July, according to data from the TrimTabs/Barclay Hedge Fund Report.

By D Hampton
ALTERNATIVES SEP 05, 2007
Holders in tapped funds want to replace bear

A group of investors in Bear Stearns’ two deflated hedge funds want to replace the funds’ general partner and director.

By Bloomberg