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Infovest21's Hedgelines

August 2008

  • Republicans expected to use messy Biden hedge fund case in presidential campaign
  • Chicago Teachers Retirement on brink of investing in hedge funds
  • OreHill halts withdrawals in flagship fund (Table)
  • Babcock & Brown founder and CEO leave after earnings announcement

  • CFTC orders Eustace to pay $291M, still faces criminal charges

     

  • Regulators warn of operational deficiencies at Singapore hedge funds

     

  • Movers and Shakers

     

  • Canadian incubator seeds Epic Capital and Burlington Capital (Table)-Aug 19

     

  • GLG assets decline in Q2 due to withdrawals and net losses

     

  • Hedge funds push growth in Singapore and Hong Kong fund industry

     

  • Sam Israel to appear in court today

     

  • Lehman Brothers believed to be seeking buyers of various asset management and hedge fund stakes

  • GAM experiences extensive withdrawals but adapts product to turbulent market

     

  • Harvard versus Yale

     

  • Paulson, Goldman and other hedge funds prepare for financial revival

     

  • Man veteran sets up Canada fund with Lightwater Partners
  • TCI reportedly loses $1B in June, after being up through May
  • Steel Partners flexes its muscles with Nortiz and Sapporo
  • SEC sends subpoenas to more than 50 hedge fund managers
  • Sir Ronald Cohen and Rothschild fund take stakes in Millennium
  • Charlemagne Capital's assets and performance fees drop (Table)
  • Steger pleads guilty to tax shelter conspiracy
  • Financial Planners: Commodities tops list of alternatives used
  • Denali Advisors planning 130/30 fund
  • Movers and Shakers
  • PGGM reviews alternatives and other investments after negative quarter (Table)
  • Marshall Wace forms Asian joint venture with Gavekal
  • Cascade sues Absolute Capital and Homm. Absolute suspends stock.
  • Movers and Shakers

    • Fortune Asset Management Limited is authorised and regulated
    by the Financial Services Authority (FSA)