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Hedgeweek Comment: Could hedge funds stay on the road with Daimler?

Tue, 05/08/2008 - 07:02

Last weekend German news magazine Focus reported that Daimler, the maker of Mercedes Benz cars, could be the target of a hedge fund bid after banks had supposedly informed the company that »

Hedgeweek Comment: Bank assets lure hedge funds

Mon, 04/08/2008 - 06:59

Falling share prices and increasing desperation on the part of banks and other financial institutions to unload distressed assets are attracting hedge funds more than ever. »

Hedgeweek Commentary: Behind the hedge fund news...

Fri, 01/08/2008 - 05:00

The problems faced by many sectors of the alternative investment industry are being shared with the law firms that service them (Cadwalader, Wicker »

Hedgeweek Comment: UBS ruling will give breather to service providers

Thu, 31/07/2008 - 07:05

Providing some respite for the beleaguered Swiss banking giant, a New York Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that UBS was responsible for regulatory failings on the part »

Hedgeweek Comment: No challenge to Cayman in sight

Wed, 30/07/2008 - 07:07

Often missed or played down in many media reports and analyses, cutting costs through paying less tax is an important feature of financial sustenance for many companies. »

Hedgeweek Comment: The rumour mill

Tue, 29/07/2008 - 07:01

Dozens of hedge funds are reported to have received subpoenas from the Securities and Exchange Commission as it investigates rumours that have battered the share price of Lehman Brothers i »

Hedgeweek Comment: Happy demise

Mon, 28/07/2008 - 07:02

The era of the baby boomer - a loosely defined term, but usually understood to encompass those born during the post-World War II baby boom between 1946 and the early 1960s - is coming to a »

Hedgeweek Comment: Absolute trouble

Thu, 24/07/2008 - 07:05

Troubled hedge fund Absolute Capital Management has closed one of its hedge funds and its office in Mallorca as poor performance and a big loss for the year cast a shadow over the firm's e »

Hedgeweek Comment: US-India nuclear deal will spur hedge funds towards subcontinent

Wed, 23/07/2008 - 07:05

Prime minister Manmohan Singh won a vote of confidence in India's parliament yesterday with a comfortable margin. »

Comment: SEC amends emergency order regarding short sales of securities of certain financial firms

Wed, 23/07/2008 - 07:00

Sean O'Malley, a partner in the business law department and a member of the financial services and investment management groups at US law firm Goodwin Procter, says the SEC's amendments to »