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HedgeNordic’s Yearbook available for download

The Nordic Alternatives Handbook 2008 is now available for download. The 2008 yearbook gives an overview of the 127 funds currently listed in the...

New FSA rules make HFs suffering

London-based hedge fund GLG Partners and Tiger Global Management were among the first hedge funds to be negatively affected by the new FSA rules,...

Iceland’s central bank urged to stop the krona’s fall

Iceland's businesses have urged the central bank to act and bring the fall of the krona to a halt,  the FT reported.After having sparked...

HFs less secretive than perceived

Typically HFs are blamed of being secretive, but a new survey from PWC shows that they are less secretive in some respects than people...

Top 25 HF foundations manage record sum USD4.6bn

Despite the fact that the industry may have seen better times it shows that it has a big heart.So far in 2008, total annual...

FSN Capital closes EUR375m fund

The Nordic buyoutfirm FSN Capital Partners shut down its fund FSN Capital II at EUR375m, altassets reported, because it was substantially oversubscribed, it was...

NHX up 1.51% for May (estimate) UPDATE 1

With June halfway through the preliminary May result for the NHX is 1.51%, based on reports of 45% of the 129 funds. The YTD...

First HF discloses big short position in HBOS

Harbinger Capital Partners, a USD20bn hedge fund manager, specialising in distressed debt and special situations became the first to disclose a short position in...

Hedge fund launches reaches 8-year low, says HFR

Volatility on the global financial markets caused according to new data from industry information provider Hedge Fund Research the fewest HF launches since 2000 in...

NHX up 1.55% in May, preliminary estimate

With June halfway through the preliminary May result for the NHX is 1.55%, based on reports of 41% of the 129 funds. The YTD result...

John Paulson says credit crisis could cost USD1.3tr

Star sub prime hedge fund manager John Pauls

HF executives say good times ahead for global macro, market neutral

Top hedge fund managers said that global macro and market neutral strategies are likely to perform best during the next 12 to 18 months,...
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