International Business News - Hedge Funds http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif As hard-hit Western banks and hedge funds scramble to sell their Asian loans and bonds, one newcomer expects to pick up these choice assets at rarely seen discounts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215870-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090626/hedge-funds-see-potential-asia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090626/hedge-funds-see-potential-asia.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:08:20 EDT Buy-out houses are doing smaller deals, borrowing less money and are more involved in hands-on management, as the crisis pushes them back to the roots of their industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/private-equity-and-hedgies-go-back-future.htm Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:57:41 EDT HSBC Global Asset Management says it is finally seeing inflows into some of its hedge funds and believes it may have reached a "tipping point" after a tough period of client withdrawals. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211939-bill-maldonado.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/hsbc-sees-quot-tipping-point-quot-hedge-fund-outflows.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090410/hsbc-sees-quot-tipping-point-quot-hedge-fund-outflows.htm Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:51:48 EDT Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, said on Friday it would "restructure" its relationships with hedge fund managers to better control its assets and urged them to base their fees on long-term instead of short-term performance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/calpers-seeks-greater-control-over-hedge-funds.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:21:34 EDT Four of the world's top hedge fund managers took home 10-figure paychecks last year even as the loosely regulated industry delivered its worst returns and hundreds of fund firms were forced out of business. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211224-hedge-funds.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090325/top-hedge-fund-earners-take-home-billions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090325/top-hedge-fund-earners-take-home-billions.htm Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:46:01 EDT Bridgewater Associates Inc, one of the world's biggest hedge-fund managers, said on Tuesday it might be interested in participating in the U.S. Treasury's public-private investment program, calling it a "big transfer of money from the government to the banks and to the buyers." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090325/hedge-fund-bridgewater-mullss-toxic-asset-plan.htm Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:04:13 EDT Boutique investment firms and top hedge funds are slowly lapping up the cream of global banking talent as the financial crisis forces banks to cut staff and limit the pay of their top risk-takers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210915-lehman-brothers.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/boutiques-hedge-funds-lure-cream-global-banking.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090318/boutiques-hedge-funds-lure-cream-global-banking.htm Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:30:17 EDT Global assets of hedge funds may drop to $1.2 trillion by the end of the first quarter, down 35 percent from 2007 as the number of managers decline and funds rely less on strategies that use leverage, a UBS executive said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090217/ubs-sees-35-percent-drop-hedge-fund-assets.htm Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:32:59 EST