Wall Street Journal
The Brains of Hedge-Fund Operations
Wall Street Journal
By JEN WIECZNER Of all the elite financial circles, hedge-fund titans may be the most exclusive—and some of the most tight-lipped when it comes to talking to the press. Hedge-fund heavyweights may invest in companies going public more often than they ...

Ex-UKFI chief Cooksey joins hedge fund
Financial Times
By Robin Wigglesworth in London Sir David Cooksey, the former chairman of UK Financial Investments, the vehicle that holds the government's stake in bailed-out banks, has joined the advisory board of Strategic Value Partners (SVP), a hedge fund, ...

TheStreet.com
Hedge Fund Roundup 5/17/2012
ComplianceX
by Staff Writer on May 17, 2012 Hedge Fund All-Stars Appearing at Yankee Stadium [HedgeFundNet] Yankee Stadium seems like the perfect setting for a meeting of the hedge fund industry's heavy hitters. Turns out that will be the case Thursday when ...
Hedge Fund All-Stars Appearing at Yankee StadiumHedge Fund Net
Hot Biotech Stocks Traded by Hedge Funds in First QuarterTheStreet.com
HFMWeek Daily Snapshot - 17 MayHFMWeek (blog)

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Wall Street Journal
Magnetar, Notorious Hedge Fund, Has Been In Trouble Many Times Before
Huffington Post
The hedge fund Magnetar helped create billions of dollars' worth of risky deals called collateralized debt obligations, many of which failed spectacularly in the financial crisis. Magnetar, meanwhile, had taken positions that allowed the firm to profit ...
SEC looking at hedge fund as part of CDO inquiryReuters
SEC Probes Role of Hedge Fund in CDOsWall Street Journal

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Bloomberg
Lessons From a Hedge Fund Conference
BusinessWeek
There's a reason hedge fund managers don't have their own reality show They are not natural performers. During the talk by Dwight Anderson, the managing partner of Ospraie Management, a commodities-focused fund, snoring could be heard in the ...
Hedge-Fund Stars Come OutWall Street Journal
No big insights at "best ideas" hedge-fund eventReuters
Hedge fund managers reveal "best ideas" at eventCNBC.com
Wall Street & Technology -Hedge Fund Net -Benzinga
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Hedge Fund Stars Gundlach and Einhorn Have a Sixth Sense --They See Dead Countries
Forbes
At the Ira Sohn conference Wednesday, rock star investors gave their best picks to a well-dressed group of 2000 attendees from hedge funds and mutual funds around the world. At the 17 th Annual Conference, where proceeds go to fund pediatric cancer ...

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Hedge Funds Review Magazine
'Goldfinger' Firm Mulls Metals Hedge Fund
FINalternatives
ASA Gold and Precious Metals may get into the hedge fund business, more than 50 years after it started to trade gold-linked securities. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company has run a closed-end fund listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 1958, ...
ASA considers long/short hedge fund launchHedge Funds Review Magazine

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What the hedge fund elite are buying
MarketWatch
Follow on Twitter: @mickwe By Mick Weinstein Great notes on yesterday's Ira Sohn Conference of hedge fund heavies from Marketfolly and Josh Brown . • Related-party transactions between Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) and Wexford Capital raise John ...

CTV.ca
Bill Ackman's hedge fund faces toughest battle yet: boost CPR profitability
Calgary Herald
The Wall Street hedge-fund manager, who for months sought to unseat Fred Green and board members while winning round after bloody round in the highly charged proxy fight, finally claimed victory when the company abruptly threw in the towel, ...
Hedge fund wins battle to control Canadian PacificInternational Railway Journal
Showdown for CPR's future favours activist hedge fundVancouver Sun
Perform or get outNational Post
Hamilton Spectator -San Francisco Chronicle
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Telegraph.co.uk
Goldman Hedge Fund To Double Money On Facebook IPO
FINalternatives
Goldman Sachs' largest internal hedge fund is set to sell a chunk of its Facebook shares at a very tidy profit, indeed. Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, the four-year-old equity hedge fund run within Goldman by former proprietary trading chief Ranaan ...
Facebook shareholders selling more sharesChristian Science Monitor
Goldman Plans to Sell $1 Billion of Facebook Holdings in IPOSan Francisco Chronicle
A better IPO than FacebookMarketWatch
Minyanville.com -msnbc.com (blog) -Fox Business
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Hedge Fund Lone Pine Capital Opts for SS&C's Form PF Tool
Advanced Trading
By Justin Grant Lone Pine Capital LLC, a long-short equity hedge fund with nearly $22.7 billion in assets under management, announced plans to use SS&C Technologies' software to help it meet the new Form PF requirements. SS&C said its Form PF tool is a ...
Lone Pine Capital Taps SS&C's Form PF SolutionWall Street & Technology
Lone Pine Capital quadruples El Paso stakeHouston Business Journal
SS&C wins Form PF mandate from $23bn Lone PineHFMWeek (blog)

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More Hedge Funds Are Selling Apple Stock
NASDAQ
Apple has been a wildly popular stock among the hedge fund gurus we track. Fewer mutual fund gurus own the stock as they are more toward traditional Ben Graham and Warren Buffett type of value investor. For the first quarter we have observed a lot ...

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HedgeCo.net
Hedge Fund Mergers & Acquisitions: Bryn Mawr Bank / Davidson Trust Company
HedgeCo.net
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation, parent of The Bryn Mawr Trust Company, today announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of the Davidson Trust Company from Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. and members of ...

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HedgeCo.net
Hedge Fund Law Firm Adds 12 Private Equity And Real Estate Specialists
HedgeCo.net
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge fund law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (“SRZ”), which specializes in regulatory compliance, is undergoing a major expansion of its New York office with the addition of a group of leading private equity and real estate ...

Form PF Filing Dates Approaching for Registered Hedge Fund Advisers Managing ...
HedgeCo.net (blog)
An adviser subject to the June 15, 2012 compliance date as a result of its advice to hedge funds and/or liquidity funds will need to file its initial Form PF for June 30, 2012 (which will be due August 29, 2012 for hedge fund advisers and July 15, ...

Ohio Pension Adds Comac To $3 Billion Hedge Fund Spend
FINalternatives
The Ohio Public Employees Retirement Systems continues to spend its new $3 billion hedge fund allocation. The latest beneficiary of its plan to deploy those billions by the end of the year is Comac Capital. The $73.3 billion public pension voted to ...
OPERS hires COMAC for $120m as part of $3bn hedge fund spendHFMWeek

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TheStreet.com
Hedge Fund Star Touts Top Tech Stocks
TheStreet.com
By Chris Ciaccia 05/17/12 - 10:08 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Hedge fund manager Philippe Laffont of Coatue Management touted Equinix(EQIX) and Virgin Media(VMED) as top tech stocks at the Ira Sohn Conference this week. The stocks, he explained, ...
Philippe Laffont on AAPL, FB, LNKD, EQIX and VMEDValueWalk
Ira Sohn: Laffont's Internet Bets Virgin Media And EquinixForbes
Laffont down on Apple, Facebook at Ira SohnMarketWatch (blog)

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Sportsnet.ca
Hedge Fund Manager In Seattle Arena Deal
FINalternatives
Hedge fund manager Chris Hansen is a step closer to his dream of bringing professional basketball back to his hometown, Seattle. The San Francisco-based Hansen's ArenaCo signed a memorandum of understanding with the city and King County yesterday.
Arena deal to get council scrutiny; Sodo businesses remain worriedThe Seattle Times
SEATTLE'S NBA PREFERENCE MAY HELP QUEBEC'S NHL BIDSportsnet.ca
206 Clicks: Seattle Arena Plan Moves ForwardSB Nation Seattle
Northwest Cable News -BusinessWeek
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HedgeCo.net
Hedge Fund Vet Hire for Agecroft Partners
Hedge Fund Net
by Ricardo Kaulessar , Editor Hedge fund third-party marketing firm Agecroft Partners has brought on a new managing director. Agecroft announced Wednesday that Cara Fleckenstein's new role requires her to carry out due diligence on potential hedge fund ...
Agecroft Partners Hires Hedge Fund VeteranHedgeCo.net

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Advent Software Wins 2012 "Best IT Provider" Award by The Hedge Fund Journal
MarketWatch (press release)
The Hedge Fund Journal recognized Advent for a second consecutive year, for its industry-leading platform for alternative investment managers,* which supports the growth and success of European hedge funds. Advent's platform for alternative investment ...

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