Avenue Capital, a major hedge fund, is in the final stages of talks to buy a Chinese medical equipment company backed by a unit of Citigroup in a deal worth over $100 million, sources familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The exclusive talks for Shenzhen-based Landwind between Avenue Capital,...
LONDON, Sept 17 - A draft European Union law is under discussion to authorise and supervise managers of alternative funds such as hedge funds and private equity. At a conference in London on Thursday, British...
LONDON, Sept 17 - Draft European Union plans to regulate hedge fund and private equity managers would shut out American competitors from the bloc's markets, a U.S. official told a conference on Thursday. EU governments...
LONDON, Sept 11 - A draft European Union law to regulate the managers of hedge funds and other alternative investment funds may be strengthened despite fierce opposition from Britain and industry, a senior EU lawmaker...
* 14 of 15 major hedge fund strategies to deliver at least average returns * Only three of 15 seen giving above average returns * Allocations and optimism grow towards fixed income LONDON, Sept 1...
NEW YORK, July 21 - Investors vexed by losses and shoddy treatment last year are not abandoning hedge funds, as feared, but are making fund managers bend. The market meltdown of 2008 led to record...
* CIMA may reveal fund directors, manager, administrators * Pressure grows globally for hedge fund disclosure * Fund closures fall to pre-credit crisis levels LONDON, June 22 - The Cayman Islands, home to most of...
* Proposed EU rules erect barriers to U.S. managers * Rules could compel U.S. firms to create units in EU NEW YORK, June 17 - While U.S. hedge fund managers brace for tougher regulation out...
WASHINGTON, June 16 - A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday that would require advisers of hedge funds, private equity, venture capital funds and other private investment pools to register with the...
* Hedge fund liquidations down by half to 376 in quarter * Nearly 200 funds of funds closed in quarter * Industry now totals 9,050 funds, down 1,200 since mid-08 NEW YORK, June 16 -...