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• Brown and Sarkozy call for special tax on bank bonuses

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  PARIS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for an exceptional tax on global bank bonuses in a joint newspaper column on Thursday.
  3 hours ago

• Non Gulf Bond Holders Threaten to ‘Go Nuclear’ Over Repayment of Bonds

  
  USA2UAE.COM — Authority: 115
  …Meanwhile, bondholders of the Nakheel sukuk that is due to be redeemed on Monday took part in a conference call organised by Deutsche Bank yesterday. Deutsche Bank, which is trustee to the sukuk, said it was seeking clarity from the issuer about its plans to restructure debt, according to two investors who ...
  4 hours ago

• Who isn’t more focused on operational risk management these days? Somebody.

  
  AllAboutAlpha.com — Authority: 568
  The vast majority believe there is, and should be, a new world order when it comes to operational due diligence. Yet not everyone believes new and improved methods can accomplish much more than before.
  10 hours ago

• Seth Klarmans Baupost Group Sells More Syneron Medical (ELOS)

  
  market folly — Authority: 587
  In an amended 13G just filed with the SEC, Seth Klarmans hedge fund Baupost Group has disclosed a 5.45% ownership stake in Syneron Medical (ELOS). The filing was made due to activity on November 30th, 2009 and they now hold 1,500,000 shares. This is a decrease from their prior holdings. As we detailed when we ...
  12 hours ago

• The Informant’s Incentive

  
  Wall Street Pit — Authority: 639
  This October, prosecutors announced a case of hedge fund insider trading with multiple arrests and perp walks amid great media fanfare. Revelations from court documents have become curiouser and curiouser.The government’s key witness, Roomy Khan, comes across as a determined practitioner of...
  15 hours ago

• Philip Falcones Harbinger Capital Sells More Calpine (CPN)

  
  market folly — Authority: 587
  Philip Falcones hedge fund firm Harbinger Capital Partners has recently filed a Form 4 with the SEC on Calpine (CPN). In the filing, we see that Harbinger has sold a total of 561,621 shares. On December 2nd, they sold 336,000 shares at a price of $11.24. The next day on December 3rd, they sold 65,269 shares at a ...
  16 hours ago

• Ready for HFT incubators

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  So is the high-frequency trading movement for real? You bet it is. And some expect to see more dedicated high frequency trading shops crop up. But exactly how will this happen? The environment for hedge fund start ups in general is a bit tasking right now. A hedge fund aiming to do nothing but high frequency trading ...
  17 hours ago

• Goldman Sachs to tinker with payout percentages?

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  So far this year, Goldman Sachs ( GS ) has set aside nearly 50 percent of revenue for compensation and benefits. Thats historically high. The gilded bank allocated 48 percent in 2008, 43.9 percent in 2007 and 43.7 percent in 2006. Bloomberg notes that the compensation committee may well tinker with the ...
  17 hours ago

• More Signs of Revival in Hedge Fund Industry

  
  DealBook — Authority: 766
  The hedge fund industry is showing further signs of revival, as new fund start-ups exceeded the number of liquidations in the third quarter for the first time since the financial crisis hit its worst point last year, according to Hedge Fund Research, a data provider.
  17 hours ago

• Darling slaps supertax on bank bonuses

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor Alistair Darling set the stage for the coming election, announcing on Wednesday a one-off super tax on bank bonuses and other higher taxes on the rich.
  20 hours ago

• Event Driven Hedge Funds Outperform in November

  
  Hedge Fund News From HedgeCo.Net — Authority: 440
  New York (HedgeCo.net) – Hedge funds regained momentum in November following October’s muted returns, according to the Credit Suisse Tremont Index. A number of Global Macro quant funds had their best month of the year which helped make up some of their losses in the second and third quarters. Gains came mainly ...
  21 hours ago

• HSBC sells Asia stocks

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  TAIPEI (Reuters) - HSBCs fund firm is taking profit on its Asian equities holdings, but it plans to return to Asian markets early in 2010 as Chinese and Indian economies continue to post solid growth, an executive said on Wednesday.
  1 day ago

• Hedge fund assets climb back above $2 trillion

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund assets crossed the $2 trillion (1.2 trillion pound) level for the first time in a year, signaling investors new willingness to return to alternative assets less than 12 months after the sector suffered heavy losses.
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• Aberdeen’s Griffiths hunting for the exit

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  LONDON (Reuters) - Armed with memories of his first bear market, Paul Griffiths, global head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management, is determined not to make the mistake of missing signs for the exit.
  1 day ago

• Investors edgy over “bank bashing” bonus tax

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  LONDON (Reuters) - A windfall tax on bank bonuses risks being seen as "bank bashing", and is making investors worry the government will go too far in its bid to check pay in the sector, a leading fund manager said.
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• Manhattan sugar daddy supported Woods’ ‘mistress’ Cori Rist financially

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  New York, Dec 9 (ANI): A Manhattan sugar daddy helped New York City party girl Cori Rist, the latest in an ever-lengthening line of sexy women linked to Tiger Woods, pay rent.The hedge fund honcho admits he wired Rist 100,000 dollars because ’she wasn’t able to support herself.’“She is a friend and that is ...
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• London financial job vacancies jump

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  LONDON (Reuters) - The number of vacancies in Londons financial services industry rose on annual basis for the first time in two years in November, showing improving confidence in the recession-battered city is reflected in the jobs market.
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• Gold, cash and short ETFs for 2010

  
  ArabianMoney.Net — Authority: 435
  Having dismissed equities as an investment for 2010 unless or until there is a substantial correction or crash (click here), then readers are still owed a more positive view of how to actually invest. For even dollars in a bank account are a play on the greenback and the bank.Yesterday I had lunch with my [...]
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• Can Morgan Stanley catch Goldman Sachs?

  
  OSHedge Blog — Authority: 154
  The James Gorman era has begun. The once and future king of Morgan Stanley ( MS ), with John Mack hovering as chairman for two years, announced a series of executive changes with an eye on catching up to Goldman Sachs ( GS ) in institutional trading. Colm Kelleher, now chief financial officer, will become ...
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• The Informant’s Incentive

  
  ThinkMarkets — Authority: 566
  by Chidem Kurdas This October, prosecutors announced a case of hedge fund insider trading with multiple arrests and perp walks amid great media fanfare. Revelations from court documents have become curiouser and curiouser. The government’s key witness, Roomy Khan, comes across as a determined practitioner of ...
  1 day ago

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