Article: Distressed Investing Seen as Top 2008 Performer

Article: Credit Where Credit Is Due; Hedge fund managers are increasingly looking for winning strategies in the credit markets.(Hudge Funds)
Investment Dealers' Digest;  February 9, 2009 ;     625 words ......of launching a hedge fund of funds devoted entirely to the credit markets. The BCM Credit...five to 10 credit hedge fund managers-fund...a London-based hedge fund firm with $100...experience in the credit markets under his belt...global head ...

Article: Blackstone buys hedge fund for $1bn
The Independent - London;  January 11, 2008 ;     225 words ......powerful player in the hedge fund industry, is paying...specialising in the credit markets. The acquisition of...funds that Blackstone's hedge fund business allocates...dislocation in the credit markets, this is an ideal time...

Article: Blackstone's GSO Hedge Fund Shuts Asia Desk
Daily News;  January 13, 2009 ;     273 words ......Blackstone Group's $25 billion credit hedge fund, is closing its Asia investment...because there were better debt and credit investment opportunities in the...reached for comment. GSO is a hedge fund, mezzanine fund and senior debt...leveraged buyout team, including a hedge ...

Article: Checks And Balances; Hedge fund of funds are going to have to regain the trust of investors following their exposure to Madoff.(Bernie Madoff)
Investment Dealers' Digest;  January 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Gerelyn Terzo The hedge fund industry has never been known for...demand for more disclosure than the hedge fund of funds segment of the market...and Tremont Group Holdings, both hedge fund of funds, had billions of dollars...

Article: Market turmoil a test for Citadel; Hedge fund's moves to cash in on crisis encounter hidden risks.(News)
Crain's Chicago Business;  August 27, 2007 ;     474 words ......distressed housing and credit markets came straight out of the giant hedge fund's playbook: Pounce on...plenty of upside, even if credit markets recover only modestly...not cause losses. As credit markets have contracted, Citadel...

Article: Brennan launches debt hedge fund.
Financial News;  October 8, 2001 ;     231 words ......veteran of the debt and credit markets, has launched a European debt hedge fund. Brennan, who was head...Europe's first all-female hedge fund manager, is also backing...European long/short equity hedge fund last week, was founded...

Article: questions abound: Investibility of hedge fund indexes debated; They're solid passive vehicles or marketing gimmicks, depending on whom you ask.
Pensions & Investments;  September 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...NEW YORK - Some hedge fund index providers are betting that institutions...toward new vehicles that track the returns of hedge fund indexes. But others say the drawbacks of investible hedge fund index strategies far outweigh the potential...

Article: London hedge fund Peloton liquidates $2bn flagship fund
The Independent - London;  February 29, 2008 ;     600 words ......of London's highest-profile hedge fund managers, fted just last month...one of its funds - blaming the credit crisis for a major squeeze across the hedge-fund industry. Peloton Partners, co-f...was a flight to quality in the credit markets, but the crisis that has ...

Article: Big players: MSCI, S&P move into crowded field of hedge fund indexers.(News: Morgan Stanley Capital International, Standard and Poor's)
Pensions & Investments;  November 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Chris Clair The hedge fund index world got a little more crowded...represent the returns of the $500 billion hedge fund industry, its several thousand funds...support of a broad spectrum of the hedge fund industry. Or its users, for that...

Article: Activists give hedge fund a taste of its own medicine
The Sunday Telegraph London;  April 1, 2007 ;     403 words ...MOST hedge fund managers are all too familiar with...one of London's most pre-eminent hedge fund managers, is about to find itself...the knock-on effects on the global credit markets have prompted it to warn of falling...investment vehicles floated by a major UK hedge fund ...

Article: Registration likely: How far will hedge fund rules go? Don't underestimate the SEC in its pursuit of fraud cases, warns Paul Roye.(Securities and Exchange Commission)
Pensions & Investments;  July 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Christine Williamson WASHINGTON - The hedge fund industry is certain the SEC will begin...William H. Donaldson to get proposed hedge fund regulation changes past other SEC commissioners...predict fast action. Before Labor Day, the hedge fund industry will have its marching orders...

Article: Down, but not out: the hedge fund industry may be a mess, but it's still poised to outpace equities again in 2009.(BUILDING WEALTH: CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES)
Wealth Manager;  February 1, 2009 ;     545 words ......hitting them in December hedge fund-of-funds investors...minimal volatility. The credit crisis changed all...related losses and hedge fund investors rushing for...global liquidity in the credit markets all but dried up. Prices...fertile soil of the hedge fund ...

Article: Bank bailout a 'sweet deal,' hedge fund managers say.(Business)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  November 14, 2008 ;     312 words ...WASHINGTON -- Hedge fund managers, who rank among some of the world's shrewdest...generous to recipients, said John Paulson, president of hedge fund Paulson & Co. He was among five hedge fund managers questioned yesterday by the U.S. House oversight...a $700 billion (U.S.) bailout ...

Article: SEB Fund Arm Plans Credit Hedge Fund
Reuters Hedgeworld;  June 23, 2009 ;     249 words ......planning to launch a global credit hedge fund in the autumn to take advantage...mis-pricing opportunities in the credit markets. Peter Branner, global head...investment grade and high yield credit markets where the turbulence...SEB still saw demand for hedge ...