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Occitan To Close Amidst Losses
May 22 2013 | 12:41pm ET
Occitan Capital Partners is closing its doors after less than three years in business.
The London-based hedge fund has returned most investor capital and will close within a few months. Firm founders Herve Gallo and Thomas de Garidel-Thoron elected to pull the plug earlier this year, after losing money in both 2011 and 2012, including a 14% drop in the latter.
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Preqin: Institutional Investors To Up Alts. Allocations
May 23 2013 | 11:36am ET
Institutional investors remain bullish on alternatives, according to the latest data from Preqin, with most planning to maintain or increase their allocations to hedge funds, private equity, real estate and infrastructure in 2013.
Citadel Technology Licensing Business Grows Quickly
May 23 2013 | 11:11am ET
Citadel Investment Group is among the most successful hedge funds in history, so it's little wonder that other firms are lining up to license its technology.
I-Bank Buys Administrator Hedge Fund Solutions
May 23 2013 | 11:10am ET
Boutique investment bank North Street Group is getting into the hedge fund administration business with the acquisition of Hedge Fund Solutions.
London Hedge Funds Targeted By Anti-G8 Protesters
May 23 2013 | 11:10am ET
In an echo of 2011's Occupy Wall Street protests, anti-G8 activists are targeting the London offices of 17 hedge funds.
Australia Regulator Looks To Redefine 'Hedge Fund'
May 23 2013 | 10:39am ET
Before issuing new transparency guidelines and other regulatory changes, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is asking an important question: What, exactly, is a hedge fund?
Rhode Island Discloses Hedge Fund Fees
May 23 2013 | 10:39am ET
Facing criticism over its state pension fund's hedge fund portfolio, Rhode Island's general treasurer is opening up about how much the state is paying for them.
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Q&A: We'll See You In Court
May 23 2013 | 12:18pm ET
Litigation financing is a relatively new field that has recently attracted a host of hedge funds, including Juridica Investments, Burford Capital, Harbour Litigation Funding, Calunius Capital, Argentum Capital and Giltspur Capital. That the last of these is being wound up attests to the challenges players face.
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Jelisavcic: ‘This Is An Optimal Time To Invest In Distressed Debt’
May 10 2013 | 5:12am ET
This is an optimal time to invest in distressed debt, specifically, through the product tanker market, writes investment industry veteran Vladimir Jelisavcic. In this guest article, the co-founder of Longacre Fund Management, who last year founded Bowery Investment Management, explains why.
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Tobias Widow Woman Who Flipped Off Basketball Player
May 10 2013 | 12:08pm ET
The widow of hedge fund manager Seth Tobias is back in the news. Filomena Tobias has been identified as the woman angrily sticking her middle finger into face of the Chicago Bulls' Joakim Noah as he walked off the court, following his ejection from Wednesday's game.
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May 17 2013 | 1:00pm ET
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