In addition to recalcitrant portfolio companies, Pirate Capital’s Thomas Hudson has another reason to be angry this month: recalcitrant investors.
Investors withdrew roughly half its remaining assets on Jun. 30, leaving the once $2 billion fund with just about $400 million, Hedge Fund Alert reports.
Leading the departures was fund of funds shop GAM, which alone accounts for as much as $300 million of the withdrawals.
Gabriel KurlandBy Gabriel Kurland: On November 12, 2009, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (“SFO”), an independent government department that investigates and prosecutes fraud and corruption cases, announced that it is probing the London-based, Dynamic Decisions Capital Management Ltd., after the matter was referred to it by the Financial Services Authority. More...
Ireland has launched the EUR 26 million ($40 million) Bank of Ireland Seed and Early Stage Equity Fund to invest in startup and early stage companies. More...