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Industry Watches Arden Experiment

October 29, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Fund of funds firm Arden, a well-established player in the institutional market, is (more…)

Tags:Arden Asset Management, Averell Mortimer, Financial innovation, Mutual Fund, Regulation
Posted in Mutual Funds, Regulation, SEC | Leave a Comment »

Are New KKR Funds Competitive?

October 24, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Private equity manager KKR says it will use (more…)

Tags:credit, European debt crisis, George Roberts, Henry Kravis, KKR
Posted in Credit, Mutual Funds, Private Equity | 2 Comments »

Synergy, Banks, Blackstone

October 18, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

According to Alfred Chandler, the great business (more…)

Tags:Blackstone Group, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Laurence Tosi, Vikram Pandit
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JP Morgan Highbridge Housing Bet

October 16, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Will JP Morgan’s $26 billion hedge fund business Highbridge Capital (more…)

Tags:Beazer Homes, Glenn Dubin, HedgeFundAlert, Housing recovery, JP Morgan Chase
Posted in Economic Forecast, Managers, Real Estate | 1 Comment »

Cerberus SPV Attracted Customers

October 11, 2012

An emergency special-purpose vehicle set up in the 2009 crisis to contain assets considered toxic (more…)

Tags:Financial crisis, Stephen Feinberg
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Bubble Fears Shape Search for Yield

October 8, 2012

Chidem Kurdas

Facing record low rates and high prices – two sides of the bond quandary – investors (more…)

Tags:Bank Loans, BlueMountain, Bond, Brandywine Global, GAM International, Guggenheim Partners, Interest rates, Legg Mason, PIMCO
Posted in Credit, Managers | 2 Comments »