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Hedge Funds

Hedgies Likely Want to Forget Q2 Performance

July 22, 2010 - After a rough second quarter, many managers are scrambling to stave off redemptions and stay afloat

Turnaround Firm Grows in N.Y.

May 6, 2010 - Ex-Traxi pro helps MorrisAnderson with East Coast expansion.

NewOak Brings on CRE Pro

April 29, 2010 - NewOak Capital, a New York-based asset manager and advisory firm, hired Carlos Vigon to develop a new business that will buy and actively manage real estate properties for clients, mostly institutional investors.

California CDS Probe Clears Underwriters

April 22, 2010 - California’s big underwriters make markets in credit default swaps on the biggest municipal issuer’s general obligation bonds, but they don’t seem to be betting against the state.

Nomura Jumps into Tech M&A

April 22, 2010 - Sasson Darwish last week became Nomura Securities’ first major tech banker in North America, where the Japanese firm expects a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

Adviser Sees Danger in Risk’s Return

April 22, 2010 - While the rally in equity markets is good news for investors, complacency may have drifted back in among institutional investors, and this worries Steven Drobny, co-founder of Drobny Global Advisors.

KBW Launches New Practice

March 18, 2010 - JPMorgan veteran will lead firm’s real estate I-banking team.

Wall and Main Streets Talk Past Each Other

March 11, 2010 - Two groups gathered in the San Francisco Bay Area this week to discuss municipal bonds, public budgets and interest rate swaps.

Banking on a Growing Deficit

March 11, 2010 - New broker-dealer Pierpont brings together a trio that has worked on and off together for the better part of three decades.

C.P. Eaton Expands Ranks

March 11, 2010 - C.P. Eaton Partners hired Loren Boston, a fundraising veteran and former global head of origination for Bank of America Merrill Lynch's private-equity funds group, as part of the advisory firm's efforts to grab market share from larger rivals.

Funds Seek Alpha in Main Street Banking

March 11, 2010 - FDIC-assisted deals, attractive valuations, improving economy provide a potential windfall for holders of equity.

Capital Gem May Lie in Crisis Rubble

March 11, 2010 - Tarp warrants could spawn a new source of funding for banks. But it may be years before this becomes a regular font of capital.

High Yield: The New Wellspring

March 11, 2010 - Junk-rated companies are finding it easier and cheaper to raise money in the bond market and rely less on bank loans.

Arriving in Familiar Territory

March 4, 2010 - Shannon Lowry Nagle’s first day as a partner in Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s bankruptcy and restructuring practice may have been this week, but she’s no stranger to Fried Frank partners such as Gary Kaplan and Brad Eric Scheler.

Who Will Lead the Regional Pack?

February 18, 2010 - Winners within banking world may be decided by who has less exposure to commercial real estate debt battered by the recession.