Activist hedge fund to target Europe
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Guy Wyser-Pratte, the New York-based arbitrageur, has teamed up with one of the co-founders of Knight Vinke asset management to launch an activist hedge fund to target underperforming European companies.
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LONDON - A former Wall Street stockbroker plans to start a hedge fund in an ambitious drive to halve the value of Coca-Cola&#39;s shares within 12 months.
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A cadre of buyout shops are expected to try to raise a total of &#36;45 billion for new European funds in the next year and a half.
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Britain's Man Group Plc , the world's biggest listed hedge fund firm, said on Thursday it had set the indicative price range for the initial public offering of its U.S. brokerage business at $36 to $39 a share.
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A new Goldman Sachs Group  stock hedge fund could be launched with more than $6 billion, with some investors expecting the fund to attract as much $10 billion, people familiar with the fund said.
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Knight Vinke Asset Management, which has a track record of initiating change at large companies, has found its latest target in Europeâs biggest bank.
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Big-ticket executives and the  directors who bankroll them will be top targets for activist  shareholders as the proxy campaigns for next year's annual  corporate meetings get under way, governance experts predict.
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State-linked investment funds in Qatar and Singapore are interested in buying almost one third of the London Stock Exchange from the US Nasdaq market, media reported on Monday.
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Investors, looking for gold in hedge funds, have found dross.
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An activist hedge fund that has feuded with the railroad operator CSX over its strategy proposed a slate of five alternate directors on Wednesday, beginning a proxy fight.
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Under attack by politicians and trade union leaders, European private equity firms are trying to rescue their reputation.
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Man Group , the world's biggest listed hedge fund firm, has set the indicative price range for the flotation of its U.S. brokerage arm, MF Global, valuing the unit between $4.6 billion and $5 billion.
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Business & money: Meeting in Gothenburg next month to be attended by institutional investors from around the world
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TORONTO (CP) - Canada's two largest pension funds are jointly investing &#36;1.2 billion to launch a new European investment fund, which will provide venture capital to growing private companies as they mature beyond their startup phase.
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As investors search for ways to diversify risk, hedge funds have expanded investments beyond stocks and bonds into art, wine, rare stamps and even soccer players.
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Socially responsible funds are raking in the assets.
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The Texas Pacific Group is demonstrating how private equity financiers have become catalysts in reshaping business in Europe.