Below is the ever-controversial Michael Moore, he was on Larry King Live recently talking about the evils of capitalism and hedge funds.

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Below is a short excerpt about Tony Chedraoui starting a new hedge fund this year.  The Telegraph was nice enough to say that Tony is starting a $500M hedge fund, but as Fintag pointed out this morning typically these types of announcements mean that the fund hopes to launch soon and hopes to attract something near $500M.  This may seem like a small detail to professionals outside of the industry but those who have raised capital for new funds know how challenging this is process can be.  

Tony Chedraoui, who used to run the The Deephaven European Event Fund, has started up Tyrus Capital, a global hedge fund that will focus on trading events, such as merger deals.


Mr Chedraoui is expected to attract strong interest from backers and investors, said investment advisers. This is because the Deephaven European Event Fund, which last year won the EuroHedge award for best performance in 2008, managed to weather the financial crisis to rise by around 17.31pc. The average event-driven fund was down 14.91pc in 2008, according to the HSBC index. Source

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Below is an excerpt about how the FSA is standing up for hedge funds in Europe, as Fintag stated, “hedge funds did not cause this crisis, banks did and now they are stronger than ever before.”

CITY regulator the Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday gave its support to hedge funds and called on the European Union (EU) to rethink its plans for a crackdown on the industry.

Managing director of the FSA’s risk division, Sally Dewar, said the EU must address weaknesses in the current rules in a “proportionate” way in its draft directive on alternative investment funds.

The directive is threatening new reporting rules that will damage the performance of the UK hedge fund industry – the biggest in Europe – as well as capital requirements and leverage limits. source

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The International Organization of Securities Commissions just released a new report providing additional hedge fund standards related to both liquidity risk and due diligence processes.  Here is a quote which FinAlternatives took out of the report this morning:

Liquidity Risk

In dealing with liquidity risk the fund of hedge funds’ manager should:

1. make reasonable enquiries in order to be in a position to consider if the fund of hedge funds’ liquidity is consistent with that of the underlying hedge funds, particularly in order to meet redemptions;
2. prior to investing, and during the investments’ lifetime, consider the liquidity of the types of the financial instruments held by the underlying hedge funds;
3. if introducing limited redemption arrangements, consider whether these are consistent with the fund of hedge funds’ aims and objectives. Moreover, their operation should comply with the conditions defined in the proposals; and
4. before and during any investment, consider whether conflicts of interest may arise between any underlying hedge fund and any other relevant parties.

Due Diligence Processes

These should be carried out prior to any investment being entered into and on a continuous basis following the commitment. They can be divided up into the following areas:

1. Elements requiring constant monitoring and analysis by the funds of hedge funds’ managers:
2. establishing and implementing appropriate due diligence procedures for the purpose of investment into hedge funds, which are reviewed regularly;
3. assessing the specific legal and regulatory requirements applicable in the hedge fund’s jurisdiction; and
4. carrying out appropriate due diligence on the underlying hedge fund whenever it is considered necessary.
5. Adequate resources, procedures and organizational structures necessary for the purpose of carrying out a proper and robust due diligence:
6. documented and traceable procedure for selecting hedge funds;
7. appropriately skilled staff and adequate technical resources to implement the due diligence procedures;
8. the resources, procedures and organizational structure to deal with any anomalies identified by due diligence system, to take the necessary corrective action and confirm that all procedures are traceable and have been catalogued;
9. Regularly assess if selection procedures for eligible underlying hedge funds have been properly met, or not met, and to explain any deviations; and
10. Outsourcing Due Diligence  If a fund of hedge funds’ manager wishes to authorize the outsourcing of any aspect of its due diligence it should: determine that any conflicts of interest are adequately addressed; and consider the extent that outsourcing of due diligence is consistent with the IOSCO Principles on Outsourcing of Financial Services for Market Intermediaries.

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Just saw this interesting article on the level of foreign exchange reserves China now has in hand, interesting…

“In a world of systemic instability, reserves mean power. Reserves mean you can defend your currency, stabilise your banking system and boost your economy without resorting to yet more borrowing – or, worse still, the printing press.

More than half of China’s reserves are denominated in dollars. So when the dollar falls, China loses serious money. When you’re talking about a dollar-reserve number involving 12 zeros, even a modest weakening of the greenback sees China’s wealth takes a mighty hit.” source

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