Launches: DE Shaw launches first private equity fund, Kyle Bass shifts focus to conservation equity through private equity fund

Kyle Bass is changing his focus from hedge funds to the environment. His new firm, Conservation Equity Management, a private [Read More]
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Lijaro receives strategic acceleration investment from ERS of Texas and PAAMCO Launchpad

London-based Lijaro Asset Management, a $600 million+ sector-specialist long/short equity manager focusing on industrials and cyclical sectors with a global [Read More]
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Performance Round-Up II: Long/short equity managers also suffer in January

As more January returns trickle in, we hear long/short equity managers generally experienced losses. Many suffered double-digit losses during market [Read More]
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Performance Round-Up: Large managers suffer in volatile January

Early indications show volatile stocks took their toll on some of the largest managers in January. The possibility of interest [Read More]
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Report puts blame on Aon for PSER’s investment calculation error

The board of the $73 billion Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System met for eight hours yesterday with Womble Bond [Read More]
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