http://www.iimagazine.comhttp://new.iimagazine.com©2010 II Magazine60Institutional Investor: AlternativesActivity is surging this year, both in number and in deal size.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2658847/Private-Equity-Firms-Are-Busy-Buying-Up-Banks.htmlMon, 30 Aug 2010 17:09:00 GMTWhile experts debate whether or not there will be a double-dip recession, billionaire Carl Icahn keeps adding to his positions.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2658594/While-Investors-Ponder-Icahn-Keeps-Buying.htmlSat, 28 Aug 2010 00:02:00 GMTIronically, the new rule favors special interest groups. Are hedge funds upset by the new rule’s restrictions seemed aimed at the most aggressive investors? Probably not. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2657076/Proxy-Access-Rule-Aims-to-Block-Hedge-Funds.htmlWed, 25 Aug 2010 22:29:00 GMTThe founder of Harbinger Capital Partners is launching a bold broadband assault on the established telecom players. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2654858/Hedge-Fund-Manager-Philip-Falcone-Takes-On-Big-Telecom.htmlFri, 20 Aug 2010 19:10:00 GMTMoody’s plans to release a description of its surveillance process for rating local government debt this fall. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2653532/Moodys-Is-Poised-to-Release-Explanation-of-Surveillance-Process.htmlWed, 18 Aug 2010 17:40:00 GMTGLG’s Roman: “It’s all about performance”http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2651321/Timing-is-Everything.htmlFri, 13 Aug 2010 14:12:00 GMTInstitutional investors need to take a long, hard look at venture capital.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2651318/Will-Something-Turn-Up.htmlFri, 13 Aug 2010 14:08:00 GMTActivist Investors can be a Good Kick in the Butt for Management.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2650614/McDonalds-Happy-Deal-and-Activist-Hedge-Funds.htmlThu, 12 Aug 2010 15:39:00 GMTDavid Lee, manager of the T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund, talks http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2650601/Challenges-of-Investing-in-Real-Estate.htmlThu, 12 Aug 2010 14:27:00 GMTFilings suggest this activist investor may not be hands-off.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2649953/SACs-Cohen-Takes-a-Piece-of-Dollar-Thrifty.htmlWed, 11 Aug 2010 19:47:00 GMTInstitutional investors would benefit from considering small “seduced and then abandoned” companies.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2649799/Waiting-for-the-Game-Changer.htmlWed, 11 Aug 2010 16:13:00 GMTIs the Private Equity Market Coming Back?http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2648221/The-PE-Shell-Game.htmlMon, 09 Aug 2010 18:55:00 GMTIs Dan Loeb losing his edge? He's best known for his sometimes antagonistic, in-your-face activist positions. But lately, he's been just another boring, successful, rich hedge fund manager.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2646265/Dan-Youre-Boring-Me.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 22:51:00 GMTAlternative trading system opportunities abound in the Canadian market as it begins to warm up to the dizzying world of multiple networks.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2646248/Savvy-Wall-St-Vets-May-Look-North-to-Canada-for-Spreads.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 21:39:00 GMTHedge funds that use ETFs to make bets on the broad market or a specific sector risk tripping a modest ownership threshold.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2645473/How-ETFs-Can-Trip-Up-Hedge-Funds.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 05:18:00 GMTWhile hedge funds crave the glittery ore, pensions and endowments embrace gold exchange-traded funds.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2645449/Hedge-Funds-and-Institutional-Investors-Go-for-the-Gold.htmlThu, 05 Aug 2010 05:02:00 GMTCarl Icahn, who is juggling a number of activist investments right now, has upped his stake in Motorola again, to 9.9 percent. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2645145/Icahn-Ramping-Up-Motorola-Stake.htmlWed, 04 Aug 2010 19:47:00 GMTAn early look at July data shows that most long-short equity, multi-strategy and macro funds greatly lagged the major indexes for the month.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2644059/Hedge-Funds-Missed-Big-July-Move.htmlTue, 03 Aug 2010 17:06:00 GMTSince leaving Citadel last year, Matthew Andresen is on to his third act. He and two Citadel alumni have formed their own technology-focused trading business. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2643146/Third-Act-for-Matthew-Andresens-Career.htmlMon, 02 Aug 2010 18:43:00 GMTAt least four different high-profile managers have been dragged into the headlines for reasons that have nothing to do with how well or poorly they invest or where they think the market is headed.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2642352/Hedge-Fund-Managers-Top-Tabloid-Headlines.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 22:21:00 GMTPaul Greenwood pled guilty in Manhattan federal court this week to six charges, including conspiracy, securities fraud, commodities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering for misappropriating $554 million in client funds.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2642316/Hedge-Fund-Manager-Paul-Greenwood-Pleads-Guilty.htmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 20:44:00 GMT"Empty voting" is a practice favored by some activist hedge funds to boost their voting power in a company without putting up much money. The SEC wants to determine whether it is being used to inappropriately influence corporate voting results.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2639251/SEC-to-Address-Empty-Voting.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 22:48:00 GMTSecond in a series of five Capital eBooks looks inside the events that led to the Man Group, GLG Partners mergers. Access the latest Capital eBook to read additional capital feature stories from Institutional Investor Magazine.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2638373/Capital-eBook-Man-GLG-Merger.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 06:00:00 GMTA whistle-blower couple was awarded $1 million by the SEC for providing critical information in the alleged Pequot Capital Management insider trading case involving Microsoft securities.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2638348/Pequot-Whistle-Blowers-Get-1-Million-From-SEC.htmlTue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:00 GMTCameron Cox, a former analyst with Utah Retirement Systems in Salt Lake City, is sentenced for soliciting kick backs from a London hedge fund.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2637145/Former-Utah-Analyst-Sentenced-In-Hedge-Fund-Pay-to-Play-Scam.htmlFri, 23 Jul 2010 19:08:00 GMTToday, investors in hedge funds are more likely to be institutions such as university endowments, charitable foundations, public and private sector pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2636311/The-Institutionalization-of-the-Hedge-Fund-Industry.htmlThu, 22 Jul 2010 20:33:00 GMTJulian Robertson is mulling a "seeding" fund or a fund of hedge funds for outside investors, but his timing may not be that great. Many of his Tiger cubs — former fund managers — are struggling and are among the worst-performing hedge funds.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2635443/Tough-Year-for-Tiger-Cubs.htmlWed, 21 Jul 2010 22:27:00 GMTActivist hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein of Jana Partners is turning up the heat on Charles River Laboratories. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2634628/Janas-Rosenstein-Has-a-Different-Remedy-for-Charles-River.htmlWed, 21 Jul 2010 03:52:00 GMTA large number of high-profile hedge funds lost money in June. But the best performers in June, as well as for the year, are the funds managed by James Simons’ Renaissance Technologies. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2631494/Renaissance-Funds-Lead-the-Way-In-First-Half.htmlThu, 15 Jul 2010 17:28:00 GMTDoes upstart electronic exchange Chi-X Europe represent the future of equity trading?http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2630524/Chi-X-Europe-Breaks-Into-Top-Ranks-of-European-Equity-Exchanges.htmlWed, 14 Jul 2010 15:14:00 GMTValue Partners jumps to the top of our ranking of the biggest Asia-based hedge fund firms. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2629703/The-Value-of-Investing-in-China-The-2010-Asia-Hedge-Fund-25.htmlTue, 13 Jul 2010 17:54:00 GMTLast week, the Lions Gate movie studio, embroiled in a vicious fight to fend off takeover attempts by corporate raider Carl Icahn, announced some sort of a truce.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2629359/Lions-Gate-Blinks-in-Busy-Week-for-Icahn.htmlTue, 13 Jul 2010 12:35:00 GMTMan Group acquired GLG Partners in a $1.6 billion takeover — the largest ever between hedge fund firms. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2628223/Man-GLG-Merger-Underscores-Importance-of-Scale-in-Alternatives.htmlSat, 10 Jul 2010 21:03:00 GMTMount Vernon Investments president Nicholas Merrick proves that running a hedge fund has a lot in common with picking racehorses: Both endeavors rely on a keen understanding of background and pedigree, and an eye for what makes unproven candidates winners.http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2624495/Stock-Picker-Betting-on-Hedge-Funds-and-Horse-Racing.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 15:56:00 GMTProsecutors announce use of wiretaps for first time in a “significant” insider trading investigation. http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2624440/Galleon-Wiretap-Hearing-Casts-Shadow-Over-Insider-Trading-Investigation-Tactics.htmlMon, 05 Jul 2010 14:37:00 GMTDoes the announcement of Brevan Howard founder Alan Howard relocation to Geneva portend an exodus of hedge fund firms seeking low-tax havens?http://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2624169/Hedge-Funds-and-the-Power-of-Lower-Taxes.htmlSun, 04 Jul 2010 22:14:00 GMTMarkets Pull Down Large UK Hedge Fundhttp://www.iimagazine.com/rss/Articles/2623504/Bullishness-Hurts-Sloane-Robinson.htmlFri, 02 Jul 2010 12:49:00 GMT