Ice Canyon’s Sandler fights Cuban sanctions, Bridgewater’s helipad, Scaramucci bets on Asia, party’s over for Rothschild and more
By Chris ClairWhat’s news around the hedge fund industry for Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012:
Around the web
Ice Canyon’s Nathan Sandler seeks exemption to buy Cuban debt. (FINalternatives)
UCITS AUM climb 18.5% year-to-date. (FINalternatives)
Darrin Foster, former CFO of Westport hedge fund, pleads guilty to $1 million embezzlement scheme. (Westport (Conn.) Patch)
Scaramucci to raise hedge fund bets in Asia with SALT. (Bloomberg)
Hedge funds up 4.23 year-to-date: Eurekahedge. (FINalternatives)
Retail investors warm up to idea of hedge funds. (FINalternatives)
Unknown funds can drive a hard bargain. (The Australian)
Ackman, Brookfield Asset Management spar over General Growth. (WSJ.com)
Party’s over for Nathaniel Rothschild in the City after mining debacle. (The Times)
Beat the hedgies with alternative beta? (Citywire)
Bridgewater Associates proposal calls for helipad, recreational barge. (Stamford (Conn.) Advocate)
Icahn loses bid to restore lawsuit over bond offering. (Bloomberg Businessweek)
ICE inks Markit deal to base futures on credit swap indexes. (Bloomberg)
European lawmakers set date for MiFID II sign-off: Oct. 26. (The Trade News)
Markets: Rage against the machine. (Financial Times)
Vikram Pandit: The academic ‘hedge fund guy’. (The Telegraph)
Hedge funds take 5 of the top 10 spots as donors to Romney Victory Fund. (HedgeCo.net)
SocGen to battle fired banker Raphael Geys in U.K. Supreme Court. (Reuters)
Calcutta High Court asks Coal India to respond to TCI charges. (Financial Express)
Letter writers urge Judge Rakoff to punish Rajat Gupta. (WSJ’s Law Blog)
When private equity and hedge funds collide. (WSJ’s Private Equity Beat blog)
People moves
Advantus Capital Management promotes CIO Christopher R. Sebald to president. (FINalternatives)
