Where are the Portus diamonds, double-digit returns for LibreMax and Visium, peering into economic gloom and more
By Chris ClairWhat’s news around the hedge fund industry for Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012:
Around the web
Japan’s Asuka launches $40 million catastrophe bond fund. (FINalternatives)
Where are the Portus diamonds? (Toronto Globe and Mail)
Anju Mathur’s Aquila Investment & Capital Management seeks Aquiline viewpoint. (FINalternatives)
LibreMax Capital, Visium Asset Management add to double-digit returns. (Bloomberg, via FINalternatives)
SEC must hedge bets on advertising. (InvestmentNews)
Noster Capital partner Christopher O’Neill engaged to Princess Madeleine of Sweden. (FINalternatives)
Currency traders hold back from election bets. (WSJ.com)
Wall Street leaders peer into economic gloom. (DealBook)
Orange County Employees Retirement System eyes four event-driven managers. (FINalternatives)
Sturgeon Capital launches central Asia UCITS fund. (FINalternatives)
BlueCrest’s Michael Platt: Draghi’s plan to buy bonds just buying time. (Benzinga)
Seizure of ship from Argentina forces shake-up. (NYTimes.com)
Hedge fund havens weigh taxes as Caribbean’s debt rivals Greece. (Bloomberg)
Two top donors from Renaissance Capital on opposite sides. (Washington Post)
CFTC draft seen keeping phone trading for swaps. (Dow Jones Newswires, via Nasdaq)
Macro funds seek succor in emerging markets. (Financial Times)
Michael Tennenbaum’s $10 million donation supports marine study. (Associated Press, via HedgeFund.net)
Duffy: CME’s volume ‘disaster’ due to macro woes. (Chicago Tribune)
People moves
EQI Asset Management adds ex-Deutsche Bank exec. Ben Sofoluwe for securities lending. (FINalternatives)
Sasco Energy Partners adds Barclays vet Michael Zenker to research team. (FINalternatives)
Cook County President’s chief of staff Kurt Summers to join Grosvenor Capital Management. (Chicago Tribune)
