Capital Growth ManagementCapital Growth Management LP | NotesThe following piece on Capital Growth Management, LP is being published as part of our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool, our daily effort to track hedge funds in the industry.Resource #1: (11.9.08) Found an interesting TickerSpy report on Capital Growth Management LP. The chart to the left shows what their estimated performance has been based on their last securities disclosure. The report showed their securities held to include:(BTU)(CMI)(CNX)(DVN)(F)(FCX)(HAL)(HES)(NUE)(PBR.A)(PCU)(SLB)(SU)(WFT)(X)Resource #2: Capital Growth Management Limited Partnership (CGM) is a privately owned investment manager with approximately $7.7 billion in assets under management. The firm also provides advisory services to its clients. It provides its services to charitable organizations, pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, and high net worth individuals. ...

Ospraie Management, LLCOspraie Management - Letter, Holdings, NotesBelow are details on Ospraie Management surrounding the closing of their largest fund - this includes a letter to their investors, a list of the securities they were said to be invested in and more. I think the quote below from Moonraker below explains in simple (maybe too simple) terms what happened to Opraie.The following piece on Ospraie is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge fund events in the industry. To review other hedge fund related announcements please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool._________________________________________________Ospraie Management LLC may be the latest casualty from price swings in natural gas, the commodity responsible for the $1.9 trillion hedge-fund industry's biggest blowup with Amaranth Advisors LLC....

Hedge Fund BusinessSuccession Planning & Hedge Fund Business TasksOver half of all hedge fund failures are business related.Many institutional investors now scrutinize the business a hedge fund is running as much as they do their investment returns. This is important to note as many of even the largest hedge funds fall short within areas such as long term compensation, retirement, risk management and succession planning. To be fair many hedge funds are very performance-based and some see high turnover so spending much time on planning long-term for leadership grooming may not be a wise investment of time. That said, many small funds who are just breaking through the $100-$250M threshold often have dozens of ...

Asset Management FinanceAsset Management Finance (AMF) CorporationThe following piece on Asset Management Finance Corp is being published as part of our daily effort to track hedge fund events in the industry. To review other hedge fund related announcements please see our Hedge Fund Tracker Tool.This story is about how Credit Suisse purchasing Asset Management Finance Corp. which provides funding to early stage hedge funds in exchange for revenue sharing on future fund earnings. It will be interesting to see if Credit Suisse significantly alters AMF's due diligence process while looking at funds, or presses them to fund Credit Suisse associated groups...___________________________________Credit Suisse Group AG, Switzerland's second-biggest bank, bought New York-based Asset Management Finance Corp. for $384 million to provide financing to investment ...