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. ...

Goldman Sachs Prime BrokerageGoldman Sachs Prime Brokerage Cutting Clients(http://HedgeFundBlogger.com) Great piece here by the FT about how Goldman Sachs is booting some of their hedge fund clients off of their platform. This opens the doors again for independent or mini prime brokerage shops to pick up the pieces left behind by larger operations such as Goldman. In the last 9 months there has been more prime brokerage account closing, creating and multi-priming than there was over the previous 3 years. Here is the story excerpt:Goldman Sachs is cutting back the number of its hedge fund clients in an indication of tougher market conditions and of the changes sweeping through what was once the premier investment bank."Their ability to leverage themselves has been affected by their new reiteration," says George Kellner, founder of hedge fund Kellner, DiLeo. "They are ...

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Fortress Investment Group LLCFortress Investment Group LLC - Hedge FundThe following piece on Fortress 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.___________________________________

Fortress Investment Group LLC, the manager of $18 billion in hedge funds, will open a fund to invest in the Middle East and North Africa as countries in the region seek to reduce their dependence on the oil industry.The Fortress MENA Fund LP will be managed by Philippe Peress and is set to begin trading by the end of September, according to marketing documents, which didn't say how much money the company is seeking to ...

Martin Asset Management Martin Asset Management - Hedge Fund Replication The following piece on Martin Asset Management 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. _________________________________________________________ Tarzana, California-based alternative investment boutique Martin Asset Management has launched investment strategies based on exchange-traded funds that it says are able to replicate hedge-fund-like returns and risk factors without heavy fees, lock-ups and non-transparent holdings. "Our approach allows investors to obtain the very same benefits as they would with a hedge fund without the limitations usually associated with hedge funds," says Francisco Martin, senior managing director of the firm he founded in February 2007. "We use an investment philosophy similar to global ...

Andor Capital Management

Andor Capital Management & Daniel Benton

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Andor Capital Management, a US hedge fund managing about $2bn in assets, is to close down and return money to investors. Daniel Benton, co-founder of Andor, is retiring from managing outside capital after 24 years in the investment business, he told investors on Wednesday in a letter seen by the Financial Times. Andor was spun off from Art Samberg’s Pequot Capital Management in 2001. He built a reputation as a leading technology investor at Pequot, following years as a star technology analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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Hedge Fund TrackerHedge Fund Tracker ToolStarting today I will begin posting relevant short snippets from the top few hedge fund centric events or stories each day. The goal is to provide details on hundreds of the hedge funds in the industry through what is available publicly. There will be a direct link to each of these pieces within this Hedge Fund Tracker Tool within a list below. This will enable future users of the blog to simply search for a hedge fund manager name and read about several times when they have been recently mentioned in the news. I've had requests to provide a service like this from many individuals so I hope ...