Hedge Fund Focus

Background Information:

Manger:  Mellon Capital  Management Corporation; The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Public/Private: Public
Website: www.mcm.com
Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/mellon-capital-management
Locations: San Francisco (HQ), Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh
Company Size: 201-500 employees
Founded: 1983
AUM: $153.2 billion
Clients: 606
Registration:  SEC Registered
Notice Filings: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, [...]

Background Information

Manger:  Coast Asset Management, LLC
Public/Private: Private
Website: http://www.coastasset.com/
Linked In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/coast-asset-management
Location: Los Angeles
Company Size: 51-200 employees
Founded: 1991
AUM: $4.487 billion
Registration:  SEC Registered; California notice filed
Strategies:  fixed-income investments, employing fixed-income arbitrage, multi-manager portfolio management, and credit-spread
Important Personnel:  David E. Smith (CEO); Lori D. Edwards (SVP); Christopher Lewis (CCO); Simon Anderson (CFO)
Funds:  COAST DIVERSIFIED FUND II-ALTERNATIVE, LTD., COAST [...]

Coast Taps Hedge Fund Veteran Roy Callahan for Fund of Funds Investment Committee
Coast Asset Management, LLC, a leading independent multi-strategy alternative investment firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of hedge fund industry veteran Roy H. Callahan as a portfolio manager and member of the firm’s investment committee, effective June 15.
Mr. Callahan, 54, joins Coast [...]

Background Information:

Manger: The Tudor Group

Website:   www.tudorfunds.com

Location: Greenwich, CT (HQ), Boston, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Washington D.C.

SEC Registered: YES

Strategies: global macro trading, fundamental equity investing in the U.S. and Europe, emerging markets, venture capital, commodities, event driven strategies and technical trading systems

Founder: Paul Tudor Jones

Other: In 1980, Jones founded Tudor Investment Corporation , which is [...]

Tamalpais Asset Management Selects Linedata Services’ Award-Winning Hedge Fund Suite
Linedata Services (NYSE Euronext: LIN), announced today that Tamalpais Asset Management (TAM) is currently live on Linedata Services’ award winning hedge fund solution FundManager. Tamalpais is a California based hedge fund specializing in global convertible bond investing with AUM of 160 million.
Darren Huber, CFO of Tamalpais [...]

Background Information:

Manger: Prisma Capital Partners LP
Website:   http://www.47n.com/
Location: New York, NY
SEC Registered: Yes
Member: Alternative Investment Management Association Limited (AIMA)
Strategies: shipping and freight, power derivatives, film finance and emissions
Founders: Claude F. Porret
Key Employees:  Fraser R. McKenzie (Investment Research & Risk Management), Richard C. Mueller (Business Development & Investment Research), Annette Diem-Schreiber (Legal & Compliance)
Other: 47 Degrees North [...]

47 Degrees North Launches Fund Combining Innovative Alternative Investment Strategies
47 Degrees North Capital Management Ltd announced the launch of the 47 Degrees North Innovation Fund as of June 1st 2009, a fund that offers investors access to a diversified portfolio of new and innovative alternative investment strategies.
The Fund combines a thematic set of alternative investment [...]

Prisma Capital Partners Adds New Senior Team Members
Prisma Capital Partners LP today announced that it is continuing to add to its experienced staff with the addition of six recent hires, including three senior members, in the key areas of portfolio management, operational due diligence and marketing. This expansion comes as the firm celebrates its five [...]

SEC Wins Major Hedge Fund Fraud Case Against Michael Lauer, Head of Lancer Management Group
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that a district court judge today granted its motion for summary judgment against the architect of a massive billion-dollar hedge fund fraud. Michael Lauer of Greenwich, Conn., was found liable for violating the anti-fraud provisions [...]

Fortress Investment Group LLC Approved to Manage D.B. Zwirn & Co. Funds
Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) today announced that the Company has replaced D.B. Zwirn & Co., L.P. as the manager of D.B. Zwirn’s funds and accounts. These funds will be renamed the Fortress Value Recovery Funds I. The transaction, which is estimated to [...]