BNP Paribas
April 3, 2014 Debbie Jacobs
Hedge Fund News
According to two unnamed sources, Bartosz Pawlowski, chief of emerging market strategy at BNP Paribas, will be leaving to take up the role of portfolio manager at Finisterre Capital. Pawlowski was with BNP since 2009. Finisterre Capital is London-based and was founded in 2002 with about $1.7 billion assets under management. The fund mostly focuses […]
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February 10, 2014 James Heinsman
Economic Barometer
Much of the United States has been suffering through a long, cold winter, with the end still months away. Natural gas, a prime fuel for heating households has been flowing at record rates to cope with what some are saying was the coldest winter since 1990, the year gas futures came into being. Speculation that […]
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Bentek Energy, BNP Paribas, Brison Bicerton, cold, Eric Bass,
December 20, 2012 James Heinsman
Hedge Fund News
It was a hard year for the average hedge fund manager, returning on average about 4.9 percent. Nothing to write home about. But there were some places where hedge funds managed to still do well, making billions of dollars with large, sometimes directional, contrarian bets. Greek Bonds There was one hedge fund which bought Greek […]
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BNP Paribas, BTG Pactual, SocGen, Third Point, Tilden Park,
November 6, 2011 James Heinsman
Hedge Fund News
As global stocks rally in the face of improved earnings, hedge funds have recorded a 1.4% gain- the best since April. According to Emma Sugarman of BNP Paribas SA, “There was a broad rally in the market, which led to positive performance. She added that “De-risking in September and raising cash levels meant a lot […]
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