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Resource #1: (4.15.09) Hedge fund firm Cheyne Capital Management is to buy fund of hedge funds manager Altedge Capital, the firms said on Tuesday, as the once-booming industry consolidates in the face of client outflows. Under the deal, Altedge Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer Chris Goekjian will become partner and chief investment officer at Cheyne, which manages more than $6 billion in assets, and will report to Chief Executive Jonathan Lourie.

Altedge, whose business will be integrated into Cheyne’s over the next six months, hopes to benefit from Cheyne’s distribution.

“From Altedge’s point of view it’s an alliance with a larger platform,” Altedge fund manager and co-founder Cem Habib told Reuters. source

Resource #2: Cheyne Capital was founded in 1999 by Jonathan Lourie and Stuart Fiertz representing a natural evolution for a team that developed a focused convertible bond management practice within Morgan Stanley over the prior ten years.??

Today, Cheyne Capital is one of Europe’s largest hedge fund management groups. The firm’s main areas of expertise include corporate credit, event-driven, equity and equity-linked investing.

Cheyne Capital seeks to generate above-average, risk-adjusted absolute rates of return for clients. Central to Cheyne’s investment methodology is the combination of fundamental analysis with a pro-active approach to trading. The flow of timely and actionable information is enhanced by the close integration of portfolio managers, research analysts and in-house risk management technology. The Cheyne Capital group comprises, inter alia, Cheyne Capital International Limited, a Bermuda-incorporated investment advisory firm, and Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP, a London-based independent fund manager, which is authorised and regulated by the FSA and, along with other entities in the Cheyne Capital group, is a registered investment adviser with the SEC. Cheyne’s principal office is located on Green Park at Stornoway House, 13 Cleveland Row, St James’s, London. source