Penta Fund to Deny Redemption Requests

Losses cause liquidity concerns

By John M. Baker, Esq.


Penta Japan Fund Ltd. told investors that it temporarily won’t be able to honor some $120 million in outstanding redemption requests. According to a detailed article on HedgeWorld.com, the fund has lost 47.4% of its value this year after gaining 153.8% last year net of fees.

HedgeWorld.com describes Penta Japan Fund as a $546.7 hedge fund; other reports put its assets at $650 million. Fund management told investors that the lines of credit from prime broker Goldman Sachs remain unchanged and that none of Penta’s eight principals have withdrawn capital from the Japan-focused fund.

The fund intends to honor redemption requests after it has successfully increased liquidity in an orderly manner.

The HedgeWorld.com article is available at http://www.hedgeworld.com/news/read_news.cgi?section=brkn&story=intl815.html


Copyright 2000, John M. Baker, Esq., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, LLP, 1220 19th Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036 – (202) 822-9611- Fax (202) 822-0140 This article was originally posted to the FundLaw List, http://www.egroups.com/group/fundlaw. To subscribe to FundLaw, send a blank e-mail to fundlaw-subscribe@egroups.com


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