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Industry Was Still Dogged By Investor Redemptions In January | Feb 13/09 |
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Investor redemptions again dogged the hedge fund
industry in January, but withdrawals slowed from the levels seen in November and
December, HedgeFund.net said Thursday.
Hedge-fund performance also improved last mont...Read more |
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US Stocks Remain Lower With Investors Wary Of Hedge Funds | Feb 13/09 |
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Stocks resumed a deep slide Thursday as investors
shrugged off an uptick in retail sales and lawmakers' progress toward
passing a massive stimulus bill.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...Read more |
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Demand For Islamic Hedge Funds On The Rise | Feb 13/09 |
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Regional high net worth and
institutional investors are increasingly seeking safer and more
acceptable ways to invest their capital. Islamic finance may be an
attractive option say experts who are convening in Dubai later next
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State street turns hedge fund custodian | Feb 13/09 |
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State Street is the latest custodian bank to receive a massive
upswing in business from hedge funds desperate to avoid counterparty
risk.
In response to industry demand, the Boston-based bank has informally
added a custodial...Read more |
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Canadian Lawsuits On The Rise | Feb 13/09 |
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Plaintiffs
brought a record number of securities class actions in Canada last
year, more than doubling the total filed in 2007. According to research
by NERA Economic Consulting,
nine securities suits were filed in 2008, more ...Read more |
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Florida Fund Manager Plotted to Flee for Months: Prosecutors | Feb 13/09 |
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An accused Florida hedge fund manager who
disappeared in January as his losses mounted as high as $300 million,
had planned to flee for months, U.S. prosecutors said on Thursday [Feb.
12] in a move to deny him bail.
The gover...Read more |
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Madoff's wife withdrew $15bn before husband's arrest | Feb 12/09 |
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American prosecutors agreed on Wednesday to a 30-day extension in their
investigation of Bernard Madoff, raising the possibility that the disgraced fund
manager may escape a jury trial.
The US Attorney's Office in Manhatta...Read more |
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Clarke loses hedge fund job as credit crunch hits politicians | Feb 12/09 |
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The shadow business secretary,
Kenneth Clarke,
has become the latest victim of the credit crunch after losing his job on
the board of a hedge fund, the Guardian has learned.Clarke, who was
par...Read more |
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Hedge Funds post gains as equity markets suffer worst January in history, says Hennessee | Feb 12/09 |
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The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index gained 1.10 per cent last month,
its second successive positive month, while US equity markets suffered their
worst January on record, according to Hennessee Group, a...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Adviser Nadel Said to Have Been Moved to New York | Feb 12/09 |
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Arthur Nadel, the Florida hedge-fund adviser accused of defrauding investors
of more than $300 million, was transferred to New York where he awaits a hearing
on federal criminal charges, according to tw...Read more |
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No Performance Fees for 80% of Asia Hedge Funds | Feb 12/09 |
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More than 80 percent of Asian hedge funds won’t be able to charge their
investors performance fees after finishing 2008 below their peak net asset
values, according to data provider
Eurekahedge Pte. ...Read more |
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Newedge launches hedge fund indices | Feb 12/09 |
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Newedge has launched a new range of hedge fund indices covering global macro and commodity trading strategies.
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range includes two new strategy indices - Newedge Macro Trading Index
(Newedge MTI) and Newedge Commodity ...Read more |
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"Can't regulate good judgment" for hedge funds | Feb 12/09 |
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The hedge fund industry grew too large, too fast, and too stupid —
that seems to be the consensus of three hedge fund managers who thrived
in 2008 and who expect the collapse of the world's current financial
system to get rid o...Read more |
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More Portus money to flow | Feb 12/09 |
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There was a time, long before Bernard Madoff took over the
headlines, when the collapse of Portus Alternative Asset Management was
considered a major case. Today there is some good news for investors in
the failed hedge fund co...Read more |
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Private capital sceptical on bank rescue plan | Feb 11/09 |
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A lack of detail in a U.S. plan to cleanse banks of toxic assets has
left big money managers and private firms, including leveraged buyout
funds and hedge funds, still sceptical about getting involved.
U.S. Treasury Sec...Read more |
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Oklahoma hedge fund manager admits lying | Feb 11/09 |
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Federal regulators have accused an Oklahoma
hedge fund manager of cheating and deceiving investors who gave him
more than $34 million to trade for them in commodity futures contracts.
The manager, Mark S. Trimble of Edmond, rep...Read more |
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‘Vulture’ Investors Eye Bad Assets, but Warily | Feb 11/09 |
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Howard S. Marks is the sort of financier who Washington hopes will
help fix the nation’s tumbledown banks. Trouble is, he is not quite
sure he wants the job.
Mr. Marks is a former banker who became a pioneer in the graveyard
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Hedge Funds Post First Back-to-Back Gain in 8 Months | Feb 11/09 |
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Hedge funds posted their first back-
to-back gain in eight months in January, rebounding from record
losses in 2008 as North American managers benefited from betting
stocks would fall, an industry report showed.
T...Read more |
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Recent turmoil could leave hedge fund industry stronger: AIMA panel | Feb 11/09 |
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U.S. regulatory environment to change substantially in the next year, Clark says.The collapse of many hedge funds in recent months has significantly
tarnished trust among investors, but could ultimately result in a
smaller and s...Read more |
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Emphasis on due diligence called key for hedge funds | Feb 11/09 |
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The new hedge fund reality places even greater emphasis on due
diligence, but it doesn’t mean that investors should start ignoring or
abandoning the alternative asset class.This was part of the message
presented to investors to...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Haven to Tighten Rules | Feb 11/09 |
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Financial authorities on the Cayman Islands are promising a
legislative crackdown to bolster investor confidence in the post-Madoff
era. But while the Caymans -- long a hedge fund haven due to tax
advantages and light regulatio...Read more |
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FSA may look at hedge fund fees | Feb 11/09 |
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Britain's financial watchdog may
turn its attention to hedge funds' lucrative performance fees
once it has investigated bankers' bonuses, accountancy firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers said.
The Financial Services Authority and othe...Read more |
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Hedge fund swindler’s girlfriend pleads guilty | Feb 11/09 |
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The night before he was supposed to start a 20-year prison sentence, hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III pleaded with his girlfriend to help him get away, the woman said Tuesday.
Debra Ryan, 45, of Armonk, testified in federal ...Read more |
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Geithner to Leverage Tarp for Private Buyers | Feb 11/09 |
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Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to lure private-equity firms
and hedge funds into snapping up illiquid assets could involve
leveraging $100 billion from the second phase of the TARP program to
cover guarantees that woul...Read more |
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Carney on the Canadian and Global Economies | Feb 11/09 |
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The following is opening statement by Mark Carney, Governor of the
Bank of Canada, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance:Good morning. Paul and I are pleased to appear before this committee to
discuss the Bank ...Read more |
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Madoff Investors Seek Exemption From July Claim Deadline | Feb 11/09 |
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Investors who may have to return
cash withdrawn from Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC
before it failed said they should be exempted by the bankrupt
firm’s trustee from a July claim deadline.
Investors m...Read more |
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Hedge-Fund Managers Help Raise $1.7 Million at Downsized Gala | Feb 10/09 |
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The annual Hedge Funds Care benefit -
- backed by Kenneth Tropin and Michael Vranos -- will downsize
from a black-tie dinner to a cocktail party tomorrow night in New
York.
The nonprofit, which aids child-abuse pre...Read more |
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Canada: OSC Targets Hedge Funds – Again | Feb 10/09 |
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Thanks in part to the Madoff scandal still unfolding in the
United States, the Ontario Securities Commission has launched a
focused compliance review of hedge funds. Managers of hedge funds,
including many registered investment...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Group Girds for Regulatory Struggle | Feb 10/09 |
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Coming off a year when the average hedge fund lost 20 percent of its
value, the Managed Funds Association (MFA) said it has accepted the
inevitability of regulation and is shifting its focus to making the
changes as industry-fr...Read more |
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Back to the future for prime broker survivors | Feb 10/09 |
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The collapse of Lehman Brothers last September was the flashpoint of
a year that saw the prime brokerage world - along with that of its
hedge fund clients - transformed by the ongoing credit crisis and
grisly economic backdrop....Read more |
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Hedge Fund Bill Won't Publicize Clients | Feb 10/09 |
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Reports that U.S. Sens. Carl Levin's and Charles Grassley's new bill on
hedge fund regulation will force funds to publicize the names of
clients are untrue, the senators said."Contrary to some press
reports, the Grassley-L...Read more |
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Hedge funds still on the upside in January with the Hennessee index at +1.10% | Feb 10/09 |
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Hedge funds kicked off the year on a positive note as Hennessee Group
reported on Monday that its hedge fund index jumped 1.10% in January.
Comparatively, the S&P 500 declined 8.57%, the Dow Jones industrial
average shrunk ...Read more |
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SEC's Top Enforcer to Leave Agency | Feb 10/09 |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, Linda Thomsen,
will resign, the agency said on Monday [Feb. 9], less than a week after
a congressional panel chastised her for failing to follow up tips tha...Read more |
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Dollar Compounds Funds of Hedge Funds' Madoff Woes | Feb 10/09 |
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The European fund of hedge funds industry may
shrink to a quarter of its size as hits from currency hedges and the
withdrawal of bank funding compound problems in a sector still reeling
from the Bernard Madoff investment scanda...Read more |
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Barclays Replicates Closed Hedge Funds | Feb 10/09 |
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Barclays Capital has launched two hedge fund replication products
enabling investors to track the global hedge fund industry, including
funds that are no longer open to investment.The two
products--the Long Barclays Alternative...Read more |
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Hedge fund to set up intricate intelligence web | Feb 09/09 |
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A former Kroll executive is trying to raise money for a new hedge
fund that will use intelligence networks similar to those of the
private investigator to give it an information edge in emerging markets.Chris
Morgan Jones, form...Read more |
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Trimming Hedges | Feb 09/09 |
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Studying the behaviour of hedge-fund managers
THE
hedge-fund industry is struggling. Not only did it lose a record 18.3%
in 2008, according to Hedge Fund Research, but investors withdrew $152
billion of capital in the last...Read more |
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Fine-wine fund has outperformed the market | Feb 09/09 |
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As alternative investment strategies go, fine wine might be a little
too alternative for some. But that doesn’t dilute the reality of
positive performance, particularly in this kind of market cycle.This
is why Michael Wigley ha...Read more |
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Hedge funds inch higher in January after dismal '08 | Feb 09/09 |
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Hedge funds started the year with
tiny gains and handily outperformed a declining stock market in
January after suffering the industry's worst-ever losses in
2008, data released on Friday show.
According to Hedge Fund...Read more |
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Pelorus Advisors Launches Truly Independent Hedge Fund Risk Management Service To Investors | Feb 09/09 |
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Addressing an overwhelming need by the investor community for
independent and unbiased hedge fund risk due diligence, Pelorus
Advisors has launched an operational risk management service for hedge
fund investors. Unlike other d...Read more |
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In Search of a New Hedge Fund Business Model | Feb 09/09 |
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As hedge fund returns
continue to disappoint, there has been a cacophony of voices calling
for changes in approach to investment in hedge funds and for reform in
the industry. Some are pure marketing hype, while others do have ...Read more |
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SEC Says Magnitude of Ponzi Schemes Growing | Feb 09/09 |
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The frequency of Ponzi schemes is not
increasing but the magnitude of the frauds is, a Securities and
Exchange Commission official said on Friday [Feb. 6].
The SEC has been under intense scrutiny for not uncovering the
allege...Read more |
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Currency hedging expected to rise | Feb 09/09 |
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Global volatility strengthens case for investors to offset foreign exchange risk.Global institutional
investors are poised to hedge their currency risk in the face of
dramatically increased volatility in the foreign-exchange mar...Read more |
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The True Reason Hedge Funds Performed so Poorly in 2008 | Feb 09/09 |
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Hedge funds are often sold as a great diversifier to any asset mix due
to their low correlation to traditional asset classes. 2008 was one of
the worst years for equity markets, yet hedge funds did not provide the
diversificati...Read more |
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Activist hedge fund moves on Abitibi | Feb 09/09 |
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A U.S. hedge fund with a reputation as an activist investor has become the biggest shareholder in AbitibiBowater Inc., putting added pressure on management at the struggling paper giant to find a speedy solution to its financial w...Read more |
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Morningstar licenses hedge fund database | Feb 09/09 |
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Morningstar Inc.’s hedge fund database will become the foundation for a
new research platform designed to give qualified investors a closer
look at more than 7,500 hedge funds. The platform, HedgeAct.com, which was launched to...Read more |
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Will hedge funds still be around in 5 years time? | Feb 06/09 |
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This analysis is solely the work of the author. It has not been edited or endorsed by GLG.Implications: Hedge fund fees have fallen and are
likely to fall further. This will affect the viability of hedge funds.
Their still exces...Read more |
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Hedge Fund Manager, Six Others Busted in Insider Trading Scam | Feb 06/09 |
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The SEC charged seven Wall Street professionals yesterday, alleging
an insider trading ring that reaped over $11.6 million in illegal
profits.
British residents Nicos Achilleas Stephanou of UBS and Ramesh
Chakrapani of Blackst...Read more |
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A New World For Hedge Funds | Feb 06/09 |
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Fewer funds, lower leverage and maybe fewer limited partnerships--how the crisis tamed the wild hedge fund world.
In December, Forbes was a media partner to Markets Media, host of the Global Markets Summit in New York ...Read more |
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First List of 'Green' Hedge Funds? | Feb 06/09 |
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The Energy Hedge Fund Center (EHFC) has come up with what might be the world's first directory of "green" hedge funds.Funds
trading in carbon, renewable energy, cleantech, water, weather
derivatives and forestry are al...Read more |
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