Yearly Archives: 2005

The Guardian – A crisis in the world’s hedge fund industry was in prospect last night after one of the world’s largest derivatives brokers was forced to freeze trades potentially worth billions ofpounds. The move by Refco, which acts for […]

Financial Times – Hedge funds are making the headlines again and it is not good news. Three small firms have recently collapsed amid allegations of skulduggery. A fourth has been implicated in the fraud charge brought against the chief executive […]

Financial Times – Barclays Capital and Signet Capital Management have launched a bond linked to the performance of a portfolio of hedge funds, capitalising on escalating interest in such non-traditional investments. Unusually for a hedge fund-related investment, the bond will […]

The Salt Lake Tribune –  Overstock.com on has beefed up its lawsuit against a major hedge fund and a research firm accused by the online retailer of conspiring to drive down the company’s stock.     The Utah company claims Rocker […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge fund assets have surged in recent years while returns have slipped, but the industry that prides itself on flexibility and innovation will come through, a speaker at the Reuters Corporate Finance Summit said. Jim Cacioppo, president […]

( www.businessweek.com ) – A mysterious money manager, nonstop hype, plunging returns, empty offices, and now an SEC probe — the intrigue at Wood River deepens. Ketchum, Idaho, is the kind of place where people tend to know each other. […]

BOSTON (Reuters) – Back-to-back hedge fund scandals are sending investors a frightening message: Spend a few thousand dollars now to sidestep a multimillion-dollar fraud later. Lawyers and investigators said this week that the collapse of hedge fund Bayou Group and […]

BALTIMORE, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Facing a period of low returns, the vice chairman of money manager T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW.O: Quote, Profile, Research) warned institutional clients on Wednesday to avoid investment fads in the quest for better […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds do not appear to be launching a major push to force European companies to revamp their boards or make merger and acquisition deals, a senior J.P. Morgan executive said on Wednesday. “Hedge funds are vocal, […]

NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Hedge fund Wood River Partners LP, which sources said is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, told investors it employed bookkeepers from NAV Consulting, but NAV’s president denied the claim on […]

Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — RAB Capital Plc, a London-based hedge fund manager, increased its investment in companies that mine for uranium, betting concerns about global warming will make nuclear energy more popular. RAB bought shares of Canada’s Cameco Corp. and […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Institutions such as pension funds should carefully check out the hedge funds they invest in and understand that they may be risking their capital if a fund collapses, the Financial Services Authority said. Tom Huertas, the FSA’s […]