Author Archives: Editor

The Street – After earning Wall Street fame for making billions by buying protection against the U.S. subprime mortgage market, John Paulson’s newest foray into the world of insurance is off to a loss-making start as the hedge fund manager […]

CayCompass – Hedge Funds Care Cayman, a charity for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, has allocated a total of CI$225,000 in local grants to eight charities this year. The 2012 grantees include the Cayman Island Crisis […]

Reuters – A former Citigroup Inc. manager was found not liable on Tuesday [July 31] of civil charges of misleading investors, a blow to regulators in one of the few fraud cases brought against a Wall Street executive over the […]

Hedge World – A hedge fund manager known for his bullish bets on Chinese companies and two of his firms have agreed pay $1.1 million to settle allegations by U.S. securities regulators of wide-ranging misconduct, including insider trading and misleading […]

CNBC – Hedge funds remain ­cautious and defensive after largely sitting out the rally in the U.S. stock market since the start of June, ­contributing to the lowest U.S. stock market trading volumes since 2007. The lack of conviction comes […]

Reuters – After decades of investing in exclusive hedge funds, America’s super rich are getting company as alternative investments are joining the investment management mainstream, a report from McKinsey & Co released to clients in July showed. “The new twist […]

Pensions & Investments – Texas Permanent School Fund, Austin, is taking a second look at the construction of its $2.5 billion hedge fund portfolio while investment officials seek to negotiate lower fees from four of its five hedge funds-of-funds managers. […]

FIN Alternatives – Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos’ $2.5 million contribution to help keep same-sex marriage legal in his home state made headlines last week. But he’s merely joining the hedge fund honchos, many of them Republicans, who have financed the […]

Independent – A man who fell 100ft to his death from a balcony at the busy Tate Modern art gallery in London was a senior bank manager at HSBC, an inquest has heard. Michael Foreman fell from a fifth-floor balcony […]