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Financial Post – Several major hedge funds and institutional investors piled in on stock of News Corp even as the company was reeling from a phone hacking scandal which hurt the stock in the third quarter. UK fund Children’s Investment […]

Bloomberg – John Paulson, the billionaire hedge- fund manager having his worst year, is cutting risk in his hedge funds further as the European sovereign-debt crisis roils markets, according to two people briefed on the matter. Paulson & Co., which […]

Bloomberg – Paulson & Co., Lansdowne Partners LP and Lone Pine Capital LLC were among investment firms that cut stakes in Citigroup Inc. (C) as shares of the bank slid 38 percent in the third quarter. Paulson & Co., founded by billionaire John […]

Reuters – Italian police have raided two properties and launched a fraud investigation into ex-fund manager Alberto Micalizzi, whose hedge fund collapsed during the credit crisis losing investors hundreds of millions of dollars. Milan public prosecutor Alfredo Robledo told Reuters […]

Advanced Trading – Although the near-term outlook for the hedge fund industry remains murky in light of the European debt crisis and ongoing weak U.S. economic growth, the picture is brighter for the sector over the long haul. Even as […]

Bloomberg – Hedge funds raised bullish bets on oil to the most since May as speculation that Europe’s leaders will resolve the sovereign debt crisis helped drive crude to a three-month high. The funds and other large speculators increased wagers […]

San Francisco Chronicle – Dymon Asia Capital, the fastest- growing hedge fund in Singapore, hired a former Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP portfolio manager as assets rose to about $1.9 billion last month. Rajesh Raman, who previously managed an Asian […]

Business Report – The Blue Ink Composite (BIC), which tracks the performance of around 100 Hedge Funds in South Africa, reported a steady increase of 0.9% for the third quarter of 2011. The BIC outperformed the JSE All Share Total […]

An Francisco Chronicle – Hedge funds with assets of less than $100 million in the Asia Pacific region are turning to millionaires and family offices for investments as institutions favor funds with more than that amount and proven track records. […]

Guardian – The head of China’s biggest ratings agency, Dagong Global Credit Rating, is warning that it may downgrade the US’s sovereign debt rating again because of Washington’s failure to tackle the federal budget deficit. The remarks by Dagong’s chairman, Guan […]