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Hedge Funds Love GLD
Forbes – The demand for commodity ETFs continues to sizzle as the WSJ reported today that John Paulson and George Soros and a slew of other hedge fund giants are using GLD , or SPDR Gold Shares as its proxy […]
HSBC Should Reveal Reports on Madoff Risk, Judge Says
Bloomberg – HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank, should turn over internal reviews of potential fraud and other operational risks at Bernard Madoff’s business from 2006 and 2008, a New York judge ruled. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland agreed on […]
Eurekahedge Monthly Highlights
New York (HedgeCo. net) – The August 2010 Eurekahedge Report shows positive asset flows for hedge funds across all regions in July, bringing the total assets under management by global hedge funds to US$1.53 trillion. European hedge funds, however, saw […]
EisnerAmper Legislative Alert: Impact on Private Hedge Fund Advisers
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Certain highlights of Title IV of the the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), “Regulation of Advisers to Hedge Funds and Others,” are listed below: Elimination of Private Adviser Registration Exemption Previously, […]
States Will Be Hedge-Fund Police
WSJ – Thousands of midsize and smaller hedge funds are about to fall under the sway of state overseers, and it isn’t clear the states are ready. The new Dodd-Frank financial law seeks to tighten the leash on hedge-fund advisers, […]
Madoff Feeder Fund Firm Faces Narrowed Lawsuit
ABC News – – A federal judge refused to dismiss an investor lawsuit against Fairfield Greenwich Group, a hedge fund firm accused of funneling money to the now-imprisoned Bernard Madoff for his massive Ponzi scheme. In a 201-page ruling, District […]
Consumer finance a tough buy for private funds
Reuters – Private equity firms and hedge funds are eyeing U.S. consumer finance assets, but despite a recent Fortress Investment Group LLC deal, they are likely to find it hard to do many more. Banks such as HSBC Holdings Plc […]
Two Retail Stocks Swarmed by Hedge Funds
The Street – Economic pessimism is hurting retail stocks as they head into the critical back-to-school shopping season. Most investors are wary of these stocks, but some money managers are scooping up shares. John Paulson of Paulson & Co. and […]
Brevan Howard Takes Top Spot as Hedge Funds Boost Holdings
WSJ – A return of investor enthusiasm has helped Europe’s largest hedge funds lift their assets by more than a fifth over the past year, according to Financial News’s annual review of the industry, but a preference for big firms […]
The letter that shook world of hedge funds
FT – Renowned hedge fund manager Stan Druckenmiller’s decision to wind down his Duquesne fund comes as many of his far less illustrious peers in the hedge fund world are suffering. That is the reason – along with his stature […]