TheStreet – A committee of U.K. lawmakers Thursday, July 25, revived the debate about limiting the voting power of hedge funds during takeovers and called on the government to study merger policies in comparable jurisdictions amid skepticism about the benefits of […]

Kiplinger – Hedge funds are coming under fire, with recent articles in The Washington Post and BloombergBusinessweek. In this column written six years ago, when hedge funds were flying high, I laid out what I didn’t like about them on […]

Seeking Alpha – If you want to invest in hedge funds in the U.S., you have to be an “accredited investor” with a net worth of at least $1 million not including your house, or an annual income over $200,000 […]

Risk.net – The controversial EU financial transaction tax could prove the undoing of some hedge funds if implemented across 11 member states as it now stands. Transaction costs are set to soar The European Union’s initiative to impose a financial […]

Bloomberg – One of the founders of Gradient Capital Partners LLP lost a lawsuit seeking to recover a “gift” of about 3.9 million pounds ($6 million) paid to his former partner at the London hedge fund as losses mounted amid the financial […]

CNBC – Hedge funds have been snapping up U.S. government debt, with new data showing large speculators have been “aggressively” buying 10 year Treasurys in the last week. According to data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML), hedge funds […]

Business Insider – In June, the hedge fund industry posted negative monthly returns – losing 1.52% – for the first time in over a year. Industry-wide performance last month was so bad that hedge funds barely managed to eke out positive returns […]

Here Is The City – Julian Robertson, founder and CEO of Tiger Management, appeared on Bloomberg Surveillance Tuesday with Tom Keene, Sara Eisen and Scarlet Fu and said that Google has built a better culture than Apple. Robertson on whether […]

Forbes – Many hedge funds were battered by the recession, but they still hold a powerful allure. Mysterious and secretive, they dangle the possibility of enormous paydays and a work environment populated by intense math geniuses who dwell in giant […]

WSJ – School Specialty Inc., a distributor of classroom supplies, borrowed $64 million from a private investment fund last year after it couldn’t get a loan from a bank. Its financial problems persisted, and, in January, it sought bankruptcy protection. […]

Reuters – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted to reject a deal its enforcement division had struck with once high-flying hedge fund manager Philip Falcone and his hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, according to a regulatory filing. The SEC […]