Reuters – Hedge fund managers could be next in line after bankers to see further restrictions on their pay if European lawmakers follow through on promises to target the sector’s lucrative payouts. After reaching a deal in the early hours […]

Bloomberg – Loews Corp. (L) Chief Executive Officer James Tisch, whose company oversees $43 billion in bonds from insurer CNA Financial Corp. (CNA), said he’s counting on hedge funds to boost investment returns amid near-record-low interest rates. Loews manages about $2.5 billion of […]

Detriot Free Press – Peter Karmanos Jr., the former CEO and outgoing chairman of Compuware, gave a full-throated defense Monday of the business software maker’s board of directors and growth prospects and warned that a hedge fund takeover could result […]

Des Moines Register – Principal Global Investors, the investment arm of Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group, has reached an agreement to buy a majority stake in a company that specializes in managing hedge fund investments. Principal plans to buy 55 […]

Telegraph – Today marks the beginning of the end-game of one of the most bitter disputes in hedge-fund history. Elena Ambrosiadou, the Cambridge graduate who built up Ikos Partners with her husband Martin Coward, has arrived in London from her […]

Barron’s – Pay more attention to women, both those making money and those who invest it for others, writes Susan Gregory Thomas in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal in a story titled “The Rise of the Female Investor.” Thomas cited the […]

Reuters – Lansdowne Partners, one of the world’s best-known hedge fund managers, said that Paul Ruddock is to retire as chief executive to focus on his work in the arts and charity sectors. Ruddock, who ranks among Britain’s richest financiers, […]

Forbes – This is a somewhat long and convoluted tale, whose every twist and turn will likely  turn you’re your stomach in disgust.  With that warning, let’s go back to 2009, when George Sepero, Glen Rock, NJ, Carmelo Provenzano, Garfield, […]

“The war of words between fertilizer maker Agrium Inc (AGU, AGU.TO) and its biggest shareholder, Jana Partners, escalated on Monday with Agrium slamming the hedge fund’s plan to split the company in a letter to investors ahead of its annual […]

Here is the City – A new lawsuit filed by a Manhattan hedge-funder claims that his ex-beauty-queen girlfriend took him for a $96,000 ride during and after their brief relationship. The New York Post reports that Rishi Bajaj, 33, says […]

Pensions & Investments – A federal tax law aimed at preventing Americans from hiding their assets overseas will soon be a major compliance challenge — some say headache — for private equity and hedge fund managers. While institutional investors are […]

Forbes – The world’s billionaires club now includes 40 men who have earned a significant part of their wealth from managing hedge funds. These hedge fund billionaires have profited by making big trades in financial markets and charging their investors […]