NYT – The hedge fund industry has been rushing headlong to open Bermuda-based reinsurers. Reinsurance, already something of a murky business, may become even more complicated as a result. And while the hedge funds are likely to profit, the question […]

Latin America – The Securities and Exchange Commission charged on Tuesday a California man with illegally tipping a hedge fund manager with inside information about Nvidia Corporation’s quarterly earnings that he learned from his friend who worked at the company. […]

Opalesque Asia – Communications and consultancy firm Sustainable Options Ltd has announced the launch of the Sustainable Resources Fund, an open ended hedge fund that offers appeal to both green and Islamic investors. The fund aims to raise $100m for […]

Telegraph – A contemporary of David Cameron’s at Oxford University, Mr Chester took the dramatic step after his hedge fund, Pentagon Capital Management, was fined $98.5m earlier this year for allegedly engaging in late trading in mutual funds between 1999 […]

MENAFN – Hedge funds and other money managers have started to ready themselves for another big spike in oil prices in the next few months, according to positioning data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). By Aug. 28, […]

BusinessWeek – Hedge funds raised bullish bets on gasoline to more than a three-month high, helping push prices at the pump to record levels for the U.S. Labor Day holiday, as Hurricane Isaac roared toward the Gulf of Mexico and […]

Courthouse News Services –  Argentina claims in court that subpoenas from a hedge fund about the country’s massive bond default dating back to 2001 are part of an “ongoing campaign of harassment. “Argentina filed a motion to quash in Federal […]

Reuters – Hedge funds are going against market consensus and betting that ultra-low French government bond yields are unsustainable, believing a sluggish economy and the new government’s policies will eventually force up borrowing costs. Investors have generally given France the benefit of […]

Hedge Funds Review -Social media data is increasingly being used by hedge funds. Until now, mainly quant funds used this information but that is changing as research firms and trading desks use it to inform decisions. Hedge funds are increasingly […]

HedgeCo Blogs – Hedge Fund capital raisers rejoice! The SEC has finally proposed rules to eliminate the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising in certain securities offerings in accordance with the JOBS Act. The SEC release states “Under the proposed rules, […]

Rolling Stone – The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn’t stand for anything. He’s a flip-flopper, they say, a lightweight, a cardboard opportunist who’ll say anything to get elected. […]

New York, NY – (August 23, 2012) – Financial Research Associates (FRA) is proud to present the Form PF Boot Camp in New York City at the Princeton Club of NYC on Friday, September 7, 2012. By attending this one-day […]