CT Post – Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., with seven of eight hedge funds it accused of spreading false rumors no longer in a lawsuit, may see the $24 billion case shrink again with a judge poised to rule whether racketeering […]

Forbes – Trading the financial markets in 2011 was a humbling experience for many billionaire hedge fund managers. While some hedge fund titans managed to successfully navigate through the year, many big names stumbled. The biggest loser, however, was billionaire […]

BusinessWeek – Hedge fund managers are measured by two things: the size of their fund, and how much they earn for investors. Since 2009, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates has been the biggest hedge fund. According to a Feb. 29 report […]

NY AM – A personal assistant pleaded not guilty Thursday to bilking $900,000 from her famous boss – Aon heir Todd Meister – and may claim the alleged unauthorized purchases were the spoils from their romantic relationship, according to published […]

HFM Week – Aima, the industry trade body, has released a paper arguing that credit hedge funds should not be considered part of the ‘shadow banking’ sector, in its latest attempt to defend the reputation of the hedge fund industry. […]

Vanderbilt University – A Japanese hedge fund company some are calling “the Japanese Bernard Madoff” seems to be reaffirming the maxim that if returns are too good to be true, there probably is something wrong. According to initial media reports, AIJ […]

Opalesque – Prof. Dr. Peter Meier heads the Centre for Alternative Investments & Risk Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Zhaw), as well as hedgegate, a free database and index for Swiss funds of hedge funds. He talked to Opalesque about […]

Reuters – Henderson Group said it has shut its Asia-Pacific Equity Multi-Strategy Fund, and a source said Singapore-based Tantallon Capital is winding down its long-only Asia ex-Japan Bass Rock Fund, signaling tough time for Asia’s hedge fund industry. Asian hedge funds […]

Risk.net – Prime brokers speaking at Risk/Return Korea this week voiced concerns over the potential for regulations to strangle the country’s nascent hedge fund sector. Despite rapid growth in Korea’s domestic hedge fund market since its inception at the end of […]

Investment Europe – The UK Financial Services Authority said that there is still systemic risk of a hedge fund ‘fire sale’ of assets during periods of stressed markets. The conclusion is contained in its latest report into the sector ‘Assessing […]

Bloomberg – Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (FFH), with seven of eight hedge funds it accused of spreading false rumors out of a lawsuit, may see the $24 billion case shrink again with a judge poised to rule whether racketeering counts […]

Forbes – For most hedge fund managers, 2011 was a year to forget. The average hedge fund fell by 5% even as the U.S. stock market eked out a tiny gain. Big shot investors like billionaire John Paulson were humbled and lost […]