SF Chronicle – Billionaire investors Kenneth Dart and Paul Singer rejected Argentina’s defaulted debt restructuring in 2005. Since then the securities have beaten returns on emerging-market bonds, global stocks and oil. While Dart’s EM Ltd. and NML Capital, a unit […]

Forbes – Hedge funds had another rocky year in 2011, down 6.4%, as measured by the Dow Jones Credit Suisse All Hedge Index. And yet industry assets under management have climbed back to $2 trillion, having reached $2.1 trillion in […]

AP – A hedge fund named in a massive insider-trading case will pay $9 million in settlements but won’t be prosecuted by the Justice Department because it is cooperating in the government’s investigation. Diamondback Capital Management agreed to pay a […]

ABC AU – As International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde delivers a blistering warning to European leaders, analysts say that hedge funds are trying to tip countries such as Greece into default. Overnight, Ms Lagarde urged Europe’s political and financial […]

Bloomberg – The U.K. Financial Services Authority may set bonus rules specifically for hedge fund and private equity managers as it works to implement European Union regulations. The FSA may write “a remuneration code to apply specifically to Alternative Investment […]

Bloomberg – Copper may gain in London after speculators turned bullish on copper for the first time in four months amid signs of growth in the U.S., rising demand in China and more confidence in Europe. Oil fell for a […]

Bloomberg – Avoca Capital Holdings, the Dublin- based investment firm, hired Rachel Black from Concerto Asset Management as head of capital raising for its credit hedge fund business. Black is based in London and reports to Simon Thorp, chief investment officer of […]

JC Online – Standing in unrelenting waves of school reform — private vouchers, teacher merit pay, charter schools, letter grades for districts — public school superintendents up to their waists in the roiling water tend to see sharks just below […]

CSN News – Marathon Petroleum Corp. has a significant new shareholder. In a U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) filing, hedge fund Jana Partners disclosed it purchased a 5.5-percent stake in the parent company of Speedway LLC. The investment equates to […]

Bloomberg TV- Ingrid Pierce, a partner at Walkers, talks about the cost and compliance components of establishing a hedge fund. Pierce talks with Dierdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” Watch Interview

CityWire – Fund of hedge funds firm Hermes BPK Partners has unveiled a managed futures strategy. Hermes BPK, which was formed in 2008 between BP pension scheme manager Hermes Fund Managers and a group of hedge fund professionals, will look […]

Oregon Live – Federal investigators have expanded their inquiry into two Portland hedge funds, last week interviewing investors of Sasquatch Capital who say they have not been able to withdraw their money. Last year, officials from the U.S. Securities and […]