Bloomberg – Former Bear Stearns Cos. hedge-fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, acquitted in 2009 of criminal charges they misled investors who lost $1.6 billion, asked a federal judge to toss out part of a related civil case brought […]

MarketWatch – The performances of automotive and automotive parts companies are good gauges of the economy – after all, how many people would buy a new car if they thought their job wasn’t secure, not to mention the issue of […]

Washington Post – A former hedge fund consultant was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison for insider trading, a crime that a judge said seemed to be growing in prevalence despite a continual crackdown by authorities against it. […]

Hedge Funds Review – Swiss banking group Syz & Co is launching a fund of hedge funds (FoHF) combining commodity trading advisers (CTAs) with tail risk hedging strategies. The aim is to improve the risk profile of a traditional portfolio. The […]

Reuters – Talks over restructuring part of Greece’s massive public debt ran into trouble on Tuesday as one fund walked away from negotiations, fuelling growing doubts about whether a deal that is crucial to a new bailout agreement can be […]

Hedge Funds Review – Financial Risk Management (FRM), a fund of hedge funds (FoHF) manager, is launching the first onshore Brazilian fund. The vehicle will invest solely in offshore hedge funds with the aim of tapping the Brazilian pension funds industry. […]

BusinessWeek – Damien Bombell left JPMorgan Chase & Co. a year ago after the largest and most profitable U.S. bank shut its group trading commodities for the company’s own account. Now chief investment officer of his own hedge fund, he’s […]

Reuters – Hedge funds betting against China have earned outsized returns this year by shorting mainly property and auto stocks and positioning their portfolios to benefit from a feared hard-landing by the world’s second-biggest economy. The winners include the $1.7 […]

Dow Jones – No matter which road they traveled, many hedge funds hit a dead end this year, judging from performance data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes and Credit Suisse Group AG. All seven trading strategies tracked by the Dow […]

BusinessWeek – The New York field office of the FBI sits a block west of Foley Square, where Roman and Greek- inspired courthouses with four-story colonnades loom over a small town of judicial institutions in which the biggest of America’s […]

Korea herald – The list of the nation’s first homegrown hedge funds will be unveiled this week. More than 10 “Korean-style” hedge funds are expected to make their historic debut on Dec. 23, according to the Financial Services Commission and […]

Bloomberg – Damien Bombell left JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) a year ago after the largest and most profitable U.S. bank shut its group trading commodities for the company’s own account. Now chief investment officer of his own hedge fund, he’s hiring […]