Reuters – The entrepreneurial spirit that fuelled the growth of the hedge fund industry could be killed off by investors worried about another Bernard Madoff-style fraud, said executives meeting in Monaco this week. Managers left the GAIM conference, the annual […]

Proactive Investor – RAB Capital, the troubled hedge fund manager that has seen assets fall sharply and clients jump ship, has revealed plans to delist the business and a proposal for a management buyout. In a statement today the company […]

Forbes – Investors are always looking to earn an easy profit, particularly from well-managed companies. But when the profit is from a hedge fund that finances medical malpractice lawsuits aimed at driving doctors out of the profession, Wall Street may […]

Business Insider – The following data is taken from Congressional testimony of the well respected banking analyst, Bert Ely, illustrates how the Federal Reserve has gone from being a taxpayer subsidized monetary authority to one of the world’s largest and most […]

The Institutional Hedge Fund Firm of the Year award was given to Appaloosa Management (the main fund was 10% YTD and the Thoroughbred fund 8% as at end-February). The Emerging Hedge Fund Firm award was won by Hutchin Hill Capital. The […]

WSJ – A new group backed by two hedge-fund founders is taking aim at New Jersey’s largest teachers union. Better Education for Kids wants to end the use of seniority in teacher-hiring decisions, implement an effective teacher-evaluation system and weaken tenure. […]

Reuters – JPMorgan Chase & Co took a big step in expanding its footprint in the global prime brokerage business on Wednesday by launching complete prime services for European hedge funds. Since the financial crisis three years ago when hedge […]

Telegraph – Fund managers gathered in Monaco for the GAIM conference have said that depressed asset prices and rock-bottom debt instruments could be worth the risk. Robert Marquardt, founder of Signet, a fund of hedge funds, told reporters that the […]

Reuters – Hedge fund investors are turning cautious on huge, multi-billion dollar funds, say executives meeting in Monaco this week, and see better returns from the boutique funds that were once the driving force of the industry. Executives at the […]

Reuters – Japan’s corporate pension funds, hobbled by a sluggish domestic stock market, are raising their allocations to hedge funds as they scramble to boost returns for the country’s ageing population. The move is part of a broader trend in […]

MarketWatch – J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. will pay $154 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it misled investors in a complex mortgage-securities transaction at the onset of the collapse of the housing market, the agency said […]

Reuters – Hedge fund managers are sifting through the rubble of the deepening Greek debt crisis to find money-making opportunities, though political uncertainty makes it a risky business. Executives at the annual GAIM conference in Monaco said they were eyeing […]