Reuters – The European Union has defended planned rules for hedge funds against criticism from Washington, saying on Thursday its proposed regime was in line with an international accord to increase transparency. U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has complained to […]

BusinessWeek – A forestry and carbon hedge fund proposed by Athamas SA will focus on wood rather than carbon credits after United Nations climate talks in December failed to set international targets after 2012. When Luxembourg-based Athamas was founded in […]

WSJ – The technology bubble popped a decade ago, but the venture-capital industry that helped finance the boom stayed largely intact. Now venture-capital firms are going through their own brutal culling. Venture firms are struggling to raise new cash, hampered […]

Guardian – The European commission announced moves today to shore up the euro and ward off market pressure on Greece by considering a ban on complex derivatives allegedly being used to undermine the single currency. The draconian move suggested by […]

Investmet News – The Managed Funds Association is teaming up with the Texas Hedge Fund Association, marking the MFA’s third announced partnership in as many months. The MFA, the hedge fund industry’s premier trade association, has made regional alliances a […]

WSJ – Gartmore Group Ltd., the hedge-fund and mutual-fund manager that listed its shares on the London Stock Exchange in December, reported a drop in operating earnings for 2009 but said its business is firmly on the mend and has […]

CNN Money – On November 19, 2009 Jeffrey Gundlach was named a finalist for Morningstar’s award for bond fund manager of the decade. For Gundlach, the nomination recognized 10 years of stellar results, exceeding even the returns of the legendary […]

BusinessWeek – Hedge funds that trade currencies are taking hits from politicians casting them as speculators out to sink the euro and push Greece into insolvency. They are also losing money. Macro funds, so named because they try to profit […]

Globe And Mail – Two former executives of collapsed hedge fund Norshield Asset Management (Canada) Ltd. knowingly misled investors, failed to keep proper books and made misleading statements to investigators, an Ontario Securities Commission panel has concluded. In a ruling […]

Crain’s – Just as hedge funds are celebrating another month of positive inflows and marginal performance gains, the Securities and Exchange Commission is gearing up add more than 30 new investigators to its New York office—to focus on such firms. […]

Barclays – The migration of money away from fund of funds and directly into the hedge fund space indicates investors are being drawn by the recent successes in the industry, which look set to continue, according to market analysts. The […]

AP – Greece is urging the United States to step up regulation of hedge funds that Athens blames for making Greece’s economic crisis worse. Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou told The Associated Press on Monday that he was also seeking advice […]