Bloomberg- Akira Sunaga runs a Japanese hedge fund and displays the rising sun of his country’s flag on company name cards. His office is in Singapore. Sunaga chose the island state, 3,294 miles (5,300 kilometers) from Tokyo, as the best […]

Reuters- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which recently stepped up probes of hedge funds, is looking at whether banks and others are investing in hedge funds to share inside information,an SEC official and securities lawyers said on Wednesday. The […]

Caribbean Net News – Bear Stearns Cos.two bankrupt Cayman Islands hedge funds have asked for more time to argue their appeal after legal experts and one of Bear Stearns’s own entities said they support an initial decision denying the funds […]

Regional bank WestLB AG said Thursday it made its first nine-month loss in four years, with results hampered by global market turmoil and the spread the of the U.S. subprime crisis. The state-owned regional bank said it lost €148 million […]

President Bush said his administration’s new mortgage relief plan should be able to help 300,000homeowners take steps to stay in their homes over the next year. Bush spoke in the White House just minutes before Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and […]

Reuters- Many hedge funds have had a rough ride this year, particularly in August and November, but a number have benefited from the market volatility to produce substantial gains, fund managers andothers said on Tuesday. Some large firms, such as […]

CNN- For the modern day MBA student the sector is venerated very nearly as much as that of private equity, while to the uninitiated it is almost as mysterious — welcome to the world of the hedge fund. Not only […]

Bloomberg- Credit Suisse Group plans to launch a product to replicate hedge fund performance with more liquid securities by the first half of 2008, said Oliver Schupp, a managing director in thefirm’s alternative investments business. The product, the first of […]

Tuscaloosa News- A life of private jets and black-tie balls ended with Seth Tobias, a wealthy investment manager and a familiar presence on CNBC, floating face down in the swimming pool of his mansion here. It was just after midnight […]

Straits Times – Asia will remain a hot spot for hedge funds – private investment funds which seek big returns through higher risk strategies – in the next few years. And Singapore will continue to be a great place for […]

London Stock Exchange- UK-based hedge fund founders are setting their sights on Switzerland ahead of the implementation of a new tax regime on offshore trusts, it has been suggested. Investment management consultancy Kinetic Partners told the Financial Times that many […]

AFP- Wealthy hedge fund managers closely guard their investment strategies, but mounting political donations reveal how some “hedgies” are betting in the crowded US presidential race. Hedge funds’ campaign donations have skyrocketed in recent years as trading profits have ballooned […]