A hedge fund that has profited mightily from the downturn in the nonprime mortgage market said the implosion is just beginning and that the number of loan defaults will “skyrocket,” according to a letter to the firm’s investors. The letter […]

March 16 (Bloomberg) — Are hedge funds really the disruptive, destabilizing force their critics make them out to be? Or do these free-wheeling partnerships of wealthy and institutional investors actually reduce volatility and help make the financial markets run smoother? […]

After sitting down with Paul Atkins, a Republican commissioner at the SEC, it became clear that many in Washington D.C. are simply hung up on hedge fund regulation. Atkins, who served the SEC from 1990-94 and was re-appointed in 2002, […]

Last week, China’s stock market drop precipitated a snowball effect, causing a decline in most equity markets worldwide. This is the second time in 12 months that we have seen a sharp global stock market sell-off after a period of […]

New Delhi – The recent turmoil in Asian equity markets has sparked a familiar cry from some investing corners: It is all the fault of hedge funds. Dozens of these funds have set up shop in Asia in the past […]

On the New York Stock Exchange, hedge funds account for more than half of its daily volume and have an equal affect on the global financial market. This growing industry comprises an estimated $1 trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) […]

A group of Northwest Airlines shareholders late Monday asked a bankruptcy judge to deny the carrier’s request for an extension to exclusively file its reorganization plan. Eagan-based Northwest’s exclusivity period is set to run out on Friday. It has asked […]

  The most famous surviving words from the ancient Greek Battle of Thermopylae have been “molon labe,” the defiant taunt by 300 Spartans to their numerically superior Persian adversaries. Translated, it means roughly “Come and take them,” referring to their […]

WASHINGTON, March 13 — Lehman Brothers, the global investment bank, bought a 20 percent stake on Tuesday in the management companies of D. E. Shaw, a $29 billion hedge fund that is among the largest and oldest funds in the […]

According to a report in the Financial Times, the first start-up independent Asian hedge fund is likely to begin with more than US$1bn and is expected to launch in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the situation. This […]

A one-day, global panic could not derail a second strong month of hedge fund performance in 2007, according to The BarclayGroup. Overall, hedge funds were up 0.84% in February, and have earned nearly 2% through the first two months of […]

ZURICH – A campaign led by British hedge funds to force major changes at Dutch bank ABN could, if successful, lead to other European banks being targeted in the same way, say bankers and analysts. But it is still far […]