NEW YORK – European investors including UK hedge funds may drop U.S. subprime mortgage investments given a lack of transparency and mispricing of risk, two business professors said on Thursday. Joseph Mason, a professor at Drexel University’s LeBow School of […]

New York – A U.S. bankruptcy court judge ordered hedge funds to disclose details of their holdings in Northwest Airlines, a ruling that may quell the enthusiasm of investor groups for banding together and exerting influence over bankrupt companies. The […]

Last week both Ford (F) and Delta (DALRQ) got off their deathbeds to hand out goodies to many of their employees. Response was swift as bloggersand columnists asked why a company like Ford that lost $12.7 billion last year was […]

WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. congressional panel said it will hold a series of hearings on hedge funds and private equity pools beginning on Tuesday. The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said the hearings will focus on […]

New York – The contentious Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWACQ.PK) bankruptcy case is a new battleground in a larger war between hedge funds and distressed companies that will only widen, experts say. The No. 5 U.S. airline wants to cancel existing […]

When Amaranth Advisors, the $9.5 billion hedge fund, collapsed, Citadel Investments and JPMorgan swooped in for the leftovers. After the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, reinsurance companies sprouted like weeds to take advantage of soaring premiums. So it is […]

Hartford – Senate Republicans yesterday said they do not believe their Democratic colleague, Norwalk’s Bob Duff, will muster enough bipartisan support to regulate hedge funds this session. “I can’t imagine this bill’s going to pass,” said Senate Minority Leader Pro […]

GREENWICH — Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele welcomed more than 350 hedge fund managers, investors and investment industry leaders to Connecticut’s first ever World Hedge Fund Forum Tuesday morning at theGreenwich Hyatt Regency. Participants came from as far away as Japan […]

China should legalise hedge funds and bring in more private equity funds in order to develop the country’s futures market, a Beijing-based university professor has argued [via Bloomberg]. Professor Hu Yuyue, head of the stock futures research center at the […]

A fight between Northwest Airlines and a group of hedge funds to force each other to tip their hands on investment decisions and discussions has led to what could be a pivotal ruling on hedge funddisclosure. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan […]

Greenwich, Conn. – The nation’s $1 trillion hedge fund industry doesn’t need further regulation because current rules are sufficient to protect investors, a federal Treasury official said Tuesday. “If the solution were as simple as granting additional regulatory authority, regulators […]

The hedge fund industry has enjoyed significant success in the Middle East in recent years, buoyed by a huge influx of new capital and the rapid evolution of the region’s financial services infrastructure. Soaring energy prices, development and progressive initiatives […]