BBC Business – It wasn’t a bad year for hedge funds. They rose 13.86% on average in 2006 – almost double what they made the previous year, according to the Credit Suisse/Tremont hedge fundindex. But that performance – which to […]

MSNBC – Concern that booming lending to hedge funds may have led to a relaxation in credit standards has prompted US and European regulators to start the first joint investigation into whether banksand brokers are managing such risks appropriately. The […]

Business Report – The hedge fund market is potentially “a long way off” from effective implementation of new rules, according to Clade Investment Management director Carl Liebenberg. Liebenberg, whose company that jointly manages the South African Investable Hedge Fund Index […]

The Financial Standard – A new report into the hedge fund industry by specialist consultant John Glass and Rainmaker has found while the local hedge fund market is $22 billion, it’s becoming a big exporter with one quarter of the […]

Reuters – Hedge funds that specialize in emerging markets climbed 20.49 percent in 2006, according to new data, reminding investors of the out-sized returns that made these loosely regulatedportfolios famous just a few years ago. The average emerging market fund […]

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese taxi drivers trade stocks from their cars via mobile phones, and housewives queue at brokerages with bags of cash. But investors have coined a phrase to describe China stock market’s record-breaking bull run: a “rational bubble”. […]

Sometimes the markets don’t reflect what happened (a.k.a. the fundamentals), but who is buying and selling (a.k.a. supply and demand.) Tuesday’s rising Treasury bond prices and falling yields were more the result of Asian central bank-buying than a weak New […]

TimesOnline –Paul Marshall, the multimillionaire co-founder of hedge fund Marshall Wace, yesterday defended its controversial methodology, which relies on investment ideas supplied by City stockbrokers. In an interview with The Times, Mr Marshall, who is also a Liberal Democrat donor, […]

Sydney Morning Herald – THE plants in northern hemisphere gardens may be confused about the unseasonably warm weather, but spare a thought for anyone trying to make a living in the oil market. On thetrading floors, the losses are rising […]

MSN MoneyCentral – Europe could face a wave of corporate restructuring in the second half of this year or first six months of 2008, according to a survey of US and European hedge funds and otherinvestors. The survey – conducted […]

Times Online – Paul Marshall, the multimillionaire co-founder of hedge fund Marshall Wace, yesterday defended its controversial methodology, which relies on investment ideas supplied by Citystockbrokers. NI_MPU(‘middle’); In an interview with The Times, Mr Marshall, who is also a Liberal […]

New York Times – SOMETIMES it feels as if there is a red state-blue state divide when it comes to hedge funds. Some people believe that if permitted to remain free from the shackles of dangerous government oversight, hedge funds […]