Forbes – Hedge funds can disrupt the efficient functioning of markets if fund operators decide simultaneously to exit or take new positions, incoming Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens warned in a speech delivered in Hong Kong, a copy […]

  Marketwatch – Before a surfing injury derailed his investing career, Robert Chapman ran an activist hedge fund sporting annual returns of more than 20% in a seven-year stretch that included the market’s lean years after the dot-com crash. Chapman, […]

El Di�rio La Estrella – Hedge fund trading of bonds and derivatives in the U.S. more than doubled in the past year, giving the funds so much influence that some markets can’t operate efficientlywithout them, Greenwich Associates said. Hedge funds […]

MSN MoneyCentral – The Securities and Exchange Commission will be monitoring hedge funds through their dealings with broker dealers, and those relationships will come under more scrutiny, thecommission’s director of enforcement said Wednesday. Linda Chatman Thomsen, speaking in New York, […]

PR Newswire – The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority announced on 5 September that the jurisdiction now has more than 8,000 registered hedge funds, an increase of more than 2,000 funds compared to thebeginning of 2005. More than 1,000 new hedge […]

KWQC – An activist hedge fund received anti-trust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission to buy nearly 794 (m) million dollars in shares of McDonald stock. In a September 1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Oak Brook-based […]

AXcess News – Over the last several months fear has crept into investors psyche. While some of that might be just prudence, the kind of fear that grips most of the folks who take the time to drop mea line […]

Reuters – Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday released enhanced criteria for rating hedge funds, a market segment expected to grow as investors and regulators press for greater transparency. The updated criteria include more quantitative analysis and more focus on operational […]

MSNBC – Fresh from his June victory against the Securities & Exchange Commission — in which a federal appeals court tossed out a controversial SEC rule requiring hedge funds to register with theagency — Phillip Goldstein is gearing up for […]

As soon as Vitesse Semiconductor Corp. said it was under investigation for securities law violations that could delay routine regulatory filings, the Camarillo, Calif.-based maker of computer chips also learned it was about to be held up for ransom in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Assets in funds of hedge funds, which let investors tap a suite of portfolios in one hit, climbed by more than $100 billion (54 billion pounds) in the six months to end-June, arise greater than in all […]

A New York hedge fund operator on Monday disclosed about a 7.3 percent stake in Cyberonics Inc., along with an ongoing intention to nominate a slate of three candidates for the medical device maker’s board of directors. According to a […]