Macon Telegraph – A federal judge revoked bond Thursday for a hedge fund manager accused of bilking investors ranging from NFL players to his own mother out of millions of dollars after a prosecutordisclosed the suspect kept a journal in […]

Macon Telegraph – A Greenwich mortgage broker admitted that she helped her college-age son recruit investors in a multimillion-dollar hedge fund scam but said she really believed he was a savvy moneymanager. Ayferafet Yalincak, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to […]

Reuters – Low expected returns from stocks and bonds has persuaded some of the worlds biggest pension funds to look at hedge funds as a way of boosting their portfolios, panellists at a hedge fundconference said on Tuesday. Poor average […]

San Diego Daily Transcript – When an adviser, consultant or broker recommends a hedge fund or fund of funds, he or she may not be pitching the best investment for you because there’s a commission at stake.   Except for […]

Bloomberg – Don’t be misled by the recent news that a U.S. court blocked the Securities and Exchange Commission from regulating hedge funds. The hot-as-a-pistol $1.2 trillion hedge fund business hasn’t permanently escaped the clutches of regulators. It has only […]

Reuters – Soft-dollar deals — in which money managers pay above-market commission rates to get “free” brokerage services such as stock research — will be further restricted, but not banned, underrules adopted on Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange […]

Kevin Shames from Alpha Asset Management explains why the international community is finding the SA hedge fund industry so attractive. Chris Gibbons: It is time to look at hedge funds in South Africa. Big profit opportunities in South African stocks, […]

Moneyweb – Balding, bespectacled and slight of build, Bill Bowder is an unlikely attraction in a city which constantly reminds you that the world’s biggest movie stars gather here every year. Amongthe hedge fund fraternity, though, Bowder’s celebrated like Charlize […]

Reuters – The Financial Services Authority (FSA) said it was within its rights when it fined high-profile hedge fund manager Philippe Jabre for market abuse in Japan because the effects of globalfinancial trades are felt worldwide. Jabre, a former top […]

Moneycontrol.com – The “Meltdown May” may have severly impacted hedge funds in general, but there is no stopping them from looking at the India story. From GDP recording growth of 9.4% in Q4 to Sensex looking to outperform most other […]

Reuters – Low expected returns from stocks and bonds have persuaded some of the worlds top pension funds to look at hedge funds as a way of boosting their portfolios, panellists at a hedge fundconference said on Tuesday. Poor average […]

Winston-Salem Journal – In late January, a private-equity fund called First Reserve Corp. discovered firsthand how much the market has changed. First Reserve, based in Greenwich, Conn., wanted to buyan oil-and-gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico. During a conference […]