MSN MoneyCentral – Martha Stewart complained that she was almost trampled by the scrum of reporters at her trial on charges she lied about a stock sale. Stephen J. Treadway’s trial, in the sameManhattan federal court, was considerably quieter, although […]

Forbes – The Greenwich-Van Global Hedge Fund Index returned -0.60% in June according to a preliminary report released today by Greenwich-Van Advisors, LLC, a leading hedge fund index provider. In comparison, the S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones Europe Stoxx Index, […]

MSN MoneyCentral – Shares of drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. rose in midday trading Monday after hedge fund Tudor Investments disclosed it has been buying up shares, spurring investor speculationabout a restructuring, a recapitalization or a sale of the company. […]

Cayman Net News – dms Management Ltd recently announced that Roger Hanson has joined the firm as Director,  and said this would further strengthen the company’s high level of expertise asindependent directors of offshore hedge funds. A recognized leader in […]

CFO.com – Cynthia Glassman, a Republican Securities and Exchange commissioner who was appointed in 2002 and will not seek a second term, called for economically sound regulation in a speech beforethe National Economists Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Glassman, […]

National Post – A family fortune built on candy and trading cards, a brewing battle over control, scathing letters, a pile of surplus cash and speculation that even Warren Buffett could get interested. It has all the elements of a […]

Business Online – THE New York Mercantile Exchange spied an opportunity when the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE.XX) closed its London trading floor in early 2005 and moved energy contract trading to computer terminals. Inspired by disgruntled ICE traders, famed for their […]

With the flip of a ceremonial switch, Microsoft Corp dedicated a half-acre of solar panels on its Silicon Valley campus, bringing California closer to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s goal of 1mn solar roofs. That leaves about 980,000 to go. Schwarzenegger, 58, […]

Independent – Driving past a church, I notice people flocking to that morning’s event: a “patriotic singalong with ice cream”. I turn into the village high street, where old-fashioned, pith-helmetedtraffic cops stand at every intersection, in lieu of vulgar traffic […]

CityWire.co.uk – John Duffield, founder chairman of New Star Asset Management, has raised serious concerns about the issue of fund managers front running their long-only funds with hedge funds. He said: ‘That’s the thing that worries me most in this […]

ifaonline.co.uk – HEDGE FUNDS should no longer be taboo for retail investors the European commission is likely to rule this year, reports The Guardian. According to the paper, the commission will say hedge funds should pose little or no risk […]

Business Day –  INVESTMENTS in hedge funds betting on metals, grains and other raw materials would grow faster than money tracking commodity indexes, partly because of the lower risk involved, NewFinance Capital LLP said. Hedge funds that trade commodities would […]