Waterbury Republican-American – The hedge-fund industry has achieved considerable success selling investments designed to make money no matter how the stock market fares. So far, the relative handful of mutual funds using hedge-fund strategies has not made market inroads, although […]

New York Post – Hedge fund guru Lawrence Goldfarb – the man behind a $30 million plan to revive Murder Inc. mogul Irv “Gotti” Lorenzo’s record label – has a past nearly as scandal-prone as hisnew hip-hop counterpart. Goldfarb, who […]

Financial Times – Meet the new face of the London hedge fund: the organisation man. The old face of the London hedge fund operator might be characterized as the cowboy – the founder who built his firm around his gifts […]

Bobsguide – Fulcrum Limited, a leading global fund administrator for the alternative asset management industry, is pleased to announce a strategic expansion that includes the broadening of theexecutive team, the opening of a New York office, and expansion of the […]

Bloomberg – Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge-fund company, said it took in $2.3 billion of client assets, more than the company had expected, in the sale of a new investment. The Man IP 220 fund “is […]

Reuters – Hedge fund Accipiter Capital Management on Wednesday said it filed suit against hospital chain LifePoint Hospitals Inc. (LPNT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) over the fund’s bid to nominate new board members at LifePoint’s upcoming annual meeting. Accipiter, which owns […]

Money Management – Six out of a possible 20 hedge funds have received a recommended rating from Zenith Investment Partners, in a review it said could help dissipate common misconceptions about the alternative sector. The investment researcher added Credit Suisse […]

American Reporter – Being a natural worry wart I clucked my tongue repeatedly when both the self-sanctified New York Times, and tv stock broadcasts alerted investors and general consumers tothe coming hedge fund train wreck. As with many of the […]

New York Post – Morgan Stanley has created an all-star team of bond traders to wager its own cash in the market, a move that is raising eyebrows of its crucial hedge-fund clients. Bond executives at Morgan told The Post […]

MarketWatch – David Rocker, the managing partner of short-selling hedge fund Rocker Partners LP, has announced plans to retire in the middle of a growing debate on the influence of short sellers inthe stock market. Three years ago, Rocker and […]

FRANKFURT (AFX) – Hedge funds are buying into Schering AG, on the basis that a German law might allow them to get a higher price for their Schering stakes than the 86 eur per share offered by Bayer AG, the […]

A glowing description on the Internet of something called Guaranteed Returns Diversified Inc. says that it can accept only 17 more investors in its newest hedge fund. It predicts a return of 22 percent for the first three months and […]