New York Post – IT’S good to see that the U.S. Securities and Ex change Commission has come to its senses and that – at least for the time being – it won’t be enforcing the media subpoenas that have […]

Boston Business Journal – The mutual fund industry is quietly building a multi-billion-dollar business around its “big money” clients, rolling out a handful of products — hedge funds and other “private” investment pools — that often require minimum antes of […]

MarketWatch – “Remember the late 1990s, when all those twenty-five-year-olds were starting dot-coms and getting rich?” asks Dave Barry in his newest book, “Money Secrets.” That’s like “the boom going on with hedge funds now. Everybody is starting them. This […]

San Francisco Gate – Reflecting the growing popularity of long-short mutual funds, Morningstar last week created a new category for them. Lipper will do so next month. These funds take some work to understand, but if you’re tired of the […]

Reuters – HSBC Halbis Partners has this month launched a distressed debt hedge fund to exploit opportunities thrown up by an expected rise in corporate default rates this year. Analysts say the launch is probably the start of a trend […]

Buffett blasts hefty fund fees USA Today – 45 minutes ago … He’s bearish on hedge funds and money managers who often charge hefty fees … offered similar pessimism about the high fees charged by many hedge–fund managers and … […]

Reuters – HSBC Halbis Partners has this month launched a distressed debt hedge fund to exploit opportunities thrown up by an expected rise in corporate default rates this year. Analysts say the launch is probably the start of a trend […]

Globe and Mail – With interest in hedge funds exploding, some ratings agencies are starting to scrutinize the lightly regulated, opaque industry. Moody’s Investors Service in New York is one. It’s developing a methodology for rating hedge fund operations and […]

Reuters – A hedge fund that holds 9 percent of U.S. biotechnology company Chiron Corp.’s (CHIR.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shares on Thursday said itplans to vote against a planned acquisition by Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) next […]

New York Times – In December, John T. Schuessler, the chief executive of Wendy’s International, declined to meet with the billionaire investor Nelson Peltz, who was pressing for major changes at the struggling company. Yesterday evening, Wendy’s announced that Trian […]

Reuters – Hedge fund investors can sometimes face daunting challenges, both getting into attractive funds or exiting funds with long “lock up” provisions in an industry that continues to growrapidly. But an increased number of restrictions is benefiting Hedgebay Trading […]

Reuters – An investor group led by Edison Fund Ltd. said on Thursday it sued attorneys, auditors and advisers for defunct hedge fund Wood River Partners LP, seeking to recoup $200 million that theysay is owed to them. The suit, […]