The Denver Post – Colorado’s newest public company isn’t big in size. But it has big money backing it. Centennial Bank Holdings Inc., which owns local financial institutions such as Centennial Bank of the West, Collegiate Peaks Bank and Guaranty […]

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S.-based investment firm Chapwood Capital has been launched to offer potential investors in hedge funds a way to cut the business risks of these vehicles, the company’s chief executive told Reuters on Monday. The company […]

( www.forbes.com )  FRANKFURT (AFX) – EU financial stability may be ‘seriously’ impacted by recent rapid growth of the hedge fundsindustry, said Edgar Meister, chairman of the ECB’s Banking Supervision Committee. ‘For example, hedge funds can seriously affect financial stability […]

( www.businessweek.com )  The case of a Main Street broker who allegedly used money for a nonexistent hedge to support his side business will encouragecalls for regulatory oversight of the industry. Not all the hedge-fund scandals of late have involved […]

( www. thestreet.com ) – Using a penny stock to hedge long positions in a bankrupt company’s bonds sounds like a recipe for disaster, and for some hedge funds trading Delphi(DPHIQ:Other OTC – commentary –research – Cramer’sTake) last week, it […]

WASHINGTON — Securities regulators on Thursday accused Wood River hedge funds and their manager, a former Wall Street analyst, of defrauding investors with false promises of sound financial management. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the civil lawsuit against John […]

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Several hedge funds have scooped up shares in recent weeks of Carmike Cinemas Inc. (CKEC.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the nation’s third-largest film distributor by number of movie screens, in hopes the beaten-down stock will […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU’s internal market commissioner said Thursday he was wary of heavy-handed legislation for alternative investment funds such as hedge funds. Charlie McCreevy said at a hearing of the European Commission on future legislation for investment funds […]

TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Mizuho Corporate Bank will soon start its own hedge-fund operations by spinning off some of its proprietary trading divisions in New York and London and letting them accept fundsfrom external investors, a source familiar with the situation […]

New York Times – Federal regulators filed suit against a hedge fund yesterday, claiming that its manager deceived his investors by not disclosing his high concentration in a rapidly sinking stock. The suit was filed against Wood River Capital Management […]

The global hedge fund industry was preparing for a bloody nose today as the crisis engulfing US futures and derivatives trader Refco halted business in its biggest unit. The embattled group has begun winding down Refco Securities, a regulated broker […]

Financial Times – Hedge funds are making the headlines again and it is not good news. Three small firms have recently collapsed amid allegations of skulduggery. A fourth has been implicated in the fraud charge brought against the chief executive […]