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James Chanos Says Hedge Funds Face Regulation: Year in Review
BloombergThe financial wreckage of 2008 has left no part of our country untouched. It exposed the bankruptcy of business models employed by mortgage companies, investment banks, and rating agencies as well as the flaws of innovations such as structured finance […]
Automakers Plead to Congress for $25 Billion Bailout
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Auto executives stood before Congress yesterday and requested a $25 billion rescue package, pleading that their industry was going under fast. After allocating billions to bailouts in recent months, the auto industry was met with quite […]
Obama adviser lobbied to protect Fannie
The Washington Times – A transition adviser to President-elect Barack Obama earned millions of dollars overseeing an office that led a lobbying effort to prevent increased oversight of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, the company at the heart of the ongoing […]
Waxman backs more regulation of hedge funds, rating companies
Tehran Times – "We do have to have much more government oversight and involvement than we’ve seen in the last decade or so,” said Waxman, a California Democrat. “A lot of people didn’t either know what they were getting into […]
The End of Wall Street as We Know It
Gotham Gazette – The turbulent financial market events of recent days demonstrably signal the end of Wall Street as we know it. More uncertainty lies ahead, on Wall Street but also for the national economy. How is this affecting New […]
Fed Reverses Stance on AIG, Provides Rescue
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Just one day after reaffirming their stance they would not rescue America International Group Inc., the Fed has agreed to lend the collapsing insurer $85 billion in exchange for a 79.9 percent majority stake. The Fed […]
Candidates Must Decide on Government Role in Financial Markets
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – The recent controversial moves of Henry Paulson and the U.S. Treasury have Washington divided not only on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but on government’s new role in the U.S. mortgage market. […]
Israeli hedge funds beat benchmark
Globes – Priority Investments Ltd.’s Israeli hedge fund index, Hedge Fund Priority Index (HFPI) fell 0.85% in July, compared with a 4.66% drop by its benchmark, the Tel Aviv 25 Index. However, the Hedge Fund Research Inc. (HFRI) fund weighted […]
Hedge Funds Weary to Invest in Freddie, Fannie: Government Bailout May be Inevitable
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – While the U.S. Treasury has done all it can to stave off rumors of a government bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , some say the inevitable rescue is bound to take place after attempts […]
High-flying fund manager under SEC scrutiny
CNN Money – Third Point Management, a New York hedge fund run by one of the country’s most outspoken and controversial investors, has come under investigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The $5.6 billion fund, whose founder Daniel Loeb […]
Soros boosts Lehman stake
Reuters – Billionaire investor George Soros hiked his stake in Wall Street firm Lehman Brothers to 9.5 million shares as of June 30 from 10,000 shares, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Thursday. Soros disclosed the quarter-over-quarter increase in […]
