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Fairfield Hedge Funds Sued by Madoff Trustee
Newsinferno.com – Bernard Madoff trustee, Irving Picard, has sued three Fairfield Greenwich Group hedge funds—Fairfield Sentry Ltd., Greenwich Sentry LP, and Greenwich Sentry Partners LP—in a clawback suit that seeks the return of $3.54 billion to repay victims of Madoff’s […]
Man linked to Madoff to yield control of funds
Denver Post – J. Ezra Merkin, a hedge-fund manager who invested billions of dollars of clients’ money with swindler Bernard Madoff, has agreed to relinquish control of his funds to court-appointed trustees. The attorney general’s office had requested the move […]
Trustee sues Fairfield Greenwich funds for $3.54b
Boston Globe – The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff’s defunct money-management firm sued three Fairfield Greenwich Group hedge funds, seeking the return of $3.54 billion withdrawn before Madoff’s massive fraud unraveled. The trustee, Irving Picard, filed the so-called clawback lawsuit yesterday […]
Hunt for Madoff money to drag on for years
Reuters UK – Five months after Bernard Madoff’s massive fraud was revealed, little of his victims’ money has been found and it appears increasingly likely that the worldwide hunt for their missing billions will drag on for years. So far, […]
Aozora Posts 242.6 Billion Yen Loss on GMAC, Hedge Fund Losses
Bloomberg – Aozora Bank Ltd., the Japanese lender controlled by Cerberus Capital Management LP, posted its first loss in a decade, after investments in U.S. lender GMAC LLC and Bernard Madoff soured. The bank booked a 242.6 billion yen ($2.5 […]
Trustee pursues Cayman Islands hedge fund
Caribbean Net News – Cayman Islands hedge fund Harley International Ltd withdrew $425 million from swindler Bernard Madoff in the three months before his arrest, according to a lawsuit seeking more than $1 billion from the fund. The lawsuit on […]
Another Madoff linked hedge fund sued
NineMSN – The trustee overseeing the liquidation of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s assets sued another investment fund on Tuesday, claiming it owes Madoff’s victims more than $US1 billion ($A1.32 billion) it withdrew from his firm. The complaint in Manhattan bankruptcy […]
Fairfield Greenwich Accuses Regulator of Madoff-Case Distortion
Bloomberg – Fairfield Greenwich Group, the hedge fund that lost $7 billion invested with Bernard Madoff, accused a Massachusetts regulator of “factual distortions” and told a judge that it closely monitored its investment. The firm said yesterday it filed court […]
Demand for Hedge Fund Separate Accounts ‘a Knee-Jerk Reaction’
Bloomberg – Hedge fund investors’ growing demands for separate accounts may be an overreaction to increasing redemptions and fraud, participants said at an industry conference in Hong Kong this week. Investors are demanding accounts that allow them to tailor investments, […]
Unions say they lost $1B
Albany Times Union – A group of upstate unions claims it lost nearly $1 billion in pension and other benefit funds after an investment manager placed the money with Bernard Madoff Investment Securities LLC. Now, the unions have filed a […]
Bay State firm is sued in Madoff scandal
Boston Globe – Investors of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff have filed 18 lawsuits against Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in an effort to recoup $3.3 billion that its hedge fund group lost in the scandal. But the Springfield insurer is […]
Unions sue hedge funds over money lost by Madoff
Las Vegas Sun – Two Las Vegas unions claim to have lost almost $2 million in retirement funds to the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, and have sued the hedge fund in which they had invested that money. The unions — […]
