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Inquiry started of financier who invested with Madoff
International Herald Tribune – J. Ezra Merkin, a New York financier, wrote his investors last month that he too was shocked by the news that Bernard Madoff’s hedge fund was an elaborate Ponzi scheme. But not everyone sees him as a […]
Shapiro a Madoff Victim
HorseRaceInsider.com – Richard Shapiro, former chairman of the Califorinia Horse Racing Board, has been "devastated" financially by the $50-billion Ponzi scheme that was engineered by Bernard Madoff, according to a letter that Shapiro wrote to a U.S. Congressman. "Nearly all […]
Battered hedge funds face difficult 2009
Daily Herald – Year after year, the hedge fund industry dazzled Wall Street by delivering "absolute returns" – outsized profits whether markets rose or fell. Using sophisticated trading models, the pools of managed capital made wealthy people wealthier with eye-popping […]
Inspector General investigating Boston and New York SEC offices in in wake of Markopolos allegations
Examiner.com – David Kotz, Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General, told the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services last week he was determined to learn "the reasons for the SEC’s apparent failure to act" on repeated warnings about Bernard Madoff’s massive […]
Madoff Avoids Jail, Continues House Arrest
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Bernard Madoff will continue his house arrest at his swanky Manhattan apartment, after a judge refused to send him to prison on Monday. Madoff’s lawyers have pointed out that he has cooperated fully with officials and […]
High waves in market sink even legendary hedge funds
Tacoma News Tribune – Year after year, the hedge fund industry dazzled Wall Street by delivering “absolute returns” – outsized profits whether markets rose or fell. Using sophisticated trading models, the pools of managed capital made wealthy people wealthier with […]
Viewpoint: Madoff scandal makes case against regulation
Baltimore Sun – If there is anything we have learned from the crisis in the financial sector, it’s the urgent need for more regulation. Had federal regulators been more vigilant or wielded greater powers, all this suffering and heartache might […]
Hedge funds suffer losses but beat markets
Reuters UK – Hedge funds suffered their worst full-year loss ever in 2008 but their decline was still less steep than the 38 percent drop for the average stock mutual fund, data released on Thursday showed. The average hedge fund […]
Madoff May Cost Insurers $1 Billion to Cover Funds
Bloomberg – Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme may cost insurers who cover financial institutions more than $1 billion as they pay legal costs for investment managers who gave client money to Madoff, an industry executive said. Insurers who sell such […]
Outsourcing at hedge funds on the march
International Herald Tribune – It used to be that if you wanted a job done properly, you did it yourself. That no longer holds for the administration of hedge funds. The practice of doing middle- and back-office administrative work in-house, especially […]
Bank Safdie Dodges Madoff Loss, Predicts More Hedge Fund Rules
Bloomberg – Banque Safdie SA, the Geneva-based wealth manager that withdrew money invested with Bernard Madoff three years before his alleged Ponzi scheme unraveled, said the scandal will mean more hedge fund regulation. “What Madoff has done is highlight the […]
