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Elliott Hedge Fund Bought Fictitious Securities From Dreier

Bloomberg – Elliott Management Corp., the $12.8 billion hedge-fund firm founded by Paul Singer 32 years ago, told clients that it bought securities from Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer jailed for alleged fraud. Elliott lost money on promissory notes […]

Royal Bank of Canada Sued Over Failed Hedge Funds

Bloomberg – Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest bank by assets, was sued by investors in Olympus United Funds who claim they lost more than $90 million in the funds’ collapse. Royal Bank, based in Toronto, “secretly managed” the […]

Sparx to Miss March 2011 Asset Target on Market Rout

Bloomberg – Sparx Group Co., Asia’s biggest hedge-fund manager, will likely miss its asset management target of 5 trillion yen ($57 billion) by March 2011 because of redemptions and losses amid the global market rout. The firm has cut costs to […]

Royal Bank of Canada Sued Over Failed Hedge Funds

Bloomberg – Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest bank by assets, was sued by investors in Olympus United Funds who claim they lost more than $90 million in the funds’ collapse. Royal Bank, based in Toronto, “secretly managed” the […]

Dreier Gets $20 Million Bond, Claims He Can’t Pay

Bloomberg – Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer jailed since his arrest for allegedly cheating hedge funds, won’t be able to post the $20 million bond that would free him, his lawyer told a federal judge. U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Eaton in […]

Dreier Claims His Son Was Promised Property, Prosecutors Say

Bloomberg – Marc Dreier, the New York lawyer accused of cheating hedge funds, said he told his 19-year-old son he could have properties worth $12.5 million after the teenager agreed to spend the summer with him, prosecutors said. Assistant U.S. Attorney […]

Deutsche Bank Says Had No Losses on Two Hedge Funds

Bloomberg –  Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, said it suffered no losses from its U.S. hedge funds CQ Capital and Distressed Opportunities. The Frankfurt-based company invested no capital in the hedge funds, which are for institutional asset management clients, […]

Israel Girlfriend Pleads Not Guilty to Aiding Escape

Bloomberg – Debra Ryan, the girlfriend of Samuel Israel, the convicted founder of hedge-fund firm Bayou Group LLC charged with bail jumping, pleaded not guilty to helping him escape. Israel, 49, is accused of faking his suicide and fleeing the day […]

Yahoo Investors Want New CEO Bartz to Earn Them Quick Return

Bloomberg – Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Carol Bartz, who took the job yesterday, won’t get much of a honeymoon with the Internet company’s investors. Shareholders are looking for Yahoo to rekindle talks with Microsoft Corp. or possibly sell off […]

Eveillard and Englander Shun Leverage, Beat Rivals

Bloomberg – Jean-Marie Eveillard, who beat 99 percent of rival equity fund managers last year by hoarding cash instead of borrowing it, is loading up on Japanese insurers and Hong Kong developers. “Leverage eliminates your staying power,” said Eveillard, whose $16.8 […]

Hedge Fund Charities Pinched as Donors Ask Results Firms Miss

Bloomberg – Martin Ward, a teacher at a London experimental school called the Evelyn Grace Academy, is pitching Arpad Busson on a new idea for getting poor kids interested in science. The charity that Busson leads, Absolute Return for Kids, or […]

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 […]