Tag Archives: business-day


Hedge fund fighters deal with market pounding in the boxing ring

November 20, 2008 : Permalink

AFP – Is it more painful to see the value of your fund disappear as the global economy crumbles, or for another man to punch you as hard as he can in the face? For Elliot "The Machine Gun" Odell, […]

Hedge fund founder barred from pleading

August 7, 2008 : Permalink

Boston Globe – A federal judge barred Samuel Israel, the convicted founder of hedge fund firm Bayou Group LLC, from entering a plea to bail jumping, saying his addiction to methadone may have impaired his judgment. A US judge cited […]