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Cox Gives Support for Merger of SEC, CFTC

October 24, 2008 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said he was all for a merger between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Hopping on board with U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, this was the first […]

Hedge funds caught out as Hurricane Gustav fails to lift oil price

September 4, 2008 : Permalink

Times Online – Several hedge funds face big financial losses after wrongly predicting that oil and gas prices would rise as a result of Hurricane Gustav slamming into the Gulf coast of the US earlier this week. As Gustav swept […]

Tate & Lyle boss calls for hedge fund curbs

July 21, 2008 : Permalink

Daily Telegraph- The chief executive of the sugar refining group Tate & Lyle has hit out at hedge funds and other commodity speculators, calling for them to face greater regulation in a bid to hold back soaring food prices. Hedge […]