Tag Archives: investment pools
Why Polygon Is Losing Pace
Forbes – Markets around the world have been rallying all year. So how did Polygon’s flagship hedge fund manage to lose money? Polygon Global Opportunities Master Fund delivered a negative 2.92% net return as of June 30, lagging far behind […]
MFA Comments On Obamas Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009
New York (HedgeCo.net) – Richard H. Baker, President and CEO of the Managed Funds Association (MFA) wrote a letter to MFA members this afternoon, highlighting today’s announcement by the Obama Administration requiring all advisers to hedge funds and other private […]
Feds offer hedge-fund deal, with strings
Denver Post – Hedge funds are being offered a deal to help the feds rescue the banking system: A low-risk opportunity to buy bad bank assets that could one day make them a killing. But the deal could make for […]
Hedge funds accept controls
The Columbus Dispatch – The hedge-fund industry, battered and humbled by the market downturn, no longer is planning to fight an increased role for government in regulating and inspecting the secretive investment pools. Opposition has melted away as the […]
Hedge-Fund Destruction Is the Route to Salvation: David Reilly
Bloomberg – Like plenty of financial players, hedge funds are taking a beating. Many once-high-flying managers have been swamped by losses. Others have abandoned the business after discovering it wasn’t such an easy path to riches. Even some of the […]
