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Alleged hedge fund scammer is arrested
San Francisco Gate – Friday, January 9, 2009 Alexander James Trabulse, 61, was taken into custody Monday, according to U.S Customs and Border Protection officials. He appeared later that day before U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth Laporte in San Francisco and is […]
Investors joining hedge fund club get burned
Reuters – Two years ago, investors scrambled to snap up shares in elite hedge fund firms, eager for a piece of the lucrative action. What they got instead were big losses. Starting in early 2007, when hedge fund and private equity […]
Chairman of Hedge Funds Care to Ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell
West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.net) – President and Chairman of Hedge Funds Care (HFC), John Budzyna, will preside over the Closing Bell to mark the 11th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit to be held at Cipriani […]
Oil Curve Steeper Than ’99 Shows Crude May Gain in ’09 on OPEC
Bloomberg – The steepest plunge in crude prices on record may be setting up oil investors for a rally this year, if history is any guide. The so-called forward curve of futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange […]
Stable commodity prices forecast
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – During the first six months of 2008, commodities looked to be the savior of investors who were losing money in the stock market. In the second half, particularly for those who had invested in oil, […]
Asia stocks at 2-month high
Reuters – Asian stocks rose to a two-month high on Monday, with expectations for a global economic recovery later this year on the back of massive government spending prompting investors to wade back into riskier assets. Regional equities have risen […]
Hedge funds bet on regulations
The Washington Times – Hedge-fund managers say Bernard L. Madoff may succeed where Christopher Cox failed: forcing regulation of their $1.5 trillion industry. Mr. Madoff’s purported bilking of investors by up to $50 billion begins to uncover a part of […]
Game changes for hedge funds
International Herald Tribune – Hedge funds have suffered a shakeout in 2008. The average hedge fund fell almost 20 percent, according to Hedge Fund Research. No fund has yet required a bailout. But many won’t be around in the new […]
UBP wants independent hedge fund administrators
Reuters – Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privee (UBP) may pull client money out of hedge funds unless they set up independent administrators, the Financial Times said on Wednesday. The Geneva-based bank, one of the world’s largest investors in hedge […]
