Tag Archives: k-street


Hedge fund body taps heavyweight lobbyist

June 15, 2009 : Permalink

Wealth Bulletin – The Managed Funds Association, a leading trade group for the hedge fund sector, has recruited Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the heavyweight K Street lobbying firm, to press its interests on Capitol Hill, a document filed this week […]

Hedge funds set student loan firms in their sights

October 20, 2008 : Permalink

Guardian Unlimited – After being accused of precipitating the present financial crisis by short-selling banks, hedge funds are now turning their attention to student loans. Jim Chanos, founder and president of Kynikos, one of the best known short- selling hedge […]