Tag Archives: marshall wace


Giving Up the Hedge-Fund Rat Race At Age 28

April 8, 2009 : Permalink

Wall Street Journal Blogs – Wasim Rehman, the 28-year-old head of risk controls at the hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, has resigned from the partnership and plans to retire from the investment industry. In a statement to the market this […]

Treasury Select Committee MPs accuse funds of cashing in on misery

January 28, 2009 : Permalink

Times Online – Hedge funds were accused by MPs yesterday of gambling against the taxpayer when they bet that the share prices of British banks would fall. Appearing before the Treasury Select Committee, four leading hedge fund managers were told […]

Treasury Select Committee turns the spotlight on hedge funds

January 27, 2009 : Permalink

Times Online – They are the financial world’s most secretive and unaccountable men — but also among its wealthiest and most influential. Today, four of the sharpest speculators in the hedge fund industry will be thrust into the spotlight when […]