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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 […]

Hedge fund chiefs face grilling on role in crisis

January 26, 2009 : Permalink

guardian.co.uk – Secretive hedge fund barons, blamed by many for undermining Britain’s financial stability, will be unmasked on Tuesday when they are forced into the public spotlight by the powerful Treasury select committee. As suggestions grow that hedge funds have […]