Hedge-fund scammer a suicide? Victims doubt it
Philadelphia Daily News- A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has...
View ArticleHedge funds expand role as small business lender
Guardian.co.uk – Hedge funds are known for playing many roles on Wall Street, but last-resort lender to small businesses that are turned down by banks is hardly one of them. Yet with the credit crunch...
View ArticleAndor Hedge Fund to Liquidate
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Greenwich-based Andor Capital Management will liquidate its $2 billion hedge fund after posting losses due to unfavorable market conditions, following in the footsteps of many...
View ArticleBrother of Bayou’s Marino Pleads Guilty to Helping Hide Fraud
Bloomberg – The brother of former Bayou Group LLC finance chief Daniel Marino, who is serving 20 years in prison, pleaded guilty to a federal charge that he helped conceal a $400 million fraud at the...
View ArticleEuropean hedge funds hit by market turmoil
Reuters Paris – European hedge funds have had a bad week due to the market turmoil from the bailout of AIG and the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the co-founder of French fund of hedge fund manager...
View ArticleHedge Funds: How the Smart Money Looked Dumb
TIMES – The ups and downs of the Dow are making Wall Street’s so-called "smart money" look dopey. Hedge funds lost nearly $300 billion due to bad investments in the first nine months of the year,...
View ArticleHedge Fund Boxers Forget Market Woe, De-Stress at Charity Fight
Bloomberg – At 5-foot-4 and 48 years, Nissim “The Miracle” Tse is the shortest and oldest of 34 boxers signed up for this year’s Hong Kong Hedge Fund Fight Nite. Calling himself “a financial warrior,”...
View ArticlePXP Vietnam to Start Hedge Fund, Bets on Stock Market Recovery
Bloomberg – PXP Vietnam Asset Management, which oversees $225 million, plans to start a hedge fund by early next year as it seeks bargains in Asia’s second-worst-performing stock market, said...
View ArticleDeadline nears for investors to redeem hedge fund shares
USA Today – It is last call for investors to ask for their money back from poorly performing hedge funds. Whether that is a bullish or bearish sign for battered stocks is anyone’s guess. Wall Street...
View ArticleHedge Funds Let Loose for a Night of Celebration
New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge funds may not be having their best year, but whoever said they lost their glamour obviously didn’t attend the HedgeCo Holiday Networking Event. About 650 guests piled...
View ArticleHedgeCo Hosts Blogging Platform, Provides Outlet for Hedge Fund Industry Experts
West Palm Beach, Dec 15, 2008 – Adding to its array of new and interactive features, HedgeCo.Net has unveiled the Hedge Fund blog platform, which provides both accredited investors and the general...
View ArticleHow to run a hedge fund from your dorm room
North by Northwestern – By the start of his 9 a.m. class, Weinberg freshman Brian Levin has begun watching his investments. When the markets open, he checks his models to try to predict what will...
View ArticleHedge Funds Could Be Forced To Register With SEC Under New Bill
All Headline News – Hedge funds will require registering under a new proposal to regulate the market segment that lost $600 billion in 2008 due to financial crisis, an all time record. Under the bill...
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