Defense asks jury to clear ex-hedge fund managers
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
A defense attorney says the government failed to make its case against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors.
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EU report criticises its own 'vague and inadequate' hedge fund directive
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
European plans for regulations dealt a blow after report says proposals are 'vague sweeping and inadequate as a basis for justifying regulation'.
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Ex-hedge fund boss charged in stock scam
Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday
A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam.
- Ex-hedge fund boss charged in stock scam - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Another One: Former Jefferies Paragon Fund Manager Indicted For Insider Trading - The Business Insider
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Hedge Fund Tweet: Citigroup is poised to relaunch the unit containing its troubled hedge fund operations - http://bit.ly/2EyTTE
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
hedgefundfocus: Citigroup is poised to relaunch the unit containing its troubled hedge fund operations - http://bit.ly/2EyTTE
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Flaws in hedge fund rules detailed
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Proposed pan-European regulation of hedge funds and private equity is being introduced on the back of a 'vague, sweeping and inadequate' analysis of the problem, according to a report prepared for European lawmakers
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Four Indians among 20 charged in largest hedge fund scam
Times of India (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The FBI has charged further 14 people, including two Indians and Wall Street professionals, in a widening USD 53 million insider trading scam, the largest ever such case in the United States.
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Hedge-Fund Giant Surfaces in Trading Probe
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The widening probe of insider trading on Wall Street is expected to examine transactions at Steven A. Cohen's SAC, one of America's largest and most successful hedge funds.
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Galleon Scandal Scorecard: Hedge Funds, Traders, Lawyers and `Octopussy'
Bloomberg (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Twenty people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, have been criminally charged in what federal authorities call the biggest prosecution of alleged hedge-fund insider trading in the U.S. Prosecutors in Manhattan say they have evidence from wiretaps, trading records and cooperating witnesses to prove widespread trafficking in illegal insider information. Except...
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Defense attacks government's case at trial of 2 ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The eventual implosion of the defendants' hedge funds cost 300 investors $1.6 billion and started a domino effect that nearly led to the demise of Bear Stearns itself. The firm barely avoided bankruptcy in a rescue buyout by JP Morgan Chase & Co.
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Hedge Funds Target Transparency Liquidity and Fraud
Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Transparency Liquidity and Fraud A study just came out from the TABB Group showing a growing trend in the use of managed accounts. Hedge fund managers particularly are looking for ways in which they can increase transparency and liquidity while decreasing the chance that someone within their firm will commit some sort of act of fraud. Here is a quote from the story and link to it: The focus on transparency,...
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Defense asks jury to clear ex-hedge fund managers
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A defense attorney says the government failed to make its case against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors.
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Fall Hedge Fund Networking Event At Nikki Midtown
The Hedge Funds Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Yesterday's Fall Networking Event attracted 200+ investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals for a night of food, drink, music and mingling with other members of the alternative investments community at the Nikki Midtown. There was a raffle for two Watch Logic signature watches, one round trip ticket anywhere in the US by American Airways and two units for an unescorted foursome...
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Hedge Fund Tweet: @SSRN Smart Money or Smart about Money? Evidence from Hedge Funds - http://bit.ly/38ieBs
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
hedgefundfocus: @SSRN Smart Money or Smart about Money? Evidence from Hedge Funds - http://bit.ly/38ieBs
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Hedge Fund Tweet: @SSRN - Do Hedge Fund Managers Identify and Share Profitable Ideas? http://bit.ly/2qGQTG
The Complete MoneyScience (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
hedgefundfocus: @SSRN - Do Hedge Fund Managers Identify and Share Profitable Ideas? http://bit.ly/2qGQTG
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Hedge funds lost 0.05% in October, HFR says
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Hedge funds generated a small loss on average in October as this year's rally in equity and credit markets took a breather towards the end of the month, Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research said Friday. HFR's main hedge fund index declined 0.05% in October, according to early reports from managers. Short-biased managers, who mainly bet against stocks and other securities,...
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Indian real estate: Boom or Bubble?
neilsamsung | 25/09/2009
Property prices are rising fast as the tech boom spreads across the country. When Farallon Capital Management, a U.S. hedge fund, and its joint-venture partner, Indiabulls, snapped up an 11-acre property in central Mumbai in March 2005 for $54.5 million an acre, the purchase was called an act of idiocy by local developers. A few months later, when the same joint venture offered $95.5 million an acre...