Each business day HedgeCo.Net keeps you informed with the top hedge fund industry news, opinion and insight from around the globe. From the latest hedge fund launches, to the impact of regulation, competition, and investor activism - we track the topics and people that make a difference to you.
Times Online – One of the most senior fund managers at Prudential has attacked hedge funds as selfish and devious and blasted derivatives as “the scourge of the modern age”.
Tom Dobell, who manages the £3 billion Recovery Fund for M&G, the insurer’s asset management unit, made the remarks in letters sent this month to the fund’s 100,000 investors.
The salvo came amid evidence that hedge funds are poised to deliver their best first-half returns in a decade, bouncing back from a disastrous spell last autumn.
