Hedge funds suffer further pain

Reuters UK – The bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers is another blow for the hedge fund industry, but at least the damage is limited from here for funds exposed the U.S. investment bank.

Even legendary fund manager George Soros, who runs around $18 billion (10 billion pounds) in assets, is likely to have been affected after raising his stake in the investment bank to 9.5 million shares in the second quarter.

A spokesman for Soros Fund Management declined to comment on the composition of their portfolio.

British activist hedge fund Algebris is also likely to have been hit by the fall in the share price of Lehman, once the fourth-largest U.S. investment bank.

The hedge fund firm owned just over 4.45 million shares at end-June, Thomson Reuters data show. Algebris sold its stake this year, a spokesman said, declining to give further details.

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