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Quant traders limit risk as losses mount

Reuters UK - Robust returns for a group of powerful hedge funds that thrived for years using sophisticated trading programs may be a thing of the past after a "Black Swan" event hit global markets this year.
The carnage in financial markets worldwide, what many viewed as a so-called Black Swan event because it was out […]

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Russian hedge funds face closure

Reuters - Up to half of Russian hedge funds could go out of business as the financial crisis sends investors fleeing and the stock market continues to fall, according to industry experts.
Speaking at the Russia Alternative Investment Summit on Wednesday, Simon Fentham-Fletcher, head of fund of hedge funds at Raiffeisen Bank, said in a worst-case […]

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Hedge fund founder barred from pleading

Boston Globe - A federal judge barred Samuel Israel, the convicted founder of hedge fund firm Bayou Group LLC, from entering a plea to bail jumping, saying his addiction to methadone may have impaired his judgment.

A US judge cited Bayou Group founder Samuel Israel’s methadone addiction and his ability to understand the proceedings.

Israel, who sought […]

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Regulators have hedge funds in their sights again

RightSide Advisors- Nimbleness and creativity are qualities rarely ascribed either to America’s financial regulators or to Congress. Perhaps that is one reason why both groups continue to fumble over how to deal with hedge funds, which typically exhibit both in abundance. These lightly regulated pools of private capital employ an array of complex trades, frequently […]

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FBI probes IndyMac Bank for possible fraud

Montreal Gazette- IndyMac Bank is under investigation by the FBI for possible fraud involving home loans made to risky borrowers, the Associated Press reported yesterday, citing an unnamed law enforcement official.
The report said it was not immediately clear how long the FBI’s probe of the bank has been ongoing but the probe is focused on […]

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