Bloomberg - Ritchie Capital Management and Thane Ritchie, the hedge fund manager’s principal, were sued by Barclays Bank Plc over accusations they concealed more than $150 million in investments made in the collapsed Petters Group Worldwide LLC and affiliates.
Now bankrupt, Petters Group, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, was raided in September by FBI agents acting on […]

Bloomberg - JO Hambro Capital Management Ltd., which oversees about $3.5 billion of assets, will close one of its two hedge funds partly because a bet against Volkswagen AG shares backfired, people familiar with the situation said.
The $240 million Trident European Fund dropped 25 percent in October, its worst month since starting a decade ago, […]

As hedge fund titans face an intense grilling by congressional committees and thousands of hedge funds around the world close their doors, perhaps it is time to consider a new approach.
A hedge fund structure offers investors many advantages such as maximum flexibility, but the model is sure to change under all the heightened scrutiny.
After […]

Bloomberg - Money manager John Paulson has started buying beaten-up mortgage bonds as hedge funds stumbled for a fifth straight month.
Paulson, 52, is purchasing debt backed by home loans after generating sixfold returns last year with help from bets against subprime mortgages, investors in his funds said. Paulson’s Advantage Plus fund rose 29 percent this […]

Reuters - As many hedge funds suffer big losses and anxious investors yank out their money, the town synonymous with the riches of their recent glory is now hurting.
In Greenwich, Connecticut, the luxury car dealers are quiet, the prices of mansions are declining and the retailers who have made a good living serving its wealthy […]

Bloomberg - Hedge-fund assets may fall to about $1 trillion by the middle of next year, a decline of almost 50 percent from their peak in June, because of market losses and client withdrawals, Citigroup Inc. said in a report.
Managers are likely to see investors, led by funds of funds, pull 20 percent of their […]

Reuters - Investors who bought protection against a Lehman Brothers default in the credit default swaps market have little to worry about getting paid on Tuesday, when an estimated $8 billion in cash payments on Lehman CDS come due.
While these payments may push a few fragile hedge funds over the edge, analysts say, stringent collateral […]

Reuters - Anxiety is sweeping the hedge fund industry before a crucial deadline on Saturday, when investors angered by recent heavy losses are expected to demand the return of billions of dollars.
"Managers have a pretty good feeling for what is coming, and there are significant redemption requests out there," said Stewart Massey, founding partner of […]

Financial-Planning.com - The fate of many a hedge fund relies on what investors decide to do with their money on Nov. 15, when it is possible an overwhelming majority could ask for their money back by the end of the year, Dow Jones reports.
If there is a rush to the exits, that could send the […]

Straits Times - Hedge fund assets fell by US$100 billion (S$151 billion) in October as investors withdrew their money and funds were forced to sell stock, exacerbating the severe volatility that pounded global markets during the month.
About US$60 billion of the US$100 billion in asset losses during the month came from investor redemptions, according […]

Bloomberg - Brazilian hedge funds saw a record 14.3 billion reais ($6.7 billion) in withdrawals last month after returns trailed a fixed-income benchmark even while defying a 25 percent plunge in the Bovespa stock index.
The redemptions brought total outflows this year to 48.9 billion reais, shrinking the industry by 16 percent, according to data released […]

Globe and Mail - Math whiz Ravi Sood has ridden the highs and lows of the wild world of hedge funds.
The president of Lawrence Asset Management Inc. made a name for himself running the firm’s flagship hedge fund with stellar returns such as his 75-per-cent gain in 2007.
But the stock market crash […]