Because of the recent market turmoil, many hedge-fund investors have questions regarding what regulations are applicable to hedge funds, and how to withdraw their money from their hedge-fund investments if they want out. Indeed, hedge funds often present many different barriers to withdrawal, and there are essentially no regulatory prohibitions on these barriers.
Perhaps the best […]

CNBC - Given the troubles in the market, we’re all worried about losing a chunk of our savings, whether it’s wrapped up in mutual funds, hedge funds or individual stocks. But how do you know when to bail on your fund (or fund manager) instead of just sticking out the volatility? Carmen offered some guidelines […]

Seattle Times - Five years ago, the mutual- fund world was rocked by the biggest scandal in its 80-year history.
Fund companies gave some customers trading privileges that weren’t open to everyone; those special interests — notably some hedge funds — engaged in rapid trading that netted quick profits at the expense of the average shareholder.
Headlines […]

Reuters UK - DEGI, a fund management unit of Aberdeen Property Investors, has bought one of Warsaw’s biggest business parks for 167 million euros (135 million pounds) in a bid to boost its exposure to Poland’s fast-growing economy.
The 43,700 square metre Marynarska Business Park was bought from developer Ghelamco on behalf of investors in DEGI’s […]

StockPickr.com - Wexford Capital is opposing the proposed acquisition of Bronco Drilling (BRNC) by Allis-Chalmers (ALY).
Wexford Capital believes the deal “is not in the best interest of Bronco shareholders.” Bronco Drilling provides contract land drilling and workover services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the U.S. Bronco […]

New York Times Blogs - Jack Nash, a former chairman of Oppenheimer & Company who helped pioneer the modern hedge fund business, died July 30 in Manhattan. He was 79.
He died at Mount Sinai Medical Center after a long illness, according to his family.
Mr. Nash, who fled Nazi Germany with his family at the age […]

Los Angeles Times - The hedge fund industry can only exist because investors believe their fund managers will deliver above-average returns over time, despite the portfolios’ hefty fees.
Master investor Warren Buffett, who has long derided those fees, now has made an interesting bet with a firm that runs so-called funds-of-hedge-funds: He’ll beat their net returns […]

Chicago Tribune- Maybe plain-vanilla stock and bond mutual funds will do the job after all.
Long-short funds — the newfangled mutual funds designed to give common investors a hedge fund experience and protection during downturns — recently went through one of their first major tests. And they flopped.
In July and August, with investors concerned over subprime […]