Yearly Archives: 2007

Reuters- Investment boutique Thames River Capital, which runs more than $10 billion (5 billion pounds) in assets, reported a 23 percent increase in annual profits, helped by rising markets up untilMarch. Thames River, which runs hedge funds and traditional portfolios […]

Wall Street Journal- For the past two years, financial institutions fueled the robust office markets of New York and London. Rental rates soared to record highs as hedge funds and a few other financial institutions elbowed each other out of […]

BusinessWeek- The European Commission was on Monday (20 August) accused of “monumental complacency” by trade unions for not doing more to regulate hedge funds. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) lashed out at Brussels and EU internal market commissioner Charlie […]

CNNMoney.com- Some hedge funds with heavy exposure to complicated, often illiquid securities likely are in for a rough ride in the next few months if investors take out their money. Many funds’ returns have suffered. Heavy redemptions can deepen losses. […]

London Stock Exchange- Criticism has been levelled at the European commission (EC) over alleged complacency over hedge funds, with critics claiming that the commission is not doing enough to regulatethe sector. These calls have come from trade union members who […]

Seattle Times- Money-market funds were invented 37 years ago to offer investors better returns than bank savings accounts while providing a high degree of safety. Most of the $2.5 trillion sitting in these funds is invested in such assets as […]

MSNBC- Sentinel Management Group, a US money manager at the centre of recent market turmoil, was Monday charged with fraud and misuse of client assets by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The problems at Sentinel have been the cause of […]

Financial Times – The movement of crude oil and natural gas prices in the past two weeks has caught the energy market by surprise as hedge funds liquidate their positions en masse and cause a sudden change in the directions […]

Reuters- Hedge fund manager Man Group Plc said on Friday three directors had bought more shares in the company whose share price has fallen sharply amid the sell-off in global equity markets. Man said non-executive Deputy Chairman Stanley Fink, who […]

DAWN Group-  The sub-prime mortgage loan crisis in the US, which has led to a global meltdown of stock indices, has had a devastating impact on the Indian capital market. But the Indian rupee,which has been gaining strength, has finally […]

  GulfNews.Com- Borse Dubai, the holding company of Dubai Financial Market and the Dubai International Financial Centre that controls 28.4 per cent shares of OMX is likely to find the support of hedge funds and institutional investors, according to investment bankers […]